Robert Kolker Motivates Himself By Asking “What if Writing Were Fun?”
Literary Hubby Literary Hub·13d ago
Robert Kolker Motivates Himself By Asking “What if Writing Were Fun?” The Author of The Vanishing Family Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire Robert Kolker’s new book, The Vanishing Family, is available...
Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today!
Literary Hubby Julia Hass·13d ago
Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today! There are a number of heavyweight fiction titles coming out this week: Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, and Ayad Akhtar all have...
The Radiance
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·13d ago
The narrator of The Radiance shares Akhtar’s name and much of his life. After leaving New York for a small Hudson Valley town, he ends up getting hit by a pickup truck during a bike ride.
William T. Vollmann on Trying to Excavate American Foreign Policy From the Cold War to the War on Terror
Literary Hubby William T. Vollmann·14d ago
William T. Vollmann on Trying to Excavate American Foreign Policy From the Cold War to the War on Terror Behind the Decades-Long Publication Journey Behind His Latest Novel A Table for Fortune is...
A Journey to Antarctica in Photos: Remembering Ernest Shackleton’s Grand Expedition
Literary Hubby Alexandra Shackleton·14d ago
A Journey to Antarctica in Photos: Remembering Ernest Shackleton’s Grand Expedition Alexandra Shackleton on the Enduring Legacy of Her Grandfather’s Voyage to the Southernmost Tip of the World...
The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England
Literary Hubby Marion Gibson·14d ago
The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England Marion Gibson on the Deadly Moral Panic of 17th-Century Britain Although we can see many connections between our own lives and those of...
Angela Flournoy on Exploring Economic and Social Uncertainty in the Internet Age
Literary Hubby The Center for Fiction·14d ago
Angela Flournoy on Exploring Economic and Social Uncertainty in the Internet Age The Author of The Wilderness in Conversation With Brit Bennett and Raven Leilani at The Center For Fiction Angela...
Why Ghosts Are Haunting Us in 2026 (For Real)
Literary Hubby Tara Badstubner·14d ago
Why Ghosts Are Haunting Us in 2026 (For Real) Tara Badstubner on Our Fascination with the Spectral Realm Several years ago, when COVID was still a bruising force in our lives, scaring us spitless...
“Crabs”
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·14d ago
My all-girls’ high school was sometimes visited by crabs. The first time I saw one show up was during my first year, on a rainy day in early summer.
Lit Hub Weekly: September 21 – 25, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily·16d ago
Lit Hub Weekly: September 21 - 25, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - During the season of big books, how do you choose one to read? With a flowchart, obviously.
Booksellers are sounding the alarm over Trump’s anti-antifascist presidential memo.
Literary Hubby James Folta·16d ago
Booksellers are sounding the alarm over Trump’s anti-antifascist presidential memo. A group of concerned booksellers recently sent an open letter to the American Booksellers Association and the...
Have They Ruined Our Beloved Scholastic Book Fair?
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen·17d ago
Have They Ruined Our Beloved Scholastic Book Fair? Brittany K. Allen on the Enshittification of All Things Oh, Scholastic Book Fair.
Lit Hub Daily: September 25, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily·17d ago
Lit Hub Daily: September 25, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1952, bell hooks is born.
A Prophetic Classic About the Dangers of Tech is Back in Print
Literary Hubby Paulina Borsook·17d ago
A Prophetic Classic About the Dangers of Tech is Back in Print Paulina Borsook’s Cyberselfish is Truer Now Than When it Was Written 26 Years Ago Paulina Borsook saw there was something rotten afoot...
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks·17d ago
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Gloria Steinem, Naomi Alderman, Chuck Klosterman, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and More Gloria Steinem’s An Unexpected...
Got Writer’s Block? Go to the Theater!
Literary Hubby Amy Fusselman·17d ago
Got Writer’s Block? Go to the Theater! Amy Fusselman Recommends Her Favorite Unconventional Writing Practice This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here.
Remembering Grazia Deledda, the Sardinian Nobel Prize-Winner We Should All Be Reading
Literary Hubby Jeff Biggers·17d ago
Remembering Grazia Deledda, the Sardinian Nobel Prize-Winner We Should All Be Reading Jeff Biggers on the Legacy of a Little-Known Writer on the 100th Anniversary of Her Prize “Cross the sea,” a...
“Ode to a Leaf Blower,” a Poem by Jill Bialosky
Literary Hubby Jill Bialosky·17d ago
Leaves tangled & braided in limp limbs of the still surviving perennials, our yard a battlefield of trees towering at least seventy feet high, squeezing out the sun, & slowly letting go of their...
“Regular, rigorous, and Reliable.” How to Keep Fighting for a Better World
Literary Hubby Chris Dixon·17d ago
“Regular, rigorous, and Reliable.” How to Keep Fighting for a Better World Chris Dixon on the Urgency of Organizing in the 21st Century We can cultivate qualities that help us to stick around in...
Elizabeth Alexander on Finding Life in the Second Spring of Middle Age
Literary Hubby Elizabeth Alexander·17d ago
Elizabeth Alexander on Finding Life in the Second Spring of Middle Age “I learned many things during my study of dance that have everything to do with the writing of poetry.” If I could have been a...
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