[go: up one dir, main page]
What We Can Give Each Other: On Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”

What We Can Give Each Other: On Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”

Aaron Boehmer Considers the Hope in Human Connection

By Aaron Boehmer | August 4, 2025

4Columns is closing up shop. Here are 10 unmissable pieces from their archives.

4Columns is closing up shop. Here are 10 unmissable pieces from their archives.

By Brittany Allen | July 24, 2025

“No One Makes ‘Yo Mama’ Jokes After the Funeral.” Hanif Abdurraqib on the Power of Unexpected Humor

“No One Makes ‘Yo Mama’ Jokes After the Funeral.” Hanif Abdurraqib on the Power of Unexpected Humor

On Breaking Down the Walls of Decorum

By Hanif Abdurraqib | June 12, 2025

Here are the winners of this year’s National Book Critics Circle Awards.

Here are the winners of this year’s National Book Critics Circle Awards.

By Literary Hub | March 20, 2025

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

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

Celebrate the indie press by picking up a book.

By Brittany Allen | March 14, 2025

The Best Audiobooks of 2024

The Best Audiobooks of 2024

Presenting AudioFile’s Year in Literary Listening

By Audiofile Magazine | December 6, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

A hip-hop syllabus—for fans, by fans.

By Brittany Allen | September 11, 2024

Oh, Barry! President Obama has released his annual summer reading list.

By Brittany Allen | August 13, 2024

The Women of Brewster Place">Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | May 29, 2024

Sad about Pitchfork? Try one of these classic collections of music writing.

Sad about Pitchfork? Try one of these classic collections of music writing.

By Brittany Allen | April 23, 2024

Here are the winners of the 2024 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

Here are the winners of the 2024 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

By Drew Broussard | April 2, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Hanif Abdurraqib is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Hanif Abdurraqib is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Maggie Nelson, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Dior J. Stephens and More

By Diana Arterian | March 27, 2024

Paul Bunyan teaming up with John Henry! Hanif Abdurraqib on sports! 23 new books out today.

Paul Bunyan teaming up with John Henry! Hanif Abdurraqib on sports! 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 26, 2024

More of this, please: Ilya Kaminsky writes a poetic response to Giacometti.

More of this, please: Ilya Kaminsky writes a poetic response to Giacometti.

By Janet Manley | September 22, 2023

Matt Mitchell on Writing Love Poems for Himself and For Others

Matt Mitchell on Writing Love Poems for Himself and For Others

Vampire Burrito">Hanif Abdurraqib Talks to the Author of Vampire Burrito

By Hanif Abdurraqib | June 22, 2023

12 new books to look forward to this week.

12 new books to look forward to this week.

By Katie Yee | November 15, 2022

Page 1 of 3

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member