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Tom Lutz of Los Angeles Review of Books on Criticism in the 21st Century
As the Los Angeles Review of Books marks ten years since its founding, Tom Lutz—the publication’s publisher and co-founder who led the magazine through the past decade as editor-in-chief—answered...
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Eduardo Arroyo’s Dreamy, Abstract Illustrations of Ulysses
In the late 1980s, Eduardo Arroyo suffered a serious illness that made him fear for his life. His recovery took a long time. More than once, he declared that what helped him overcome this ordeal was to...
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Exclusive cover reveal: Chinelo Okparanta’s Harry Sylvester Bird.
Lit Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Granta Best Young American Novelist winner Chinelo Okparanta’s new novel Harry Sylvester Bird, which will be published by Mariner Books this July. Mariner...
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Ulysses Turns 100!
On February 2, 1922, Sylvia Beach, through her legendary bookstore and occasional imprint Shakespeare and Company, published James Joyce’s modernist novel, Ulysses, in its entirety for the very first...
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Announcing this year’s class of PERIPLUS fellows.
The PERIPLUS fellowship, a program for writers that are Black, Indigenous and people of color, is announcing its second class of fellows. This year, the PERIPLUS collective awarded the fellowship to 59...
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Exclusive cover reveal: Iain Reid’s We Spread.
Lit Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Iain Reid’s new novel, We Spread, which will be published by Scout Press in September. The I’m Thinking of Ending Things author’s latest work is described by...
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“February. Get the ink and weep.” Contemporary Poetry From Ukraine
“I just heard three explosions,” the poet Iya Kiva posted to her Facebook feed on the night of February 23, 2022. “Wait… it’s still going.” Kiva, a poet, translator, and journalist, has lived in Kyiv...
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“You’ve got to live somewhere you aren’t afraid to die.” Contemporary...
“How did we build our houses? When you’re standing under winter skies, and the heavens turn and sail away, you know you’ve got to live somewhere you aren’t afraid to die.” * Serhiy Zhadan is arguably...
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Exclusive cover reveal: Laura Warrell’s Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm.
Lit Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Laura Warrell’s debut novel Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm, which will be published by Pantheon in fall 2022. Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm follows Circus Palmer, a...
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Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This February...
We asked booksellers at independent bookstores across the country about the best books they were reading from indie presses recently. Here are their top recommendations for February and March. * Jos...
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Exclusive cover reveal: Suad Amiry’s Mother of Strangers.
Lit Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Suad Amiry’s new novel, Mother of Strangers, which will be published by Penguin Random House this August. Mother of Strangers, based on a true story, follows...
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Abbott Elementary is bringing free book fairs to underfunded schools.
Critics and audiences are hailing the release of Abbott Elementary, ABC’s new workplace sitcom created by and starring Quinta Brunson (and, by the way, featuring a virtuosic comedic performance by...
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On the Centenary of Jack Kerouac’s Birth, Rarely Seen Archival Material from...
Jack Kerouac, who considered his “true-life” novels as comprising “one vast book like Proust’s except that my remembrances are written on the run instead of afterwards in a sick bed,” turns 100 years...
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“Every hut in our beloved country is on the edge.” Contemporary Ukrainian...
The 19th-century Ukrainian Romantic poet, Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861), wrote most of his powerful verse from exile. Born a serf, Shevchenko was (anomalously) sent by his master to study art. Fellow...
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Remembering Novelist and Teacher Maureen Howard
Image courtesy of Marion Ettlinger. Maureen Howard, an author of adventurous fiction and a prize-winning memoir, and an esteemed teacher of creative writing, passed away on Sunday in New York City. She...
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14 Contemporary Artists on How Reading Influences Their Work
If not for writing, I would not be an artist. Sounds dramatic, but writing is what ended my ten-year stint as a blocked shadow artist. After throwing myself into art as a teenager and getting a Fine...
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“War shortens the distance from person to person, from birth to death.” New...
we stopped digging deep long ago in this uncertain field of ours-yours because all kinds of junk can turn up: human bones, horses’ heads, unexploded mines * Halyna Kruk’s poems of war are...
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72 Hours in Philly: The Writers’ Guide to AWP 2022
It’s hard to predict what AWP will look like this year, as the conference returns to an in-person event (while also offering virtual passes). Last year was entirely virtual, and the 2020 event, held in...
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Exclusive cover reveal: Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea.
Lit Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Pulitzer-winning author Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel Lucy by the Sea, which will be published by Random House this September. In Lucy by the Sea, Strout...
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Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked The...
Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog (produced by and streaming on Netflix) racked in the most Oscar nominations of this year’s contenders (12!): Best Picture, Original Score, Film Editing, Sound,...
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