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Zahia Rahmani on what it meant to write “Muslim”: A Novel.
Next in our series of interviews with the shortlisted nominees for the 2020 Albertine Prize is Zahia Rahmani, author of “Muslim”: A Novel, (Deep Vellum) translated from the French by Matt Reeck....
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What Does it Take to Illustrate Elie Wiesel’s Books?
Elie Wiesel’s narrative poem The Tale of Niggun was written in the late 1970s, recently found and republished with illustrations by Mark Podwal. Podwal had worked with Wiesel for years, and shared his...
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Lyonel Trouillot writes books in his head.
Finally in our series of interviews with the shortlisted nominees for the 2020 Albertine Prize is Lyonel Trouillot, author of Kannjawou, (Schaffner Press) translated from the French by Gretchen Schmid....
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Aminatta Forna and Maaza Mengiste: A Conversation and Cover Reveal
Tumbuktu, Tehran, London, Freetown, Honolulu, New Orleans. These are but a few of the compass points visited in The Window Seat, Aminatta Forna’s debut collection of essays, which Grove/Atlantic...
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Tina Turner on the Lessons We Learn Overcoming Adversity
Musical icon Tina Turner’s Happiness Becomes You, billed as a guide to “changing your life for good,” is available now. * Lit Hub: Are there any specific lessons from your spiritual practice that...
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On the Fruitful ‘Historic Pain’ Beneath Family Interactions (Even—or...
This week on Well-Versed, Julia Ringo, associate editor at FSG, talks with Jonas Hassen Khemiri about his new book, The Family Clause, contemporary fatherhood, and his life in Stockholm during...
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Chris Jackson on the Privilege of Being an Editor, and Publishing’s Systemic...
On December 3, Chris Jackson, accepted The Center for Fiction Medal for Editorial Excellence. Chris Jackson is the publisher and editor-in-chief of One World, an imprint of Random House. He’s the...
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Andrzej Sapkowski on the Mythologies Behind The Witcher
Andrzej Sapkowski studied economy and business in his native Poland, but quickly found his way to the writer’s life with the success of his fantasy cycle about the sorcerer Geralt of Riv. The Witcher...
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George Saunders on the Songs (and Stories) He Can’t Live Without
George Saunders is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize; Congratulations, by the way; Tenth of December, a finalist for...
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Here are the guest editors for the Best American Series 2021.
Do you like the Best American series? Of course you do! Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, travel writing, to...
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Chang-rae Lee: Bourbon Doesn’t Work For Writer’s Block
Chang-rae Lee is the author of six novels, including Native Speaker, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction, and The Surrendered, winner of the Dayton Peace Prize and a finalist...
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New and Noteworthy Nonfiction This February
Hermione Lee, Tom Stoppard: A Life (Knopf) Renowned biographer Hermione Lee received an exclusive level of access to Stoppard’s archives and friends to write her exhaustively detailed, nearly...
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Ruth Ozeki has a new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, and it’s coming...
Lit Hub is pleased to announce that this fall, Viking will publish a new novel by Ruth Ozeki—her first since the release of her 2013 masterpiece, A Tale for the Time Being, which was was shortlisted...
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David Duchovny: I Tackle Writer’s Block From Behind
David Duchovny is the author of four books, including Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale and Miss Subways; his new novel is Truly Like Lightning. He is a singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and director,...
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Joyce Carol Oates Thinks You Should Write Your Heart Out
Joyce Carol Oates has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and The...
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Thomas Grattan on Writing a Joyful Queer Protagonist
On this week’s episode of Well-Versed, FSG/MCD associate editor Jackson Howard talks with Thomas Grattan about his new book, The Recent East, which follows a mother and two teens as they navigate a new...
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Tune in for Literature Live Around the World
Ever wondered what book-lovers like yourself are reading, and what writers are creating, in Afghanistan? Nigeria? Jamaica? Argentina? Join us on Friday, February 12, for a virtual journey around the...
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25 Actually Pretty Happy Couples in Literature
This weekend, we will all be tolerating yet another pandemic version of a national holiday. Sure, it’s a relatively lame holiday (according to me), but still: we’re tired, and we could use some...
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Anne Lamott on Writing a Book for Those Feeling Hopeless
Anne Lamott is the bestselling author of seven novels, including Imperfect Birds and Rosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in...
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New and Noteworthy Nonfiction to Read This March
Nathaniel Rich, Second Nature: Scenes from a World Remade (MCD) Writing about the climate crisis poses a strange kind of challenge to journalists used to working in the world of what is known: How do...
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