Literature

Samuel Roth was the sort of bookseller whose wares came wrapped in brown paper. Titles like Gershon Legman’s The Sexual Conduct of Men and Women, Maxwell Bodenheim’s My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village, and most notoriously his anthologized periodical of high-brow smut, American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy Free. Roth—poet, publisher, pornographer—was a

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

Translator’s note: Since October 17, 2023, Heba Al-Agha has been sharing her diary through her Telegram channel “Talk of Life and War.” The entries include poetry, freeform narration, descriptions, and photos, as she is forced to move with her family from their home in Gaza City to Khan Younis, then to Rafah, and as of

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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1860, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, feminist, sociologist, novelist, and author of the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” is born.   “Your opponents would love you to believe that it’s hopeless, that you have no power.” Rebecca Solnit on the power of speech to shape the future. | Lit Hub

Whether you’re hiding from a heat wave or escaping the news cycle, there’s something to keep you entertained in this round-up of literary adaptations coming to the screen in July. And if you’re looking for books? Well, kid, you’re in the right place. Happy Disability Pride Month! July is one of my favorite times of

July 3, 2024, 1:02pm Photo by Elena Ternovaja The American man who attacked writer Salman Rushdie with a knife in 2022 rejected a plea deal yesterday. The deal offered to Hadi Matar would have reduced the number of years he would spend behind bars, but also included a guilty plea to a federal charge, which

Shay Youngblood, playwright and novelist, has passed away in Peachtree City, GA at the age of 64. Her friend, Kelley Alexander, said the cause of death was ovarian cancer. Youngblood’s works, which include the short story collection The Big Mama Stories (1989), the novels Soul Kiss (1997) and Black Girl in Paris (2000), and her

There is a curious and curiously popular habit whereby people edit down the subjective truth in the statement “I am afraid we will lose” to the pseudo-objective declaration “We will lose.” My best interpretation of this, after seeing it time after time, in crisis after crisis, is that it’s how people hide from their own

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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

July 2, 2024, 2:23pm What is the state of cultural criticism today? This summer, The Yale Review dedicated an entire issue to unpacking this very question. After editors conceded that “we live in a moment when the closing of many news­papers and magazines means the space for reviews in traditional media is ever smaller,” top

After Wordle took over our screens in 2022, word games continued to climb in popularity. Once seen as a niche hobby, it’s now common to see someone puzzling over a crossword on their phone as a daily activity. Of course, there’s a pretty big overlap between crossword puzzlers and readers: we’re both word people. So

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1923, Polish poet, essayist, translator, and Nobel Prize laureate Wislawa Szymborska is born.   “To fall short of greatness, and to experience oneself falling short, is debilitating.” Lauren Aliza Green on perfectionism and why she abandoned the violin. | Lit Hub Music Article continues below

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Well, Pride Month is officially over, but we keep it queer all year around here. Today, I have seven new queer book releases out today that you should consider for your TBR, including Sad Girl Literature of the

July 1, 2024, 12:00pm Need something good (and weird) to watch tonight? Novelist, noted film buff, and general haver-of-good-taste Rachel Kushner has put together a list of her favorite films for Galerie, a new online film club with offerings curated by a variety of cultural luminaries. “The films I loved as a child—actually, let me

Indie bookstore Fabulosa Books — located in San Francisco’s historically queer Castro District — is running a program called “Books Not Bans.” Last May, Fabulosa’s Becka Robbins began raising money for the project, which uses customers’ donations to send LGBTQ+ books to places in the country where they’ve been banned. So far, the books have

July 1, 2024, 9:30am What’s the deal with brats this summer? June has brought us Brat the novel, Brat the album, and Brats the documentary. We at Lit Hub have decided this cannot be a coincidence. And to understand this phenomenon, we must consider the word’s cultural freight. So what is a brat, exactly? Some free

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