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Ann Patchett on Grabbing Galleys and Getting Drafts Done
Lake Tom by Ann Patchett, is out now from Harper, so we asked the author a few questions. * What time of day do you write (and why)? Ann Patchett: In the morning. I wake up smart and talented and...
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Jamel Brinkley Spends His Time Rereading Incredible Prose
Jamel Brinkley’s Witness: Stories is now available from FSG, so we asked him a few questions about his writing practice, his favorite books, and more. What time of day do you write? A day can get away...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Téa Obreht’s next novel, The Morningside.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for The Morningside, the third novel by bestselling, award-winning writer Téa Obreht, which will be published by Random House in March. Here’s a little bit...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Uche Okonkwo’s A Kind of Madness.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Uche Okonkwo’s debut short story collection A Kind of Madness, which Tin House will publish in April 2024. Here’s a bit more about the book from the...
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Exclusive: See the cover for January Gill O’Neil’s Glitter Road.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Glitter Road, January Gill O’Neil’s latest poetry collection, which will be published by CanvanKerry Press in February. Here’s a bit about the collection...
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Dear Pulitzer Prizes: It’s Time to Recognize Literature by Noncitizens
Dear Pulitzer Prizes for Literature: We, the undersigned, are readers and lovers of literature, undocumented writers, first- and second-generation immigrants, Native and Black writers, past winners and...
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Exclusive: See the cover for DéLana R. A. Dameron’s Redwood Court.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for DéLana R. A. Dameron’s debut novel-in-stories Redwood Court, which will be published by Dial Press in February. Here’s a little more about the book from...
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Gabrielle Zevin Writes Until The Inevitable Collapse
Gabrielle Zevin’s novel, The Hole We’re In, was just reissued by Grove Press/Black Cat. We asked her a few questions about her writing process and what she’s reading (and rereading) now. * Who do you...
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Two Designers, Two Countries, Two Covers: How Limitarianism Got Its Look
To coincide with the reveals of the US and UK covers of Ingrid Robeyns’s Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth, US cover designer Pablo Delcan and UK cover designer Jamie Keenan had a...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Crystal Hana Kim’s next novel, The Stone Home.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Crystal Hana Kim’s “hauntingly poetic” latest novel, The Stone Home, which will be published by William Morrow in April. Here’s a bit more about the book...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Wei Tchou’s experimental memoir Little Seed.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Wei Tchou’s Little Seed, “an experimental memoir that braids together the narrative of the author’s relationship with her brother and family with a...
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Announcing the inaugural cohort of National Book Foundation Teacher Fellows.
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the inaugural recipients of the NBF Teacher Fellowship, “a new initiative to support and celebrate 6th-12th grade teachers using innovative methods to make...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Lilly Dancyger’s forthcoming essay collection,...
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover of Lilly Dancyger’s forthcoming essay collection about female friendship, First Love, which will be published by The Dial Press in May. Here’s a bit more...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Emily Raboteau’s next book, Lessons for Survival.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Emily Raboteau’s forthcoming book, Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against “The Apocalypse”, in which she “uses the lens of motherhood to craft a...
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What Do Writers Do On Instagram?
I think artist Richard Wentworth pre-empted the idea of Instagram through his brilliant series of photographs titled Making Do and Getting By (1974 – present). A hugely influential body of work, his...
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Here are the finalists for the 10th Annual Kirkus Prize.
The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest annual literary awards in the world with the prizes totaling $150,000. Writers become eligible by receiving a rare, starred review from Kirkus Reviews; this...
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Cover Reveal: See the cover for Greg Wrenn’s memoir Mothership.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, Greg Wrenn’s memoir, Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis forthcoming from Regalo...
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AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of August
Each month, our friends at AudioFile Magazine share a curated list of the best audiobooks for your literary listening pleasure. * AUGUST FICTION The Apology by Jimin Han| Read by Kathleen Kim AudioFile...
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Here’s the longlist for the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.
Today, the judges for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction—which celebrates the best in nonfiction writing—announced the 13 books on their 2023 longlist. “Given the wealth of options on offer,...
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US Poet Laureate Ada Limon is publishing a new anthology of 50 poems by...
Lit Hub is pleased to announce a new books, published in association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, a collection of poems reflecting on...
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