Literature

Immerse yourself in the world of literature with updates on book releases, author interviews, literary awards, and literary events.

The Eureka Moment: How Calculated Risk-Taking Can Lead to Scientific Innovation
The Beast Inside: What the Myth of the Minotaur Reveals About Human Nature
Fighting for One’s Fiction: How Norman Mailer Taught Me to Defend My Plots
What the Science of Gene Inheritance Reveals About the Humans Behind It
“Architect’s Watercolor,” a Poem by Arthur Sze
NaNoWriMo is shutting down.
Celebrate National Poetry Month with FSG’s Dial-A-Poem.
Museums in Sudan
February 2025
‘The tiny ant …’
January 2025
Lit Hub Daily: April 1, 2025
Rachel Kushner on How Clarice Lispector Disrupts Our Notions of Good and Bad
A Single Ray of Light: On Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” and Living in the Shadow of Long COVID
On the Best (Worst) Best Man Speech Ever (at My Super Mario-Themed Wedding)
Can Writers Ever Remember How to Read For Fun?
“Jailbreak of Sparrows,” a Poem by Martín Espada
On the Challenge of Writing a Sequel to a Twenty-Year-Old Novel
“The Fifth Story”
Jeanne Thornton! Amy Gerstler! Videogame memoirs! 26 new books out today.