Literature

September 9, 2024, 7:01pm Today, the British Academy announced the 2024 shortlist for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. The international prize, now in its 12th year, celebrates “groundbreaking works of non-fiction that have made an outstanding contribution to the public understanding of world cultures and their interactions, and are grounded in

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Richard Powers on What We Do to the Earth and What It Does to Us Hua Hsu writing a long profile of Richard Powers in The New Yorker. Happy Monday to me. I’ve read a

September 9, 2024, 1:35pm This back-to-school season brings bad tidings for dissent. Here in the U.S., academic institutions continue to restrict, thwart, and punish pro-Palestinian speech from students, employees, and teachers alike. After coming under fire for their treatment of campus protesters last term, New York University admins dropped an updated code of conduct that

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It was at his cousin Eleanor’s home in Cambridge, Tom recalled. A small party, an impromptu game of charades. He stepped on Emily Hale’s feet—and promptly fell in love with her. Article continues after advertisement For decades, their story was hidden away, a matter of scholarly speculation. A few months before Eliot married his secretary,

Popcorn by Rob Harrell Seventh grader Andrew’s anxiety feels like popcorn in his belly, and the more he heats up with anxiety, the more they pop. He’s been to therapy before, but his mother couldn’t afford it, so he does his best to practice what he learned while there. And he’s going to need those

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Article continues after advertisement Jonathan LethemIf anyone really visualizes my routine—do they do that? I don’t do this, not really. But if they did, I suspect the surprise would be how little I’m glued to my chair. The process is typically one of brief outbursts

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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1879,  Arthur Conan Doyle’s first published story, “The Mystery of Sasassa Valley,” appears in Chambers’s Journal. “The height of American cool is grace and redemption, refined into art. A lightning strike of that transformation happened in the Bronx.” Ian Frazier on the early history of

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s Sapphic September! It’s always a good time to read sapphic books, in my opinion, but this is a great excuse to recommend some of my favourites. If you want my full reviews on these and hundreds of

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1911, French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and jailed on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre.  Rachel Kushner takes the Lit Hub questionnaire (and tells us about throwing a Brett Easton Ellis novel across the room). | Lit Hub In Conversation If

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Ease into the weekend with a highlight reel of this week’s most popular posts. There’s so much good horror coming out this September. It was hard to narrow it down to just ten titles to share with you.

September 6, 2024, 9:00am As Publishers Weekly reported this week, the Internet Archive, nonprofit home to a robust digital library, has lost its latest appeal in a case brought by publishers. A panel from New York’s Second Circuit “has unanimously affirmed a March 2023 lower court decision finding the Internet Archive’s program to scan and

Here’s the trailer for Nightbitch with Amy Adams. Literary film & TV to stream in September. Censorship News It’s still censorship, even if it’s not a book ban. Censorship in prisons is part of slavery’s legacy. EveryLibrary is hosting a week of free virtual panels during Banned Books Week to celebrate libraries and the right

September 6, 2024, 11:00am I know, I know. Leaves are turning. Charli’s called it. It’s been fun, but it would seem we’re just about done with this nebulous wink of an aesthetic category. But before we shift wholeheartedly into Demure Autumn, I’d like to present one last candidate for admission to the brat pantheon. The

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September 5, 2024, 2:27pm Little Free Library has debuted a new interactive map on its website that charts the locations of Little Free Libraries across the United States, alongside the number of book bans that are in place in each state. The organization built the tool as a way to quickly find the nearest free

Yashvi Peeti is an aspiring writer and an aspiring penguin. She has worked as an editorial intern with Penguin Random House India and HarperCollins Publishers India. She is always up for fangirling over poetry, taking a walk in a park, and painting tiny canvases. You can find her on Instagram @intangible.perception View All posts by