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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View

January 15, 2025, 12:50pm A special collection landed in the Hamptons this week, care of Tom Hanks—the world’s one true pleasure to have in class. As real ones know, Mr. Hanks has long nursed a fetish for typewriters. He spotlit the technology in his debut story collection, Uncommon Type. And recently appeared in a documentary

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Where is Publishing’s Response to the Neil Gaiman Allegations? On Monday, New York Magazine revealed this week’s cover

TODAY: In 1812, Lord Byron takes his seat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.  “And the problem with being less struck, less susceptible—with taking everything less to heart—is that you cannot defend yourself against being struck by what hurts without also parrying what would leave you awestruck or moonstruck or lovestruck.” Jane Zwart on

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. 100 Books to Look For in 2025 It’s always a good day when the folks at The Millions

Silvana Reyes is a Mexican book blogger. She enjoys all types of sub-genres, but loves a good love story. Romance fiction is her heart and joy and you might find her screaming about book releases on her Twitter account. View All posts by Silvana Reyes Lopez Flatiron Books, publisher of the Eventing Series Jules Thornton

January 13, 2025, 2:38pm Photo from Fox’s Twitter/X account I’m not a big football fan, but I did watch a lot of skateboarding videos as a teen so I understand the appeal of a sport that involves lots of concussions. So I nearly missed the overlap between reading and football (speaking of violent collisions) that

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The horror genre has been steadily gaining popularity in recent years, and 2025 is delivering a slate of highly anticipated new horror books. There are new releases from beloved authors to watch for, like Never Flinch by Stephen

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1599, Edmund Spenser dies in London. He is buried in the Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey.  Lauren Carroll Harris on takes a deep dive into the class politics of tradwife influencers. | Lit Hub Politics “I think documentary poetics often make evident the politics of

Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive Director for Reading Women, a podcast that gained an international following over its six-season run. In her

A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard. We’re back and raring to go—starting with a fiery intro from Drew (see below!) and then diving into something a bit more celebratory: some audio 2025 Most Anticipated picks

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If Carol Brady were on television today, she would sculpt ceramics, join garden clubs, host parties for her husband and organize parent-teacher association events. Regency-era ladies did needlework. Wealthy Victorian women prayed all day as their special liberated hobby. Daisy in The Great Gatsby professionally drank mint juleps at the Plaza Hotel. In the 1990s,

Getting up to speed on the review sources being used and given legitimacy outside of BookLooks matters because in order to effect actual change, we have to be aware of the various ways these tools are being used and implemented. Certainly, get to know BookLooks. But if your knowledge ends there, you’ve got a lot

As my colleague Drew Broussard observed on this morning’s podcast, all of us at Lit Hub are in angry mourning about the ongoing fires in Los Angeles. To be sure, it’s worth finger-pointing the causes of this nightmare. (Looking at you, climate denying politicians…) And we’ll certainly need to discuss the fact that many of

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TODAY: In 1928, Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy dies. Megan Craig examines the poetry of geology: “Oddly, perhaps, it is the late physician, neurologist, and author Oliver Sacks who offers the most poetic assessment of rocks.” | The American Scholar How romance readers rallied towards fighting book bans. | The Guardian Greta Rainbow chronicles a year