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TODAY: In 1891, Welsh-language author Kate Roberts is born. LETTERS FROM MINNESOTA: Sun Yung Shin on the ever-shifting meanings of US citizenship • Michael Torres on life in the lens of authoritarianism. | Lit Hub Politics Don’t have a real date for Valentine’s Day? Pick up a romance novel about fake dating instead. | […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1898, Bertolt Brecht is born. LETTERS FROM MINNESOTA: Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on the brutal impact of ice on Twin City businesses • Nimo H. Farah on refusing to mistake silence for safety. | Lit Hub Politics Why do fascists fetishize the classics? Ed Simon has some thoughts. […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1909, Simone Weil is born. “I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.” Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, anti-Zionism, and her relationship to American Judaism. | Lit Hub Memoir Toni Morrison considers Blackness in the literary canon and what Flannery O’Connor’s fiction reveals […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1884, author, pacifist, and ACLU co-founder Roger Nash Baldwin is born. Ed Simon explores the history of technologically assisted writing and the long legacy of tension between human creativity and mechanical efficiency. | Lit Hub Technology How the Universal Friend, America’s first nonbinary minister, preached equality and salvation […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1944, Ida Tarbell dies. Not sure what to look forward to in 2026? Maybe consider the 313 books we’re most anticipating this year. | Lit Hub “You’re a famous writer in England, but you’re an American writer, and your subject is the United States.” Jonathan Lethem and […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1812, Samuel Taylor Coleridge gives a lecture on Hamlet as part of a series of lectures on drama and Shakespeare. Rebecca Morgan Frank showcases some of this year’s most anticipated poetry titles, including collections by Bianca Stone, Diamond Forde, and more! | Lit Hub Poetry New releases from […]
From Zohran to ChatGPT and Back Again In 2025, Lit Hub published over 2,500 pieces: features, blog posts, reading lists, excerpts, essays, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Here are the ones you loved (or at least clicked on) the most. By the way: if you personally loved (or yes, even just clicked on) these stories, please […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1896, Joan Lindsay is born. “What might have been just an engaging children’s story becomes also a set of hints, allusions, and glimpses, the early experiences of learning about a larger world.” Making sense of J.R.R. Tolkien’s expansive world. | Lit Hub Criticism Ed Simon defends the […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1870, Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name Saki, is born. We’re proud of everything we publish, but we all have our favorites. These are the Lit Hub stories our staff loved in 2025. | Lit Hub Sandy Ernest Allen reckons with Harry Potter as […]
Featuring Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Jonny Diamond, and Drew Broussard 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. It’s a Thanksgiving-week episode, which means—hey, we’re thankful for you! Thanks for listening to the show, thanks for being a part […]
