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Literary Hubby Nadia Bowers and Stephanie Wittels Wachs21d ago
Writing Through Loss: On Crafting Nonfiction That Tackles America’s Opioid Crisis Nadia Bowers and Stephanie Wittels Wachs Discuss Their Shared Stories of Losing Loved Ones to Addiction Nadia and I...
Literary Hubby Winnie M. Li21d ago
The Great American Road Trip Novel Isn’t Just For White People Winnie M. Li Recommends Valeria Luiselli, William Least Heat-Moon, Jesmyn Ward and More When I began thinking about my third novel...
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts21d ago
There is a simple recipe for making rice. My father taught it to me when I was a child. Back then, I used to sit up on the kitchen counter watching him, how he sifted the grains in his hands, sure...
Literary Hubby James Folta22d ago
Remembering the great Annie Dillard. Annie Dillard, the masterful stylist and brilliant thinker, has died at 81. Her death was confirmed by her literary executor, Maggie Nelson.
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen22d ago
A sneak preview of the literary films currently dominating the festival circuit. It’s looking like a great year for indie cinema. Which is swell news for nerds.
Literary Hubby James Folta22d ago
Attention LBJ nerds: Robert Caro is posting book updates on Instagram. As Lit Hub’s resident Caro-head, I’m committed to bringing you regular updates on the historian’s progress on his Years of...
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily22d ago
Lit Hub Daily: September 16, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1880, Alfred Noyes is born. - Who actually benefits in an MFA workshop?
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts22d ago
The dentist’s quote for the surgery was between two and four thousand dollars. “I’m sorry I can’t be more precise,” he said, “but I can’t really know until we get in there.” It wasn’t a...
Literary Hubby David Gessner22d ago
The Movie Star and the Mountain: On Robert Redford’s Sundance Origin Story David Gessner Remembers the Star and Conservationist, a Year After His Death I.
Literary Hubby Tobias Carroll22d ago
Revisiting Vikram Chandra’s Ode to the Art of Human Coding in the Age of AI Tobias Carroll Talks to the Author of Geek Sublime About the Ubiquity of Vibe Coding Twelve years ago, Vikram Chandra’s...
Literary Hubby Abdelrahman ElGendy22d ago
How an Egyptian Prison Poem Came to Structure My Memoir Abdelrahman ElGendy on the Way Language Can Build a Relationship Between Author and Reader I wrote my memoir, Huna, in English, which is to...
Literary Hubby Devon Halliday22d ago
Who Are MFA Workshops *Really* For? Devon Halliday Considers the MFA and Its Discontents How many writers does it take to fix a short story?
Literary Hubby Anna Holmes22d ago
Anna Holmes on Why “No” Is the Most Powerful Word a Woman Can Say Today “For women ‘no’ can be a declaration of war, a call to arms, a rejection of the very traits that society deems most...
Literary Hubby Joseph Margulies22d ago
In Prison, White Supremacist Literature Is Required Reading “White supremacy welcomed his rage, and that made it irresistible.” To survive the box, you learn to fish.
Literary Hubby Adam Kirsch22d ago
What Fascination With UFOs Reveals About Conspiratorial Thinking in America Adam Kirsch Explores the Intersection of Belief in Aliens and Lack of Trust in Institutions and Experts A detective story...
Literary Hubby Lydia Mathis22d ago
Embodied, Unbodied, and the Body Destroyed: Five Books About the Body Lydia Mathis Recommends Justin Torres, Jesmyn Ward, Sarah Gailey, and More In undergrad, I took a few creative writing classes...
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily23d ago
Lit Hub Daily: September 15, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1889, Claude McKay is born. - Don’t have time to read all those fall reading lists? That’s okay. We read them for you.
Literary Hubby Emily Temple23d ago
The Ultimate Fall 2026 Reading List 84 Books the Critics Think You Should Read This Season The leaves are changing, and so is the footwear. The names on the books are getting bigger.
Literary Hubby Jane Ciabattari23d ago
Emily St. John Mandel on Writing a Novel of Dystopian Counterlives Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Exit Party Post-pandemic dystopias are at the center of Emily St.
Literary Hubby Madeleine Thien23d ago
How Madeleine Thien Organizes Her Bookshelves, Among Other Things A Questionnaire With the Author of Simple Recipes Madeleine Thien’s new story collection, Simple Recipes is available now from W.W.
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