Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
The Virtue of Giddiness in Art

The Virtue of Giddiness in Art

Rosie Haward on Desire and Dizziness, from Bernini to Adjani

By Rosie Haward | January 14, 2019

<em>Dirty Dancing</em> Belongs in the Lesbian Rom-Com Canon

Dirty Dancing Belongs in the Lesbian Rom-Com Canon

Esther Newton Makes an Important Case

By Esther Newton | November 14, 2018

The Souls of Latarian Milton

The Souls of Latarian Milton

When Young Black Boys Come to a Crossroads

By Donald Quist | October 29, 2018

The Year I Stopped Reading White People

The Year I Stopped Reading White People

Jerome Blanco on the Power of Writing What You Know

By Jerome Blanco | October 24, 2018

So Many Rules to Break: On the Struggles of a Modern Muslim

So Many Rules to Break: On the Struggles of a Modern Muslim

Lur Alghurabi Discovers the Unlikeliest Places of Worship

By Lur Alghurabi | September 11, 2018

Toward a Trans Literature of the Everyday

Toward a Trans Literature of the Everyday

Veronica Esposito on Writing by Gabriela Weiner, Arlene Stein, and Casey Plett

By Veronica Esposito | September 10, 2018

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

What Does Anger Mean For the Immigrant?

By Sharmila Sen | August 30, 2018

Like Most Americans, I Was Raised to Be A White Man

By Onnesha Roychoudhuri | July 24, 2018

Hari Kondabolu: On Racism in
Post-9/11 New York

By But That's Another Story | June 29, 2018

How Prince Helped Me Feel Seen

How Prince Helped Me Feel Seen

James Tate Hill on the Multifarious Legacy of the Artist Formerly Known As

By James Tate Hill | June 7, 2018

Terrance Hayes on Shakespeare, Ol' Dirty Bastard and What Makes a Good MFA

Terrance Hayes on Shakespeare, Ol' Dirty Bastard and What Makes a Good MFA

The Author of American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin in Talks to Jeffrey J. Williams

By Jeffrey J. Williams | May 9, 2018

Gay, Muslim, Refugee: On Making a Life in Trump's America

Gay, Muslim, Refugee: On Making a Life in Trump's America

Aleksandar Hemon Tells the Story of Kemalemir Frashto

By Aleksandar Hemon | April 9, 2018

Raising a Transgender Child in the Age of Trump

Raising a Transgender Child in the Age of Trump

Laurie Frankel: Being a Girl is Hard But Awesome

By Laurie Frankel | March 2, 2018

In Conversation with Jorie Graham

In Conversation with Jorie Graham

The Author of Fast Talks to Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | February 23, 2018

The Exiles of Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

The Exiles of Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

The Call Me Zebra Author Excavates Her Buried Selves

By Zahra Hankir | February 13, 2018

Bad Faith Backlash: Arguing Online With Everyone and No One

Bad Faith Backlash: Arguing Online With Everyone and No One

The Last Jedi, and the Internet of Takes">On "Cat Person," The Last Jedi, and the Internet of Takes

By M. C. Mah | January 22, 2018

‹ Previous1234567Next ›
Page 5 of 7
    • 7 Novels That Explore Motherhood's ComplexitiesNovember 4, 2025 by Donna Freitas
    • To Break Up with Friends, or to Murder Them: 5 Novels Featuring Fatal Friendship FailingsNovember 4, 2025 by Jenna Satterthwaite
    • The Trauma Behind the "Good Old Days": Christina Henry on the Dark Trap of Nostalgia in FictionNovember 4, 2025 by Christina Henry
    • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member