Why Barbara Kingsolver Writes Standing Up
Literary Hubby Barbara Kingsolver·6d ago
Why Barbara Kingsolver Writes Standing Up The Author of Partita Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire Partita, by Barbara Kingsolver, is available now from Harper, so we asked her a few questions about...
Adam Wilson on Plot vs. ”Concept” (and While He’ll Never Write a Yankees Fan)
Literary Hubby Sam Axelrod·6d ago
Adam Wilson on Plot vs. ”Concept” (and While He'll Never Write a Yankees Fan) The Author of Fail Sons Talks to Sam Axelrod Despite being a book that revolves around a cryonically-frozen (dead)...
Lydia Millet on Writing a Double Novel of Grief and Loss
Literary Hubby Jane Ciabattari·6d ago
Lydia Millet on Writing a Double Novel of Grief and Loss Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Fair Ones Ultra-human characters, swift pacing, fluidity of action, a casual yet precise plotline...
Forgiving City, City of Atwood: Paul Theroux Visits Toronto
Literary Hubby Paul Theroux·6d ago
Forgiving City, City of Atwood: Paul Theroux Visits Toronto Exploring What Makes Canada’s Largest Metropolis Surprisingly Intimate The Blind Man on Bloor Street On my second day in Toronto...
To Become a Goddess: Kristen Millares Young on Motherhood and Marriage
Literary Hubby Kristen Millares Young·6d ago
To Become a Goddess: Kristen Millares Young on Motherhood and Marriage “To mother in modern culture is to become a temple subjected to public scrutiny.” I was no virgin when I met my husband, and...
How a Lightning Strike Affected My Identity—And My Main Character’s
Literary Hubby Nafissa Thompson-Spires·6d ago
How a Lightning Strike Affected My Identity—And My Main Character’s Nafissa Thompson-Spires on Being a Live Wire In my forthcoming debut novel, the Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford...
The Rhyl Poster
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·6d ago
They’d ‘met’, then, in Switzerland: in the Italian part, Ticino, beside Lake Maggiore. To be precise: above it, on a mountain.
Barbara Kingsolver, Lydia Millet, Patricia Lockwood, and more: 20 new books out today!
Literary Hubby Julia Hass·6d ago
Barbara Kingsolver, Lydia Millet, Patricia Lockwood, and more: 20 new books out today! How lucky are we?
What to read after you see the Bayeux Tapestry.
Literary Hubby James Folta·6d ago
What to read after you see the Bayeux Tapestry. The Bayeux Tapestry is now on display in England’s British Museum, and the hottest ticket in London right now is a chance to peek at a nearly century...
Inside the ALA’s list of the 150 most banned books of the last 35 years.
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen·6d ago
Inside the ALA’s list of the 150 most banned books of the last 35 years. In honor of Banned Books Week, the American Library Association (ALA) has published a list of the 150 most challenged books...
How Feminist Activist Robin Morgan Helped Preserve the Legacy of Sylvia Plath
Literary Hubby Emily Van Duyne·6d ago
How Feminist Activist Robin Morgan Helped Preserve the Legacy of Sylvia Plath Emily Van Duyne Remembers the Organizer and Writer On the Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend, my best friend Dani...
Lit Hub Daily: October 5, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily·7d ago
Lit Hub Daily: October 5, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1713, Denis Diderot is born. - How British media legitimized J.K.
How the British Media Legitimized J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia
Literary Hubby Gina Gwenffrewi·7d ago
How the British Media Legitimized J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia Gina Gwenffrewi on the Poisonous Media Discourse of Anti-Trans Panic in the United Kingdom Preserved like frozen eddies in the whirlwind...
Revisiting an Unsung 100-Year-Old Novel From an Intellectual New York Family
Literary Hubby Mabel Capability Taylor·7d ago
Revisiting an Unsung 100-Year-Old Novel From an Intellectual New York Family On Reading Ettie Stettheimer’s Lost Days I recently visited a house on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing
Literary Hubby Charlotte Donlon·7d ago
We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing “AI will improve, but it will never develop the capacity for genuine longing, grief.” The literary...
9 Novels About Being the Poorest Person in the Room
Literary Hubby Carla Vass·7d ago
9 Novels About Being the Poorest Person in the Room Carla Vass Recommends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith and More I like my fiction the way I like my reality TV: full of...
Rebranding Samantha: Reflections on the First “Grown Up” American Girl Book
Literary Hubby Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith·7d ago
Rebranding Samantha: Reflections on the First “Grown Up” American Girl Book Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith on Samantha: The Next Chapter We had several things on our 40th anniversary of...
Love Days
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·7d ago
After a hasty breakfast, of which she remembered nothing but that she had eaten it, Susanna found herself on the street car bound for college.
We Are the Medicine: Recommendations on the Ever Growing List of Latinx Literature
Literary Hubby Tomas Moniz·8d ago
We Are the Medicine: Recommendations on the Ever Growing List of Latinx Literature Tomas Moniz Recommends Michael Nava, Tomás Rivera, José Vadi, and More I’m starting this draft on the Fourth of...
Lit Hub Weekly: September 28 – October 3, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily·9d ago
Lit Hub Weekly: September 28 - October 3, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - “Chalk it up to stubbornness.
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