How the British Media Legitimized J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia
Literary Hubby Gina Gwenffrewi·3d ago
How the British Media Legitimized J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia Gina Gwenffrewi on the Poisonous Media Discourse of Anti-Trans Panic in the United Kingdom Preserved like frozen eddies in the whirlwind...
Revisiting an Unsung 100-Year-Old Novel From an Intellectual New York Family
Literary Hubby Mabel Capability Taylor·3d ago
Revisiting an Unsung 100-Year-Old Novel From an Intellectual New York Family On Reading Ettie Stettheimer’s Lost Days I recently visited a house on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing
Literary Hubby Charlotte Donlon·3d ago
We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing “AI will improve, but it will never develop the capacity for genuine longing, grief.” The literary...
9 Novels About Being the Poorest Person in the Room
Literary Hubby Carla Vass·3d ago
9 Novels About Being the Poorest Person in the Room Carla Vass Recommends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith and More I like my fiction the way I like my reality TV: full of...
Rebranding Samantha: Reflections on the First “Grown Up” American Girl Book
Literary Hubby Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith·3d ago
Rebranding Samantha: Reflections on the First “Grown Up” American Girl Book Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith on Samantha: The Next Chapter We had several things on our 40th anniversary of...
Love Days
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·3d ago
After a hasty breakfast, of which she remembered nothing but that she had eaten it, Susanna found herself on the street car bound for college.
We Are the Medicine: Recommendations on the Ever Growing List of Latinx Literature
Literary Hubby Tomas Moniz·4d ago
We Are the Medicine: Recommendations on the Ever Growing List of Latinx Literature Tomas Moniz Recommends Michael Nava, Tomás Rivera, José Vadi, and More I’m starting this draft on the Fourth of...
Lit Hub Weekly: September 28 – October 3, 2026
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Daily·5d ago
Lit Hub Weekly: September 28 - October 3, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - “Chalk it up to stubbornness.
Audible has a creepy new feature that lets you talk to characters in books.
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen·6d ago
Audible has a creepy new feature that lets you talk to characters in books. Ever wanted to crack the creme bruleé of Mr. Darcy’s stoicism? Or give Humbert Humbert a piece of your mind?
Here’s what’s making us happy this week.
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen·6d ago
Here’s what’s making us happy this week. This week, your friendly neighborhood Lit Hub staff is feasting on a narrative diet—but not in the stacks you’d expect.
10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Enjoy in October
Literary Hubby Literary Hub·6d ago
10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Enjoy in October Featuring New Books by David Treuer, Wendy S. Walters, Thomas Frank, and More.
The Beautiful Plain
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·6d ago
Laura didn’t remember moving to Platte, Nebraska. She had only been three when her father took the job of planning commissioner for the county.
How the American Media Manipulated the Public to Support War in Iraq
Literary Hubby Assal Rad·6d ago
How the American Media Manipulated the Public to Support War in Iraq Assal Rad on the Parallels Between Journalists’ Treatment of the Invasion of Iraq and the Genocide in Gaza For years, mainstream...
“You Have to Love It.” Brittany Cavallaro on Writing for Young Adults
Literary Hubby Brittany Cavallaro·6d ago
“You Have to Love It.” Brittany Cavallaro on Writing for Young Adults The Author of Wayfarers on Writing, Teaching, and Listening Like Sylvie, the protagonist of my new novel, Wayfarers, I grew up...
How Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life Embodies the Best of America
Literary Hubby Emily St. James and Lauren Theisen·6d ago
How Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life Embodies the Best of America Emily St. James and Lauren Theisen In Praise of George Bailey George Bailey is more Christmas than Santa Claus.
Do Smartphones Belong in Fiction?
Literary Hubby Ankur Thakkar·6d ago
Do Smartphones Belong in Fiction? Ankur Thakkar on Navigating Technology on the Page This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here.
What Happens When Humans Show Up: On the Ecosystem Beneath Our Feet
Literary Hubby Frank Ashwood·6d ago
What Happens When Humans Show Up: On the Ecosystem Beneath Our Feet Frank Ashwood Considers the Earth’s Earliest Soil, the First Mass Extinction Event, and the Impact of People The Coral Coast...
Five Essential Books on Women in the Early Civil Rights Movement
Literary Hubby Keri Leigh Merritt·6d ago
Five Essential Books on Women in the Early Civil Rights Movement Keri Leigh Merritt Recommends Patricia Bell-Scott, Jacqueline Dowd Hall, John Egerton and More While the story of the Civil Rights...
Revelations, Regret, Relief: Nine Books With Big Secrets
Literary Hubby Julia Cohen·6d ago
Revelations, Regret, Relief: Nine Books With Big Secrets Julia Cohen Recommends Brandon Shimoda, Andrea Lawlor, and More My daughter turned four this summer, and it’s been a strangely riveting...
Russia has destroyed “one third of all the books printed in Ukraine this year.”
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen·7d ago
Russia has destroyed “one third of all the books printed in Ukraine this year.” On September 25, The New York Times reported that Russian drones hit a plant on the edge of Kyiv.
Your filters hide everything on this page. Adjust them in preferences.