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For Sale real estate sign for Redfin in front of a townhome, Walnut Creek, California, Oct. 29, 2025. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Improvement in mortgage rates at the end of the summer boosted home sales, but that gain may be short-lived. Sales of previously owned homes in October rose […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1935, Edward Said is born. “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. | Lit Hub Film Ron Rosenbaum breaks down Bob Dylan’s reaction to receiving his Nobel Prize. | Lit […]
I already shared with you the queer books I read during the 24-hour readathon, so I’m skipping those. Here are the other queer books I finished in October, ordered roughly on a scale of not-horror to horror. For my book club, I read This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and […]
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 1694, Jonathan Swift is ordained a deacon in the Church of Ireland. Steven J. Zipperstein explores the biographical underpinnings of Philip Roth’s iconic work of Jewish-American fiction, Portnoy’s Complaint. | Lit Hub Criticism What the fascist tech bros get wrong about Prometheus. (And yes, they do want […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1948, Ntozake Shange is born. Why don’t Americans talk about the Spanish-American War? “Not until the conflict in Cuba and the Philippines did America’s love of war become so bold that one can track the transformation.” | Lit Hub History Remembering Courtney Kampa through a posthumous collection […]
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 […]
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1963, French writer, playwright, artist and filmmaker Jean Cocteau dies. What a 1977 Czech writers’ manifesto can teach us about “America’s decades-long drift into authoritarianism.” | Lit Hub Politics “Pynchon’s United States is never black and white… It’s in the struggle against the cops, it’s in […]
Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused […]
