Fun, Feminine and Fundamental: In Defense of Frivolity
Literary Hubby Jehanne Dubrow·31 Aug 2026
Fun, Feminine and Fundamental: In Defense of Frivolity Jehanne Dubrow Asks Us to Reconsider Our Denigration of the Lighter Side of Life It will be the Year of Perfect Skin, I told myself.
What Does Beatlemania Have to Teach Us About Pop Culture Today?
Literary Hubby Samira Ahmed and Samira Ahmed·31 Aug 2026
What Does Beatlemania Have to Teach Us About Pop Culture Today? Samira Ahmed (US) and Samira Ahmed (UK) Discuss the British Samira’s New Book on A Hard Day’s Night This conversation between two...
Meet Pierre “Peter” Ortiz, Undercover Spy, Marine and Resistance Fighter
Literary Hubby Nicholas Reynolds and Katie S. Sanders·31 Aug 2026
Meet Pierre “Peter” Ortiz, Undercover Spy, Marine and Resistance Fighter Nicholas Reynolds and Katie S.
Body Language
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·31 Aug 2026
Nanette and Josie finished praying and walked toward the bus stop. Josie pulled out her phone. She wanted to show Nanette a group she’d found on Instagram: @NunsAgainstGuns.
Adam Johnson, Muriel Spark, bardic rivalry… and 25 more books out in paperback this September.
Literary Hubby Gabrielle Bellot·31 Aug 2026
Adam Johnson, Muriel Spark, bardic rivalry... and 25 more books out in paperback this September. September is here, and with it comes a bevy of new books.
Lit Hub Weekly: August 24 – 28, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily·29 Aug 2026
Lit Hub Weekly: August 24 - 28, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - “Jason was not just hounded out of academia, he was hounded out of existence.” Steven Thrasher on the killing Jason Arday.
An Ode to the Gleeful Terror of Tim Curry’s Pennywise
Literary Hubby Greg Cwik·28 Aug 2026
An Ode to the Gleeful Terror of Tim Curry’s Pennywise Greg Cwik Remembers a Master of Creating Weird Villains Tim Curry, who died this week at 80, will probably always be best known for his...
Lit Hub Daily: August 28, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily·28 Aug 2026
Lit Hub Daily: August 28, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1749, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is born. - “He wrote sad songs but didn’t want to make anyone sad.
Eight Simple Rules for Dating Your Historical Fiction
Literary Hubby Paraic O'Donnell·28 Aug 2026
Eight Simple Rules for Dating Your Historical Fiction Paraic O’Donnell Offers a Primer on Effectively Situating Your Novel in the Past This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing...
August’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction
Literary Hubby Book Marks·28 Aug 2026
August’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction Featuring Big Tech, Psychedelic Toads, Howard Zinn, and More Claire Stapleton’s Don’t Be Evil, Kimon de Greef’s The Ego Trip, and Dave Ziren’s The People’s...
August’s Best Reviewed Fiction
Literary Hubby Book Marks·28 Aug 2026
August’s Best Reviewed Fiction Featuring Chang-Rae Lee, Téa Obreht, Paul Yoon, and More Chang-Rae Lee’s A Tender Age, Téa Obreht’s Sunrise, and Paul Yoon’s Etna all feature among the best reviewed...
Long Before Toy Story, It-Narratives Imagined the Inner Lives of Objects
Literary Hubby Madeline Zehnder·28 Aug 2026
Long Before Toy Story, It-Narratives Imagined the Inner Lives of Objects Madeline Zehnder on the History of Thing Narrators It’s nighttime in the playroom and the toys have gathered for a...
Help, My Writing Group Think My Latest Story Was Really Funny: It Wasn’t Meant to Be
Literary Hubby Kristen Arnett·27 Aug 2026
Help, My Writing Group Think My Latest Story Was Really Funny: It Wasn’t Meant to Be This Week, Kristen Arnett Answers Questions About Bad Editors, Novel Draft Panic, and Writing Group Anxieties...
What It Means to Love Elliott Smith
Literary Hubby Jamie Fisher·27 Aug 2026
What It Means to Love Elliott Smith Biographer Jamie Fisher on the Melancholic Singer-Songwriter’s Life and Career One of the last videos taken of Elliott Smith shows him at the Fonda Theatre, in...
The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page
Literary Hubby Ronda Beaman·27 Aug 2026
The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page Ronda Beaman Offers Some Tips For Expressing Our Most Intimate Thoughts on Paper For years, I believed people avoided letter writing because...
Short But Sweet: Nine Novellas To Read In a Single Afternoon
Literary Hubby David W. Berner·27 Aug 2026
Short But Sweet: Nine Novellas To Read In a Single Afternoon David W. Berner Recommends Per Petterson, Claire Keagan, Helen DeWitt and More In anticipation of the publication of my novella...
Six Novels That Try to Keep Up With Elizabeth Taylor
Literary Hubby Stephen Greco·27 Aug 2026
Six Novels That Try to Keep Up With Elizabeth Taylor Stephen Greco Recommends Kitty Kelley, C. David Heymann, John Waters, and More I first saw Elizabeth Taylor in The VIPs, when I was a moony and...
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks·27 Aug 2026
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week "Rare indeed to find a real reporter who is also a real thinker. And the bastard’s funny, too."
Stories From Memory: On Finding Inspiration in My Husband’s Moroccan Family
Literary Hubby Elizabeth Letts·27 Aug 2026
Stories From Memory: On Finding Inspiration in My Husband’s Moroccan Family “The past belongs to no one, and as such, it also belongs to everyone.” In my living room a framed photograph hangs on...
A Poetry of Witness and Invention: Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Translating Antonella Anedda
Literary Hubby Wallis Wilde-Menozzi·27 Aug 2026
A Poetry of Witness and Invention: Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Translating Antonella Anedda “Anedda’s capacity to create a deeper frame of reference builds as she lets the world speak.” “In my poetry,”...
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