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Two Iconic Russian Poets, the Couch They Shared, and Me
Below is a picture of my son, looking at Anna Akhmatova’s family photo album in her apartment-turned-museum in Petersburg on July 4, 2014. Anna’s stuffed monkey sits behind him on a couch that Vladimir...
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How Do We Write About Evil?
Ece Temelkuran: Your new novel Hannah Versus the Tree is related to the concept of evil, so I was thinking of starting the conversation with there and talking about whether visiting evil through...
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Lit Hub Recommends: Rebecca Solnit, Fleabag, and Ancient Rome
For some time now, I have been ignoring suggestions from friends that I watch Fleabag. I don’t know why; likely just my general suspicion of new things. But my partner and I bought ourselves a...
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Notice Me: How Literary Publicity Works
In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, publicists and writers Carla Bruce-Eddings and Karen Gu, and novelist Tom Barbash talk to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about how...
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Samanta Schweblin: There’s No Place Like Home, Including Home Itself
Surreal and haunting, spare yet complex, Samanta Schweblin’s fiction is like little else being written right now. Her work has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Juan Rulfo Prize,...
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Lauren Groff and Rachel Kushner Talk Prisons, Prairies, and Power
Listen to this conversation—which originally took place in November 2018, at The Archive Project by Literary Arts. * John Freeman: You both moved from one place to another at a significant stage in...
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Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month
From essays to interviews, excerpts and reading lists, we publish around 150 features a month. And though we’re proud of each week’s offerings, we do have our personal favorites. Below are some of our...
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13 Books You Should Read This February
Sophia Shalmiyev, Mother Winter (Simon & Schuster) Any book that came with glowing blurbs by Eileen Myles, Chris Kraus, Michelle Tea and Melissa Febos would have me rushing to the page, and as I am...
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Said the Publisher to the Writer: ‘Rewrite Kafka, But Better.’
Translated from the Czech by Martha Kuhlman and David Randl Used with permission of Words Without Borders. Copyright © 2019 by Martha Kuhlman and David Randl. Vojěch Mašek is the author and...
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31 Books in 30 Days: Victoria Chang on Diane Seuss
In this 31 Books in 30 Days series series leading up to the March 14, 2019 announcement of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the 31 finalists. Today, NBCC...
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Director Peter Hedges on Taking the Page to the Screen
Will Schwalbe: Hi. I’m Will Schwalbe, and you’re listening to But That’s Another Story. I’ve always looked to books to comfort and distract me when life is proving hard to handle. I know I’m not alone...
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31 Books in 30 Days: Marion Winik on Lawrence Wright
In this 31 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 14, 2019 announcement of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the thirty-one finalists. Today, NBCC...
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31 Books in 30 Days: Anjali Enjeti on Erika Meitner
In this 31 Books in 30 Days series series leading up to the March 14, 2019 announcement of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the thirty-one finalists....
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31 Books in 30 Days: Marion Winik on Nicole Chung
In this 31 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 14, 2019 announcement of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the thirty-one finalists. Today, NBCC...
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The Bookstore Recommends: 10 Great Small Press Books You Should Read
As the nation’s only nonprofit distributor, Small Press Distribution is dedicated to getting small press literature to the people who want to read it. As such, we’re grateful to our main...
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On Translating Bolaño (and His Obsessions)
Natasha Wimmer is an American translator who is best known for her translations of Roberto Bolaño’s works from Spanish to English. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Grant,...
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31 Books in 30 Days: Katherine A. Powers on Craig Brown
In this 31 Books in 30 Days series series leading up to the March 14, 2019 announcement of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the thirty-one finalists....
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31 Books in 30 Days: David Varno on Lacy M. Johnson
In the 31 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 14, 2019 announcement of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the thirty-one finalists. Today, NBCC...
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Maris Kreizman on Working with Her Literary Heroes
Will Schwalbe: Hi. I’m Will Schwalbe, and you’re listening to But That’s Another Story. My first job in publishing was with a company called William Morrow, a venerable house launched in 1926 and named...
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31 Books in 30 Days: Michael Schaub on Jane Leavy
In the 31 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 14, 2019 announcement of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the thirty-one finalists. Today, NBCC...
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