Literature

This originally appeared in our Today in Books daily newsletter, where each day we round up the most interesting stories, news, essays, and other goings on in the world of books and reading. Sign up here if you want to get it. _____________________________________________________ Can You Name Sequels to These Best-Selling Novels? I count myself a

February 15, 2024, 1:45pm The Israeli army has raided and destroyed two publishing houses in the West Bank.   The IDF has attacked and destroyed two Palestinian publishing houses in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/wAlxVSGcDZ — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) February 15, 2024 This latest raid in Ramallah is one of a series of major raids launched

The latest update on the Hugo Awards scandal confirms what many suspected — that works and authors (especially Babel, a Sandman episode, and Xiran Jay Zhao) deemed ineligible despite their popularity were labelled as such at least in part because of politics. Writers Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford discuss the contents of the files

February 15, 2024, 10:30am Today, the National Book Foundation announced a change in the eligibility criteria for the annual National Book Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. Beginning with the 75th National Book Awards, submissions for which open on March 13 of this year, the prizes will be open not only to

This originally appeared in our Today in Books daily newsletter, where each day we round up the most interesting stories, news, essays, and other goings on in the world of books and reading. Sign up here if you want to get it. ___________________________________ Cormac McCarthy’s Valentine Day Candy Hearts “Everywhere the dying groan and the

If you go to the Margaret Clapp Library at Wellesley College, you may encounter the exhibit of a door. You can face its immaculate varnished exterior and brass fittings. You can go around (but not through) to see its white-painted inner side and pretend you are in the hall of a house leased to a

Last week, an open letter addressed to PEN America was sent. It contained the signatures of over 600 writers, including Roxane Gay, Marie-Helene Bertino, Saeed Jones,Laura van den Berg, Myriam Gurba, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. The letter calls on the nonprofit organization to respond to the threat that “Israel’s genocide of Palestinians represents for the

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1989, Salman Rushdie has a fatwa placed on his head by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini for The Satanic Verses, a book Khomeini condemned as blasphemous. Bruna Dantas Lobato’s notes on translating Jeferson Tenório’s The Dark Side of Skin: “Part of me would love for the issues in this

Dictionary.com has released their updates for winter 2024 and reported that their lexicographers are updating their dictionary “more frequently than ever.” The latest update incorporates words, phrases, and meanings as they are used in the modern lexicon, rather than how some may think they should be used. There are 1,228 revised definitions, 173 new definitions,

February 13, 2024, 3:50pm The Freedom Theater, the Palestinian community-based theater and cultural center located within the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The iconic theater company—a cultural beacon in the region which aims to generate resistance through art—has been forced to endure a series of extraordinary

The shock and surprise need to end. For over three years, anti-book ban activists have warned that what was happened piecemeal in schools and libraries across the country–one book ban here, 100 book bans there–would take on a different shape and target entire demographics. The time has been here, but this week, it’s now been

February 13, 2024, 11:15am Last year, Haymarket Books announced a new fellowship aimed at supporting and uplifting writers impacted by the criminal legal system: The Writing Freedom Fellowship. Today, along with the Mellon Foundation, they’ve announced the inaugural cohort of fellows, twenty writers whose work “explores a wide range of themes and topics, including motherhood,

Mystery/Thriller Deals Deals Feb 12, 2024 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. $0.99 The Incarnations by Susan Barker Get This Deal $1.99 All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris Get This Deal $2.99 The Paris Mystery  by Kirsty Manning Get This Deal $2.99

February 12, 2024, 1:52pm It’s fashion week in New York City, which (alas) doesn’t usually concern us all that much here at Literary Hub. But last night, Anna Sui introduced her fall 2024 collection, entitled “WHODUNNIT!!!,” with a runway show at iconic bookstore The Strand—to best set the stage for its literary influences. The brand

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. WICKED Trailer Airs During Super Bowl I like musicals. And I like Wicked. But I have to admit

This begins a series of essays thinking about journalism as a front of war. In terms of literary craft, tone, and meaning, journalism can be many things. In this series, we will explore the many ways journalism (including reporting practices produced via social media, but also in contrast to some forms of social media) is

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid Kiley Reid’s debut novel Such a Fun Age was longlisted for the Booker Prize and chosen as  Reese’s Book Club pick. With both critics’ and readers’ love of this book, the bookish world has been buzzing about her next book, Come and Get It. After sitting out for

Kiki de Montparnasse sits on the tapestry spread across the floor, its chessboard pattern splayed out like an invitation to a game. She pulls down the fabric wound around her hips so that some of it lies along the ridge of her thighs while the rest falls behind to reveal the summit of her backside.