Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday
Literary Hubby Steven W. Thrasher·8h ago
Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday “Jason was not just hounded out of academia, he was hounded out of existence.” Though I have been mostly offline for my annual summer social media...
Dorthe Nors on Striving to Write Emotionally Resonant Fiction
Literary Hubby Dorthe Nors·8h ago
Dorthe Nors on Striving to Write Emotionally Resonant Fiction “As we know from the study of Goldilocks, fiction carries the deepest truths.” I published my first novel twenty-five years ago.
Fiction as a Filter: On Writing the American West’s Water Crisis
Literary Hubby Claire Boyles·8h ago
Fiction as a Filter: On Writing the American West’s Water Crisis Claire Boyles Considers the Ways Her Environmental Activism Informs Her Literary Life Years ago, during the Great Recession, I...
How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing
Literary Hubby R. Joshua Scannell·8h ago
How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing R. Joshua Scannell on the Intersection Between the Carceral State and Big Tech Policing and incarceration in the twenty-first...
Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up
Literary Hubby Christelle Dabos·8h ago
Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up “What if every human being were born with an irresistible need to do good?” It’s Sunday morning, September 18, 2016.
Gaining Ground
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·8h ago
The first time I saw this place, I knew I had come home. I do not mean I knew it in a peaceful, comforting sort of way, the way one recognizes an old friend; that first time it was like an electric...
Lit Hub Weekly: August 17 – 21, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily·2d ago
Lit Hub Weekly: August 17 - 21, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - What Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel can teach us about grief, literature, and growing up.
Here’s what’s making us happy this week.
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen·2d ago
Here’s what’s making us happy this week. Summer isn’t over—in fact, we rue the hater who throws in the beach towel before Labor Day. But there is a definite wind down spirit to late August.
Hello, Limerence
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·3d ago
Nihao, New York I reluctantly fork out the exorbitant surcharge for my overweight luggage, whilst wondering what is the absolute limit to the weight a single plane can carry, and if the airlines...
Jeff Jarvis on Mark Twain, America’s First Celebrity Author and Publisher
Literary Hubby Jeff Jarvis·3d ago
Jeff Jarvis on Mark Twain, America’s First Celebrity Author and Publisher Exploring the Rise and Fall of Subscription Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media In the history of the invention of the...
How Talking About Death Helps Us Live a Fuller Life
Literary Hubby E. K. Schrader·3d ago
How Talking About Death Helps Us Live a Fuller Life E.K. Schrader on Ten Years Without Max Ritvo The first time I realized I was going to die I was cutting out an obituary for a project for my 6th...
A Literary Haunting: What the Ghost of Sylvia Plath Taught Me About Grief
Literary Hubby Abigail Rose-Marie·3d ago
A Literary Haunting: What the Ghost of Sylvia Plath Taught Me About Grief “What haunts us doesn’t need to harm us, but can instead help guide us through what feels too difficult...” Before the...
Television to the Rescue! Camille Acker on the Craft Potential of TV
Literary Hubby Camille Acker·3d ago
Television to the Rescue! Camille Acker on the Craft Potential of TV More Like Literary Box This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here.
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks·3d ago
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Anjet Daanje, Carlos the Jackal, Dorthe Nors, and More Anjet Daanje’s The Song of Stork and Dromedary, Joby...
Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political
Literary Hubby Faraaz Mahomed and Damon Galgut·3d ago
Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political Faraaz Mahomed Discusses His Debut Novel Mother/Land With Damon Galgut Damon Galgut is the most...
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