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Literary Hubby Simon Warrack17d ago
On Finding the Beauty in a Block of Stone Simon Warrack Remembers What Led Him To Discover His Passion For Heritage Preservation The best way to observe London, with all its charm and beauty...
Literary Hubby Emerson Whitney17d ago
The Archive Talks Back: Eight Books That Wrest Humanity From the Record Emerson Whitney Recommends Matthew James Weigel, Anne Carson, Saidiya Hartman and More Genre-bending books have greatly...
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts17d ago
My father Chas Bouguereau upped sticks some sixty years ago and left Louisiana and settled himself in Paris, a small town in Tennessee. It was 1840. A wiser man would have pushed on to the Ohio.
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily19d ago
Lit Hub Weekly: September 14 - 18, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - Don’t have time to read all those fall reading lists? That’s okay. We read them for you.
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen20d ago
Here’s what’s making us happy this week. Happy Friday, readers. Your friendly neighborhood Lit Hub staff are getting our kicks this week from simple things.
Literary Hubby Dan Sheehan20d ago
Sally Rooney just defeated a data center. Here’s a rare piece of heartening tech news to buoy you toward the weekend: A West of Ireland data center objected to by novelist Sally Rooney has just had...
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily20d ago
Lit Hub Daily: September 18, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1897, Henry James’ novel What Maisie Knew is published as a book after originally being serialized.
Literary Hubby Caroline Eubanks20d ago
How Romance Novels Filled in the Gaps Left by Sex Ed Caroline Eubanks on the Power of “Smut” to Break Taboos Around Sex Chewed up gum, unraveled yarn, a flower stripped of its petals.
Literary Hubby Isabel Allende20d ago
Isabel Allende on Finding the Freedom to Write The House of the Spirits Started Out as a Letter to Allende’s Grandfather This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here.
Literary Hubby Susan Neiman20d ago
Does Evil Exist (and How Do We Recognize It?) Susan Neiman on the Ways Philosophers Have Conceptualized Morality Throughout the 20th Century The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the...
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts20d ago
I never expected horses to become a theme in my life. When I was a young girl, I didn’t see them as animals so much as a child’s bedroom aesthetic, something that other girls—not me— chose to...
Literary Hubby Book Marks20d ago
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Emily St. John Mandel, Ben Macintyre, Kate Atkinson, Naomi Klein, and More Emily St.
Literary Hubby Janet Manley20d ago
Going Inside the Board Book with Jon Klassen Janet Manley Talks to the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Winner Jon Klassen’s books stay with kids.
Literary Hubby Antonella Lettieri20d ago
Antonella Lettieri On Translating Roberta Recchia’s All That is Left of Life "Its true grace is in the balance it achieves between big, choral moments and smaller, more intimate ones."
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily21d ago
Lit Hub Daily: September 17, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - Who says nonfiction is in crisis? Maris Kreizman recommends 14 nonfiction titles to look forward to in the remainder of 2026.
Literary Hubby Maris Kreizman21d ago
Is Nonfiction in Crisis? These 14 Books Suggest Otherwise Maris Kreizman Recommends David Treuer, Franny Choi, Zaina Arafat, and More The first official day of fall is this coming Tuesday...
Literary Hubby Book Marks21d ago
5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week “The result is a strange, bewitching experiment in autobiography.” Our quintet of quality reviews this week includes Joseph O’Neill on Jared Weisberg’s Profiles...
Literary Hubby Nanako Hanada21d ago
How Books Can Make an Awkward Encounter Slightly Less Awkward Nanako Hanada on Using Online Meetup Platforms To Dispense Literary Recommendations “Ah, you must be Nanako?” the tall man said as soon...
Literary Hubby Elizabeth Metzger21d ago
Nine Books of Poetry About Breakups (and Awakenings) Elizabeth Metzger Recommends Anne Carson, Sandra Lim, Maggie Millner, and More We often experience breakups as private deaths.
Literary Hubby Shirley Jennifer Lim21d ago
Remembering Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s First Asian-American Star “Wong provides us with a road map of how to forge ahead even under the most difficult of circumstances.” If the old Ernest Hemingway...
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