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THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1859, Wilkie Collins’s sensation novel, The Woman in White, begins serialization in All the Year Round. “The voice of a free people is full of turbulence and grace.” Read Marilynne Robinson’s remarks upon receiving the Lewis H. Lapham Award for Literary Excellence (with an introduction from Ayana Mathis). […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1915, Booker T. Washington dies. “And it’s important not to impose an egocentric predetermined form—instead allow the message to determine the best form of transportation.” Jen Percy on the subversive possibilities of form and function. | Lit Hub Craft What’s on Quiara Alegría Hudes’s TBR? Jamaica Kincaid, Toni […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1793, Olympe de Gouges is executed by guillotine during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Jennifer Acker talks to Teju Cole about genre-bending and how artists bear witness to tragedy: “I really believe in the novel as an innovative form. Yet I didn’t want novelty for its own […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1924, Frances Hodgson Burnett dies. Shane Hinton explains why writers should consider giving their books away for free. | Lit Hub Craft “Del Toro loves monsters—misunderstood, sympathetic monsters—and Shelley’s Creature is the primogenitor of this tradition.” Olivia Rutigliano praises Guillermo Del Toro’s new adaptation of Frankenstein. | […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1923, Italo Calvino is born. “But you are making plans / without a future and my now / is twisted into your crying.” Read “Entanglements,” a poem by Ursula K. Le Guin about cats. | Lit Hub Poetry Anna North explores literature of the Roman Empire (and […]
May 1, 2025, 11:42am “Why I’m leaving Twitter” is, at this point, an irritating genre of post. Nonetheless, it’s important to go on record in the face of Elon Musk’s vacuous amorality and its concomitant amplification of actual Nazis (not to mention his relentlessly inept destruction of American government as oligarch-in-chief). Look, the guy is […]
TODAY: In 1882, Virginia Woolf is born. RESPONDING TO THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: Kim Kelly on the how-tos and DOs and DON’Ts of mutual aid • Madeline ffitch on direct action and survival work in the face of fascism • Josh Cook on what the publishing industry can do in the face of authoritarianism. | […]
From essays to interviews, excerpts to blog posts, reading lists to poems, we publish a lot of good stuff at Lit Hub, if we do say so ourselves. And while we are proud of all of the pieces we’ve shared in 2024, we all have our personal favorites. Below are a few of the Lit […]
