Despite what some people might think, the short story is here to stay. | Lit Hub Criticism Téa Obreht talks to Jane Ciabattari about writing Sunrise: “I’m fascinated with the Western as a genre, as theatre, as propaganda, as a
Despite what some people might think, the short story is here to stay. | Lit Hub Criticism Téa Obreht talks to Jane Ciabattari about writing Sunrise: “I’m fascinated with the Western as a genre, as theatre, as propaganda, as a
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On The Catcher in the Rye at 75, Hemingway, and the influence of war on the history of American masculinity. | Lit Hub Criticism Oil companies know they’re destroying the planet, but they still choose profit. | Lit Hub Climate
Should you judge a book by its cover? Probably! Ed Simon looks at the history of book cover trends. | Lit Hub Design James Spooner remembers finding community and belonging in New York’s Black punk scene. | Lit Hub Music
Why later in life is maybe the perfect time to read ancient classics (and why it’s never too late to love art for art’s sake). | Lit Hub Criticism Finding unexpected inspiration while writing from Ted Hughes’s childhood home: “The
Maybe you just need a writing date with Rumpelstiltskin. | Lit Hub Craft On Etna, The Call of the Wild, and the enduring appear of the canine narrator. | Lit Hub Criticism Here are ten great nonfiction titles to read
Why mothers with babies are the ultimate flâneurs, even if “there aren’t a lot of mother-flâneurs in literature.” | Lit Hub Craft Tracy Borman recommends books by C.J. Sansom, Hilary Mantel, Stephen Alford and more to shape your Tudor obsession. |
Carly Mattox considers Jennette McCurdy’s Half His Age and reckons with the long literary history of age gap relationships. | Lit Hub Criticism What should your kids read this August? Try one of these 10 new children’s books. | Lit Hub