Literature

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

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January 10, 2025, 1:46pm Friends, you read that right. A new film is coming to theaters in January that is… Hamlet staged in the Grand Theft Auto video game. Yes, Hamlet acted out by video game avatars, shot in-frame, and edited into its own film. Before you wonder if something is rotten in the stage

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. A Big List of 2025 Books By Women of Color Electric Literature rounded up 48 books by women

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First thing’s first: let me clarify that my use of “woke” in the title refers to how a certain subset of the population incorrectly defines “woke,” and that the term as we know it today originally came into use in the Black American community in the ’60s. Read more about that here. Now for this

January 9, 2025, 2:31pm Yesterday, UNICEF reported that at least 74 Palestinian children were killed by Israel in the first week of 2025. Also yesterday, Haaretz reported that Israel blocked a UN probe into sexual crimes alleged to have been carried out by Hamas on October 7 on the grounds that it would necessitate a similar

If you’re trying to step into a better version of yourself with the new year, Oprah Daily has rounded up 12 self-help books that could help you with everything from relationships to career and finances. The list comes in especially clutch if you prefer your self-help to be more science and less woo woo (no

TODAY: In 1868, The Nation publishes an essay by John William De Forest called “The Great American Novel.” This is the first known use of the term.  “Black authors of speculative work sit at the apex of the two issues, frequently relegated to a strange place of hyperinvisibility as if Blackness and speculative fiction are

It’s a new year, which is a new chance to get into a reading habit. First of all, don’t feel bad if you don’t already have a reading habit. Times are chaotic, and good habits are hard to establish. I’ve written some advice before on how to get into reading in general and nonfiction in

January 8, 2025, 2:29pm Now that we’ve closed the book on 2024, it’s time to assess its cultural products. Let’s start with movies. This week the Golden Globes distributed their brassy trophies, and the SAG awards listed their nominations. It was an exciting year for cinema. From the small and strange to the sweeping epic,

On the new venture, Bush Hager said, “I’m thrilled to be partnering with the Random House Publishing Group to bring Thousand Voices Books to life. This new venture is a natural extension of my passion for books and reading, and an existing collaboration with writers and publishers, but still entirely new and exciting.” So far,

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1896, French poet Paul Verlaine dies.  Gloria L. Huang on understanding herself and her family through The Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley Twins. | Lit Hub Memoir “Miles tells him he’s the man on the marquee, but the cop assaults him with his stick nonetheless.”

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. Is the World Bad Because Men Aren’t Reading Fiction? I know we’re all grasping at straws to explain

January 7, 2025, 10:00am Today, The DAG Foundation for the Arts, established by musicians Alyssa and Douglas Graham, announces the DAG Prize for Literature, a new annual prize that will award $20,000 to “an early-career prose writer whose work expands the possibilities for American writing.” The DAG Prize for Literature distinguishes itself by its emphasis