Literature

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

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.
The five kinds of party girls you find in literature.
March’s Best Reviewed Fiction
March’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction
From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April
A retailer of tales