Literature

As I sit in my kitchen writing this, it is near dusk on Tuesday, November 12. It has been one week since the presidential election. My original deadline for this piece—a personal essay-cum-review of my kids’ and my favorite books from the past year—was the end of October. I listed my books, collected quotes and

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. Groundbreaking Poet Nikki Giovanni Dies at 81 Beloved poet Nikki Giovanni has died at the age of 81.

December 10, 2024, 2:16pm The national treasure Nikki Giovanni died yesterday from complications connected to lung cancer. She was 81. A decorated writer of poems, nonfiction, and children’s books, Giovanni was also a star of the Black Arts Movement. She was a devoted activist, performer, parent, professor, and public thinker, and leaves behind a wake

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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. It Takes a Village to Keep a Secret This summer, Andrea Robin Skinner, the youngest daughter of Nobel-winning

December 9, 2024, 2:16pm Image from The Strand Workers Union’s Instagram The Strand Workers Union went on strike over the weekend, walking out on Saturday over demands for better pay. The union, which represents around 100 unionized workers as part of UAW Local 2179, has been in contract negotiations for months, and their old contract

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. “The book was better” isn’t always true…but it’s a cliché for a reason. Readers know that unique heartbreak of having a favorite book be mangled in the adaptation. But which adaptations did the worst job with the source

In 1863, about a year before twenty-one-year-old Mary Putnam joined the New England Hospital as an intern, Dr. Marie Zakrzewska was making her rounds when she received word that a gentleman had arrived and was insisting on seeing her. Full of curiosity, Zakrzewska quickly finished her rounds and went to her office. Her visitor stood

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This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. In my work with writers I’ve been given, through their works and our times together, windows to their villages and their homes. Windows through which readers may also look with each and every book. As I’ve had the good fortune of photographing more and more

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s a look back at the news stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. The New York Times Picks Its 10 Best Books of 2024 If there is a list you want to be

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. Article continues after advertisement It’s the holiday season—which means that end-of-year lists are really kicking off, and we will be getting into that more in depth in the weeks

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TODAY: In 43 BCE, Roman philosopher, orator, lawyer, and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero is executed by soldiers of The Second Triumvirate.  Eliza Moss on what novelists can learn from actors about self-expression. | Lit Hub Craft Michael Palma on why Dante’s Divine Comedy is more relevant than ever: “It is no wonder that the Internet abounds

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today, I’m continuing my journey through the queer books in the Best Books of the Year lists with The New York Times picks. I went through the 10 Best Books of 2024 as well as their 100 Notable

TODAY: In 1933, U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce’s novel Ulysses is not obscene.   Susan Abulhawa remembers Refaat Alareer a year after he was killed by Israeli forces: “I believe some part of him knew what was to come. Still, he was planning for things ‘after the genocide stops.’” |

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December 6, 2024, 12:29pm In the narrowest win in the award’s history, the 2024 Bookseller’s Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year goes to The Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire, a study of the mysterious and endangered fish, its eggs, and their significance by Richard Adams Carey. Congratulations