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“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

Paul Slovak Digs Into Titles by Leonard Cohen, John Williams, Alfred Doblin, and More

By Paul Slovak | September 8, 2025

The Grub Street Diets of your favorite fictional characters.

The Grub Street Diets of your favorite fictional characters.

By Brittany Allen | May 22, 2024

Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

The Author of Serious Face Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2022

Ten campus novels as op-eds about the dangers of wokeness.

Ten campus novels as op-eds about the dangers of wokeness.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 31, 2021

Still stuck at home? Read these 7 books in which . . . very little happens.

Still stuck at home? Read these 7 books in which . . . very little happens.

By Aaron Robertson | July 16, 2020

The Fall and Rise of William Stoner

The Fall and Rise of William Stoner

Steve Almond on the Critical and Commercial Resurrection of John Williams' Classic

By Steve Almond | August 29, 2019

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or a Privilege?

By Literary Hub | November 30, 2017

Celebrating Literature in William Stoner's College Town

By Rachel Hall | May 5, 2017

Kazuki Agarie's Quiet Dignity: On Translating Stoner in Japan

By Motoyuki Shibata | May 25, 2016

Celebrating Translation Month

Celebrating Translation Month

Six New Pieces on Translation From Russia, China, Greece, and More

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2016

Stoner

Stoner

John Williams

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 3, 2015