[go: up one dir, main page]

The Hub

News, Notes, Talk

Two Dollar Radio turns twenty this year. Here's where to start with their radical backlist.

Two Dollar Radio has been quietly rocking the publishing world since its inception in 2005. The Ohio-based indie publisher and “family outfit” turns twenty this year, and we at Lit Hub want to extend a hearty happy birthday. In a Read more >

By Brittany Allen

Here are some good villains that didn’t make our final bracket.

We put a good amount of work into our villains bracket, and I think I could make a case for each of our initial 64 picks being the worst of all time. This week we’ve watched a lot of our Read more >

By James Folta

Here are the finalists for the 2025 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.

This week, the Cleveland Foundation announced the ten finalists for the 2025 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which honor “books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures.” This is Read more >

By Literary Hub

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Calvin Kasulke on suburban ennui.

For our Villains Bracket week, a few Lit Hub staffers wrote about their favorite villain from our initial group of 64. Calvin wrote about suburban ennui, the villain of Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road and more. The suburban ennui that was felled Read more >

By Calvin Kasulke

Naples 1343 by Amedeo Feniello">

Naples 1343 by Amedeo Feniello">A Small Press Book We Love:
Naples 1343 by Amedeo Feniello

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small Naples 1343 by Amedeo Feniello">Read more >

By Molly Odintz

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Dan Sheehan on Frankenstein's Monster.

For our Villains Bracket week, a few Lit Hub staffers wrote an ode to their favorite villain from our initial group of 64. Here’s Dan on Frankenstein’s Monster, from Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. “Remember, that I am thy creature; I ought to Read more >

By Dan Sheehan

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Dwyer Murphy on Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley.

For our Villains Bracket week, Lit Hub staffers wrote a bit about their favorite villain from our initial group of 64. Here’s Dwyer on Tom Ripley, from The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley’s Game, and more. I think we Read more >

By Dwyer Murphy

Pipe Dreams on Pico by Brent L. Smith">

Pipe Dreams on Pico by Brent L. Smith">A Small Press Book We Love:
Pipe Dreams on Pico by Brent L. Smith

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small Pipe Dreams on Pico by Brent L. Smith">Read more >

By James Folta

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: James Folta on John le Carré's Karla.

For our Villains Bracket week, a few Lit Hub staffers wrote a bit about their favorite villain from our initial group of 64. Here’s James on Karla, who first appears in John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.  In hindsight, Karla Read more >

By James Folta

Here are the finalists for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Today, Aspen Words announced its five finalists for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize, which awards $35,000 each year to “a work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and Read more >

By Literary Hub

Matilda's Agatha Trunchbull.">

Matilda's Agatha Trunchbull.">The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villians: Brittany Allen on Matilda's Agatha Trunchbull.

For our Villains Bracket week, a few Lit Hub staffers wrote about their favorite villain from our initial group of 64. Here’s Brittany on Miss Trunchbull from Matilda. Roald Dahl never met an authority figure he could like. If his canon Matilda's Agatha Trunchbull.">Read more >

By Brittany Allen

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante">

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante">A Small Press Book We Love:
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante">Read more >

By Emily Firetog

A Little Life is getting a makeover.">

A Little Life is getting a makeover.">For its tenth birthday(!), A Little Life is getting a makeover.

Ten years ago this month, Hanya Yanagihara threw a wrench in the literary world with the publication of her Dickensian doorstop, A Little Life. Featuring four queer men growing up and together in New York high society—and also, many grim  A Little Life is getting a makeover.">Read more >

By Brittany Allen

Moby-Dick’s Captain Ahab.">

Moby-Dick’s Captain Ahab.">The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villians: Jessie Gaynor on Moby-Dick’s Captain Ahab.

For our Villains Bracket week, a few Lit Hub staffers wrote about their favorite villain from our initial group of 64. Jessie wrote about the bad boss from Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab. A thought exercise: Which tech company founder would most plausibly Moby-Dick’s Captain Ahab.">Read more >

By Jessie Gaynor

That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction">

That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction">A Small Press Book We Love:
That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction">Read more >

By Drew Broussard

Karen Russell! Torrey Peters! Joan Didion! 25 new books out today.

March marches on, and though the month has just begun, it already, perhaps unsurprisingly, feels like many months of compressed time, if not more, days darkly alchemized into eons by so much political chaos. Still, there are always bright spots, Read more >

By Gabrielle Bellot

A Columbia professor's message to his fellow Jewish faculty members.

[As news broke last Friday of the Trump administration’s plan to revoke $400 million dollars of research funding to Columbia University, filmmaker and Columbia professor James Schamus posted the following to a faculty list serve there. It has been lightly Read more >

By James Schamus

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Emily Temple on Bulgakov's Woland

For our Villains Bracket week, a few Lit Hub staffers wrote a little bit on their favorite villain from our initial group of 64. Here’s Emily on Woland from Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. Despite the fact that you (monsters) Read more >

By Emily Temple

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Drew Broussard on Randall Flagg

For our Villains Bracket week, a few Lit Hub staffers wrote a little bit on their favorite villain from our initial group of 64. Here’s Drew on Randall Flagg from Stephen King’s work. “The man in black fled across the Read more >

By Drew Broussard

Wings in Time by Callie Garnett">

Wings in Time by Callie Garnett">A Small Press Book We Love:
Wings in Time by Callie Garnett

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small Wings in Time by Callie Garnett">Read more >

By Jessie Gaynor