Heavy Cream
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts8d ago
The week after we ransacked my grandmother’s house for bounty, we drove back to Maple Falls to attend as guests my grandmother’s memorial at the Northwest Hills Community Church.
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top 82%Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Literary Hubby Emily Temple9d ago
Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced next week, on Thursday, October 8.
Lit Hub Daily: September 29, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily9d ago
Lit Hub Daily: September 29, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1909, Franz Kafka’s short story “The Aeroplanes at Brescia” is published in the Prague newspaper Bohemia.
Hernan Diaz’s New Novel Isn’t a Dystopia—Trust Him
Literary Hubby Eric Olson9d ago
Hernan Diaz's New Novel Isn't a Dystopia—Trust Him Eric Olson Profiles the Author of Ply Pulitzer winner Hernan Diaz releases his first novel in four years this week, and he’s parrying a few...
What Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot and Joan Didion Really Meant With Their Most Famous Aphorisms
Literary Hubby Eli Burnstein9d ago
What Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot and Joan Didion Really Meant With Their Most Famous Aphorisms Eli Burnstein Traces the Origins of Some of the Most Popular Phrases in Literature “A rose is a rose...
Personal Yet Systemic: On Antiblackness as a Social, Historical and Cultural Phenomenon
Literary Hubby Patrice D. Douglass9d ago
Personal Yet Systemic: On Antiblackness as a Social, Historical and Cultural Phenomenon Patrice D. Douglass Considers the Distinct Forces That Underpin Anti-Black Racism ANTIBLACKNESS (noun) 1.
Nina Schuyler on Personifying a River in Craft and Creative Voice
Literary Hubby Jane Ciabattari9d ago
Nina Schuyler on Personifying a River in Craft and Creative Voice Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Open the Floodgates Nina Schuyler, the award-winning climate fiction author, grew up...
The “Mutually Confounding” Relationship Between Librarian and Researcher
Literary Hubby Matthew J. Prigge9d ago
The “Mutually Confounding” Relationship Between Librarian and Researcher Matthew J. Prigge on Writing His Book With the Help of a Librarian and a Stack of Boxes in the Basement I got into...
Robert Kolker Motivates Himself By Asking “What if Writing Were Fun?”
Literary Hubby Literary Hub9d ago
Robert Kolker Motivates Himself By Asking “What if Writing Were Fun?” The Author of The Vanishing Family Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire Robert Kolker’s new book, The Vanishing Family, is available...
Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today!
Literary Hubby Julia Hass9d ago
Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today! There are a number of heavyweight fiction titles coming out this week: Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, and Ayad Akhtar all have...
The Radiance
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts9d ago
The narrator of The Radiance shares Akhtar’s name and much of his life. After leaving New York for a small Hudson Valley town, he ends up getting hit by a pickup truck during a bike ride.
William T. Vollmann on Trying to Excavate American Foreign Policy From the Cold War to the War on Terror
Literary Hubby William T. Vollmann10d ago
William T. Vollmann on Trying to Excavate American Foreign Policy From the Cold War to the War on Terror Behind the Decades-Long Publication Journey Behind His Latest Novel A Table for Fortune is...
A Journey to Antarctica in Photos: Remembering Ernest Shackleton’s Grand Expedition
Literary Hubby Alexandra Shackleton10d ago
A Journey to Antarctica in Photos: Remembering Ernest Shackleton’s Grand Expedition Alexandra Shackleton on the Enduring Legacy of Her Grandfather’s Voyage to the Southernmost Tip of the World...
The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England
Literary Hubby Marion Gibson10d ago
The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England Marion Gibson on the Deadly Moral Panic of 17th-Century Britain Although we can see many connections between our own lives and those of...
Angela Flournoy on Exploring Economic and Social Uncertainty in the Internet Age
Literary Hubby The Center for Fiction10d ago
Angela Flournoy on Exploring Economic and Social Uncertainty in the Internet Age The Author of The Wilderness in Conversation With Brit Bennett and Raven Leilani at The Center For Fiction Angela...
Why Ghosts Are Haunting Us in 2026 (For Real)
Literary Hubby Tara Badstubner10d ago
Why Ghosts Are Haunting Us in 2026 (For Real) Tara Badstubner on Our Fascination with the Spectral Realm Several years ago, when COVID was still a bruising force in our lives, scaring us spitless...
“Crabs”
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts10d ago
My all-girls’ high school was sometimes visited by crabs. The first time I saw one show up was during my first year, on a rainy day in early summer.
Lit Hub Weekly: September 21 – 25, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily12d ago
Lit Hub Weekly: September 21 - 25, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - During the season of big books, how do you choose one to read? With a flowchart, obviously.
Booksellers are sounding the alarm over Trump’s anti-antifascist presidential memo.
Literary Hubby James Folta13d ago
Booksellers are sounding the alarm over Trump’s anti-antifascist presidential memo. A group of concerned booksellers recently sent an open letter to the American Booksellers Association and the...
Have They Ruined Our Beloved Scholastic Book Fair?
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen13d ago
Have They Ruined Our Beloved Scholastic Book Fair? Brittany K. Allen on the Enshittification of All Things Oh, Scholastic Book Fair.