[go: up one dir, main page]
Writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been pardoned and freed from prison.

Writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been pardoned and freed from prison.

By James Folta | September 24, 2025

How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change

How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change

Beverly Gologorsky on Her Friendship with Fellow Writer Jane Lazarre and the Mentorship of a Writer’s Group

By Beverly Gologorsky | September 5, 2025

The Angle of Falling Light

The Angle of Falling Light

Beverly Gologorsky

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 11, 2025

Murray Kempton, Around Forever: Resurrecting a Forgotten American Journalist

Murray Kempton, Around Forever: Resurrecting a Forgotten American Journalist

Andrew Holter on Executorship, Archives, and Literary Labors

By Andrew Holter | April 29, 2025

[. . .]">Listening to Palestinian Silences: On Fady Joudah’s <em[. . .]">

[. . .]">Listening to Palestinian Silences: On Fady Joudah’s [. . .]

Eman Quotah Considers the Inability of Language to Convey the Horror of Genocide and Attempted Erasure

By Eman Quotah | January 22, 2025

“Make it New... Again.” Why We Need Alexander Pope’s Wild, Weird Poetry Today

“Make it New... Again.” Why We Need Alexander Pope’s Wild, Weird Poetry Today

Ryan Ruby on the Need to Shake Up Our Modern Era of Clean Professionalization

By Ryan Ruby | November 22, 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

Gary Indiana, iconoclast and author, has died.

By Brittany Allen | October 24, 2024

An Expat’s Homebase: How the Iconic Village Voice Bookshop in Paris Launched Lit Mags

By Odile Hellier | September 26, 2024

Finding What Works: Alex DiFrancesco on Transness and Spirituality

By Alex DiFrancesco | June 18, 2024

Verso and other publishers are offering free ebooks in solidarity with pro-Palestine campus protests.

Verso and other publishers are offering free ebooks in solidarity with pro-Palestine campus protests.

By James Folta | April 26, 2024

Fury

Fury

Clyo Mendoza (trans. Christina Macsweeney)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 2, 2024

“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

A Lit Mag Embraces Colorful Design and Literary Translation

By Mark Haber | November 21, 2023

In Praise of

In Praise of "Spicy Interpretation": On the Pleasure of Unexpected Translations and Explanations

Jessica Sequeira on Celebrating the Possibilities of New Readings

By Jessica Sequeira | August 4, 2023

The Most Important Formerly Homeless American Writer Needs Help

The Most Important Formerly Homeless American Writer Needs Help

Dan Simon on Lee Stringer and Their Friendship of 25 Years

By Dan Simon | June 5, 2023

On the Black and White Paroxysms of Augustine Gleizes, Celebrity Patient

On the Black and White Paroxysms of Augustine Gleizes, Celebrity Patient

Emily Wells Considers Chronic Illness, Femininity, and the Male Medical Gaze

By Emily Wells | May 16, 2023

No More">The End of Desire: Christiane Blot-Labarrère on Marguerite Duras’s <emNo More">

No More">The End of Desire: Christiane Blot-Labarrère on Marguerite Duras’s No More

"The sentiment of never more—this is the labyrinth in which language helplessly tries to beguile death."

By Christiane Blot-Labarrère | March 22, 2023

Page 1 of 4

  • 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