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Catherine Newman on the Humor of the Unexpected
“Anything catching on fire and crashing through the chimney into the living room is funny—but it’s really funny if it’s raccoons.”
By
Catherine Newman
| October 31, 2025
Wreck
Catherine Newman
By
Lit Hub Excerpts
| October 27, 2025
“Literature is a Force For Peace and Solidarity.” On Writing a Novel of the War in Ukraine
Sam Wachman Unpacks the Challenges of Sharing Truths in Fiction
By
Sam Wachman
| August 13, 2025
In From the Margins: On Letting the Roma Narrate Their Own Story
Madeline Potter Explores the Development of Romani Culture and Identity Across Europe
By
Madeline Potter
| July 15, 2025
Other Worlds, Other Futures: On
Black Panther
and the Dream of Escapist Emancipation
Ekow Eshun Explores the Possibilities of Black Futures That Transcend the Expectations of Modernity
By
Ekow Eshun
| July 11, 2025
A Series of Unfortunate Salaries:
Maris Kreizman on Fighting the Publishing Industry’s Elitism
The Author of “I Want to Burn This Place Down” Unionizes Against the Big Five’s Unlivable Wages
By
Maris Kreizman
| July 1, 2025
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Meg Waite Clayton on Fictionalizing Hollywood’s Blacklist Era
By
Jane Ciabattari
| July 1, 2025
Three Kids, Three Pasts: Tennessee Hill on Using Multiple POVs to Explore Shared Memory
By
Tennessee Hill
| June 25, 2025
Jess Walter Eats Breakfast Three or Four Times While Writing (and Other Literary Tidbits)
By
Literary Hub
| June 10, 2025
On the Very Real Dangers of the Artificial Intelligence Hype Machine
Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna Explore AI History, the Cold War, and a Fatally Overhyped Idea
By
Literary Hub
| May 13, 2025
“I Hope You Don’t Mind That I’ve Shared You.” Arianna Rebolini on Writing About Your Kid
On Being a Parent and a Memoirist
By
Arianna Rebolini
| May 2, 2025
Inventing Truths: What Toni Morrison’s Fiction Taught Me About Writing Memoir
Bridgett M. Davis on the Creative Lessons Learned From an Icon of American Literature
By
Bridgett M. Davis
| April 7, 2025
What the Mysterious Mating Habits of an Enigmatic Species Reveal About the Secrets of Evolution
Matt Ridley on the Paradoxical Pickiness of the Black Grouse
By
Matt Ridley
| March 24, 2025
Paul Lisicky on Joni Mitchell, Anti-Memoirs, and How Songwriting Influences His Nonfiction
The Author of “Song So Wild and Blue” in Conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg
By
Emma Copley Eisenberg
| February 24, 2025
How the Twin Desires of Connection and Autonomy Motivate Us to Success
William von Hippel on the Psychology Behind the Human Need for Independence and Acceptance
By
William von Hippel
| February 20, 2025
The Best of the Bard: Nine Literary Works That Radically Reimagine Shakespeare
Grace Tiffany Recommends David Wroblewski, Dorothy Dunnett, Richard Adams, and More
By
Grace Tiffany
| February 4, 2025
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Jaime Parker Stickle on Podcasts, Investigations, and Her Strange Journey to Writing a Thriller
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Jaime Parker Stickle
Ice Cream, Elephants, Organs, Death: The Triumphs and Terrors of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
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by
Emily Bain Murphy
7 Thrillers and Mysteries Where the Celebration Turns Deadly
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The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"