Two great works of art to ease your transition into autumn.
Literary Hubby James Folta15d ago
Two great works of art to ease your transition into autumn. To my fellow summer weary, too sweaty, beach-skeptical readers out there: We made it.
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Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily15d ago
Lit Hub Daily: September 23, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1909, The Phantom of the Opera is first serialized in Le Gaulois.
The True Story of the Actual First Shot Fired in the Civil War
Literary Hubby Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz15d ago
The True Story of the Actual First Shot Fired in the Civil War Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz on the Origins and Aftermath of the Christiana Riot It was the autumn of 1865—a quiet, bitter autumn after...
The Joy of Eavesdropping as a Bookseller in an English Seaside Town
Literary Hubby Katie Clapham15d ago
The Joy of Eavesdropping as a Bookseller in an English Seaside Town Katie Clapham Reflects on Her Experience Running Storytellers Inc. in St.
Fady Joudah’s Meditation on Language and Time Under Genocide
Literary Hubby Bilal Urick15d ago
Fady Joudah’s Meditation on Language and Time Under Genocide Bilal Urick on Exhibit G, Joudah's new multimedia poetry collection Fady Joudah’s Exhibit G is among the first of its kind.
How Weimar Germany’s Proportional Democracy Put Hitler in Power
Literary Hubby Dana Bash and David Fisher15d ago
How Weimar Germany’s Proportional Democracy Put Hitler in Power Dana Bash and David Fisher on the Rise of Nazism Through an Embattled Electoral System “We warn our opponents not to drive us to the...
What Learning to Paint and Reading The Elements of Style Have in Common
Literary Hubby Susan Coll15d ago
What Learning to Paint and Reading The Elements of Style Have in Common Susan Coll on Letting Your Mind Wander Outside the Box I envy painters the freedom to convey thoughts without words.
10 Essential Ukrainian Reads, From Memoir to Novel
Literary Hubby Sasha Dovzhyk15d ago
10 Essential Ukrainian Reads, From Memoir to Novel Sasha Dovzhyk Recommends Lesia Ukrainka, Victoria Amelina, Olena Stiazhkina Dr.
In Praise of Lost Time: On a Poetics That Subverts Linear Chronology
Literary Hubby Laura Kolbe15d ago
In Praise of Lost Time: On a Poetics That Subverts Linear Chronology Laura Kolbe: “Having an intimate, almost sensual relationship to the clock is the derangement.” In this year’s heteropessimist...
Avalon, Rise
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts15d ago
The American Academy of Pediatrics could not explain why Martin, at seven years old, rolled around on the living room floor flapping his arms and cawing, while Teddy, who was not yet five, waited...
Singapore is paying its citizens to read. (But will it work?)
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen16d ago
Singapore is paying its citizens to read. (But will it work?) On September 6, Singapore started paying its citizens to read.
Lit Hub Daily: September 22, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily16d ago
Lit Hub Daily: September 22, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age is published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in New...
John Green Gives Himself Permission to Suck
Literary Hubby Literary Hub16d ago
John Green Gives Himself Permission to Suck The Author of Hollywood, Ending Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire John Green’s new book, Hollywood, Ending, is available now from Dutton, so we asked him a...
What We Lose in the Face of Extinction
Literary Hubby Neil Griffin16d ago
What We Lose in the Face of Extinction Neil Griffin on Doomed Species, Our Capacity for Wonder, and How Extinction Shapes the Planet Before Charles Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species, he spent...
Opening the Door: On the Secrets Old Buildings Can Keep
Literary Hubby Doireann Ní Ghríofa16d ago
Opening the Door: On the Secrets Old Buildings Can Keep Doireann Ní Ghríofa Explores Our Need to Know the Stories Behind Broken Glass and Dark Corridors It began with a mistake.
Female Life on Planet Earth
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts16d ago
One year after the death you throw a party. they say grief needs a turn of seasons—one summer, fall, winter and spring—before the sadness lets go. If you survive the year, you celebrate.
Gloria Steinem, John Green, Lucy Foley, and more: 20 new books out today!
Literary Hubby Julia Hass16d ago
Gloria Steinem, John Green, Lucy Foley, and more: 20 new books out today! Today, it is officially fall: does it feel like it?
How Heated Rivalry Imagines a More Inclusive NHL
Literary Hubby Daniel Gawthrop17d ago
How Heated Rivalry Imagines a More Inclusive NHL Daniel Gawthrop on the Explosive Popularity of the Queer Hockey Phenomenon “I know there are gay guys in the NHL, because I met one of my teammate’s...
Carlo Rovelli on the Dangers of Getting Trapped Inside Your Own Conceptual Framework
Literary Hubby Carlo Rovelli17d ago
Carlo Rovelli on the Dangers of Getting Trapped Inside Your Own Conceptual Framework Lessons About Earth, Reality, and Universal Truths Before arriving at the quanta to which this first lesson is...
Whereof One Cannot Speak: On the Limits of Language to Describe Pain
Literary Hubby Ed Simon17d ago
Whereof One Cannot Speak: On the Limits of Language to Describe Pain Ed Simon Explores the Incomplete Poetics of Physical Suffering When the pain first arrived, it was during an...