The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villians: Brittany Allen on <em>Matilda's</em> Agatha Trunchbull.

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villians: Brittany Allen on Matilda's Agatha Trunchbull.

By Brittany Allen | March 12, 2025

For its tenth birthday(!), <em> A Little Life </em> is getting a makeover.

For its tenth birthday(!), A Little Life is getting a makeover.

By Brittany Allen | March 12, 2025

An Indiana bill is threatening Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

An Indiana bill is threatening Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

But America's sweetheart is prepared to fight and scratch.

By Brittany Allen | March 5, 2025

Here are the finalists for the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Here are the finalists for the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

By Brittany Allen | March 4, 2025

The US Has a Journalism Crisis: Here’s Why Writers Are Leaving the Profession in Droves

The US Has a Journalism Crisis: Here’s Why Writers Are Leaving the Profession in Droves

Brittany K. Allen on the Dire State of American Media

By Brittany Allen | March 4, 2025

Every one of Bridget Jones's boyfriends, ranked.

Every one of Bridget Jones's boyfriends, ranked.

By Brittany Allen | February 26, 2025

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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
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  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Here's the longlist for this year's International Booker Prize.

By Brittany Allen | February 25, 2025

All Fours is being adapted for TV. Here's our dream cast.

By Brittany Allen | February 24, 2025

RaMell Ross on Adapting Colson Whitehead, Black Subjectivity, and the Epic Banal

By Brittany Allen | February 19, 2025

Remembering David Ruggles, the radical abolitionist who opened the first Black-owned bookstore.

Remembering David Ruggles, the radical abolitionist who opened the first Black-owned bookstore.

A Black History month reflection.

By Brittany Allen | February 18, 2025

The curious case of the stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald statue.

The curious case of the stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald statue.

By Brittany Allen | February 14, 2025

Late capitalism got you down? Join this (free!) Fredric Jameson study group.

Late capitalism got you down? Join this (free!) Fredric Jameson study group.

Care of our friends at Verso Books.

By Brittany Allen | February 11, 2025

Gird your loins. We're about to get a lot of really bad, state-sponsored art.

Gird your loins. We're about to get a lot of really bad, state-sponsored art.

By Brittany Allen | February 10, 2025

What to read if you're finally ready to loud quit your job.

What to read if you're finally ready to loud quit your job.

By Brittany Allen | February 10, 2025

How librarians saved the day in World War II.

How librarians saved the day in World War II.

Move over, Moneypenny. The first spies were nerds.

By Brittany Allen | February 6, 2025

Can you read cursive? Then the National Archives wants YOU.

Can you read cursive? Then the National Archives wants YOU.

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2025

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