Happy Friday, readers! Here at Lit Hub, we’re still catching joy where we can nab it. With apologies for a weekend off here and there, we’re back to report on the sweet things that are making us smile. Calvin Kasulke Read more >
This weekend, the Park Avenue Armory plays host to the New York Antiquarian Book Fair—i.e., Mecca, for a certain type of bibliophile. At the press preview, I’m conspicuously underdressed, having (lazily) assumed bowties and sweater-vests would rule the day in this Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of Read more >
As you may have heard, Olivia Newman’s adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel Remarkably Bright Creatures premieres next week on Netflix. Certified American treasure Sally Field stars as Tova, a widow who works at an aquarium and forms a Read more >
May is here, and with it comes the promise of warmer and brighter weather, the promise of summer’s suns. And we could certainly use that promise right now in an America and world at large increasingly defined by senseless violence Read more >
In 2024, The Onion purchased Infowars, the conspiracy website born of the craven lunatic/Sandy Hook shooting denier Alex Jones. The site best known for dragging conspiracy theories into mainstream political discourse was put on the market after its architect filed Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of Read more >
This week, the New York Public Library announced its fresh class of Cullman fellows. The 15 gifted academics and writers were selected from a pool of over 800 applicants. They represent half a dozen fields of study; this year’s crew Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of Read more >
We’re rounding out the month with a final dose of great literature: stupendous works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry all abound. Tom Perrotta’s new novel, Ghost Town, is out today, alongside Emma Copley Eisenberg’s collection of stories, Fat Swim, and Read more >
This morning, the eminent critic Dwight Garner published a lament for the institutional book critic—via his own institution, The New York Times. Lord knows this isn’t the first swansong of its kind. We’ve covered the recent destruction of The Washington Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of Read more >
Haruki Murakami’s next novel, The Tale of KAHO, will be published on July 3rd by Shinchosha Publishing Co, the AP reports. This will be Murakami’s first full-length novel since 2023’s The City and its Uncertain Walls (published in the US Read more >
At a ceremony last night, Aspen Words announced the winner of their annual Aspen Words Literary Prize, which awards $35,000 to “a work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of Read more >
Today, the New York Public Library announced the finalists for its Young Lions Fiction Award, which celebrates fiction by “exceptional early-career authors” (read: 35 years old or younger). This year’s judges are Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Raven Leilani, and Alexander Sammartino, Read more >
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