Lit Hub Weekly: October 5 – 9, 2026
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Lit Hub Weekly: October 5 - 9, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - Samantha’s all grown up, and American Girl books are entering a new era.
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Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily2d ago
Lit Hub Daily: October 9, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1898, Tawfiq al-Hakim is born.
March 5, 1933: The Election That Destroyed German Democracy
Literary Hubby Timothy Ryback2d ago
March 5, 1933: The Election That Destroyed German Democracy Timothy Ryback on the Parallels Between the Lead-Up to Hitler’s Electoral Victory and the 2024 Midterms Recently, President Donald Trump...
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks2d ago
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Barbara Kingsolver, Sarah Perry, T.
From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction
Literary Hubby Deesha Philyaw2d ago
From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction “If a character has already gotten everything they want, give them something else to want.” This first appeared in Lit Hub’s...
Queer Recognition, Estrangement, and the Great Grey Area in Between
Literary Hubby Demetris Papadimitropoulos2d ago
Queer Recognition, Estrangement, and the Great Grey Area in Between Demetris Papadimitropoulos Considers the Books Families We Keep and Families We Lose Cross-stitch watercolor by Demetris...
Jérôme Lindon, Jérôme Lindon: On the Relationship Between Jean Echenoz and His Publisher
Literary Hubby Mark Polizzotti2d ago
Jérôme Lindon, Jérôme Lindon: On the Relationship Between Jean Echenoz and His Publisher Mark Polizzotti Remembers His Encounters With the French Literary Establishment Jean Echenoz’s Jérôme Lindon...
How Navigating the Demands of Academia Helped Me Cope With Terrible Loss
Literary Hubby Barbara Young Welke2d ago
How Navigating the Demands of Academia Helped Me Cope With Terrible Loss “The research and writing became a path back to life, not without Frances, but through and with her.” The first summer after...
Alice Elliott Dark’s Afterword to “In the Gloaming”
Literary Hubby Alice Elliott Dark2d ago
Alice Elliott Dark’s Afterword to “In the Gloaming” “The words were inside of me, and I was being called to compose a story.” It began when I heard a sentence: “He wanted to talk again, suddenly.”...
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Annie bought a fifth of whiskey from the liquor store beside the Starbucks because money was imminent, and because Vera’s addendum had knocked something loose that needed fixing, the image of her...
Taiwan Travelogue translator Lin King is calling out publishing’s “relay translation” practices.
Literary Hubby James Folta3d ago
Taiwan Travelogue translator Lin King is calling out publishing’s “relay translation” practices. Translator and writer Lin King released a statement on Instagram on Tuesday laying out her claim of...
Can romance novels solve the straight man reading crisis?
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen3d ago
Can romance novels solve the straight man reading crisis? Extra, extra. You’ve seen the headlines. Men—particularly straight men—have stopped reading fiction.
The Third Circuit finds that AI companies can’t use material with an original “creative spark.”
Literary Hubby James Folta3d ago
The Third Circuit finds that AI companies can’t use material with an original “creative spark.” Last week the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which oversees the districts of Delaware, New...
Lit Hub Daily: October 8, 2026
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Lit Hub Daily: October 8, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - The decades-long friendship between Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy was defined by a “mix of intimacy and worldliness.” | Lit Hub...
On Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy’s Decades-Long Friendship
Literary Hubby Roger Berkowitz3d ago
On Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy’s Decades-Long Friendship Roger Berkowitz Explores an Often-Overshadowed Side of the German-American Political Theorist Hannah Arendt’s homeland was populated...
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks3d ago
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week “Considering that both authors are innovators of highly consumable brain rot in different mediums, the book is an old-fashioned dud.” Our fivesome of...
One Night in Frankfurt: Scenes From the Incomparable Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize Dinner
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One Night in Frankfurt: Scenes From the Incomparable Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize Dinner Morgan Entrekin on One of His Favorite Nights at the Frankfurt Book Fair; With Speeches...
It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made
Literary Hubby Luiz Schwarcz3d ago
It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made Luiz Schwarcz on the Editor’s Role in Shaping and Curating the Reading Experience We don’t usually understand...
Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just… Not Picking It Up?
Literary Hubby Kristen Arnett3d ago
Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just... Not Picking It Up? Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior Hello again!
How an Army Librarian Brought the Joy of Reading to the Front Lines
Literary Hubby Molly Guptill Manning3d ago
How an Army Librarian Brought the Joy of Reading to the Front Lines Molly Guptill Manning on Literature as a Morale Booster During World War II In September 1942, Army Chief Librarian Ray Trautman...