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Carrie R. Moore has won the 2026 Young Lions Fiction Award. — Last night, in a ceremony, the New York Public Library announced the winner of its Young Lions Fiction Award, which celebrates fiction by writers 35 and younger. This year’s winner is Carrie …
What Makes You You Makes the Universe: Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger on Quantum Physics, Vedanta, and the Ongoing Mystery of What We Are — “This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of the entire existence, but is in a certain sense the whole.”
Days Of The Year — 🎉 Browse hundreds of national days, holidays and celebrations. Find today's national days, explore what's coming up this week, and never miss a fun holiday again.
Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings? — Why is everyone killing off their main characters? In the academic year 2021-2022 at the liberal arts college where I teach, I was startled by the trend. A plot contagion. Nothing is off limits, I …
Did a Rowdy English Nobleman Mastermind the American Revolution? — America’s fight for independence is often considered a battle fought and won at home. A new book argues that it was propelled by a transnational élite an ocean away.
Lit Hub Daily: June 16, 2026 — Sophie Lewis examines the phenomenon of heterofatalism. | Lit Hub Politics If you want a job as an astronaut, you need to nail the interview. | Lit Hub Memoir Erin Maglaque contextualizes her own e…
Most of sun to be eclipsed across island of Ireland — Skywatchers are set to witness two major celestial events next week, with a deep partial solar eclipse followed by the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week — Our mixum gatherum of marvelous reviews this week includes Rachel Vorona Cote on Paul Yoon’s Etna, Anahid Nersessian on Jorie Graham’s Killing Spree, Daniel Felsenthal on Molly Crabapple’s Here Whe…
Acronym Fatigue Series Introduction: why I’m wary of acronyms — In a recent post, I did a brief critique of what I called Acronym Marketing. It was so brief that it may have looked like it came from ignorance. But in reality after reflecting on it, I think it comes from two…
Michael Cunningham on the Question of Scale in Writing — This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I don’t work on an epic scale, though my ambitions run more to epic proportions than I like to admit. It’s a question of…
The Vanishing Library: Timothy Ely’s Odd Little Book from Outer Space by Max Ross — June 9, 2026 – “The few words it contains are indecipherable, of no language. (The letters look Hebrew—if you don’t know Hebrew and have never seen Hebrew letters before.)”
“Sneaking the Scraps Out the Back Door.” On Black Feminist Traditions of Memory Keeping — There is already a Black feminist tradition of using the arts as historical preservation. A dynamic sampling of contemporary literature and art created by Black women considers the forms of
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Rotten Dot Com by Dena Yago — May 6, 2026 – “Rotten.com was a haunted arcade, dispensing trauma in gumball-machine doses straight to kids with dial-up, who chewed on images never meant for their half-formed stomachs.”
The Summer I Surrendered to Wilson Phillips — In 1990, three daughters of rock royalty—nepo babies before the term was invented—released “Hold On,” a song so wholesome and unguarded that it could disarm even the angstiest teen.
Tutto quello che credi di sapere sull'immigrazione è falso | Lorenzo D’Agostino | TEDxMessina — Lorenzo D'Agostino invita a guardare oltre i luoghi comuni che circondano il tema delle migrazioni. Attraverso dati, inchieste e testimonianze mostra come molte narrazioni…
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s “Perte Loss” by Katie Kirkland — May 20, 2026 – “To traverse Cha's archive is to register the force of an artistic imagination that is itself not ‘fixe, mort’ but constantly mutating.”
Online Etymology Dictionary — The online etymology dictionary (etymonline) is the internet's go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words, phrases, and idioms.
Daniel Mason, Rachel Aviv, Emeline Atwood and more: 21 new books out today! — It’s July, and it’s time to be absolutely inundated with summer novels. This week, we’re treated to the new book by North Woods author Daniel Mason, Country People, the hotly anti…
British Book Awards: Virginia Giuffre’s memoir wins top book prize — Nobody's Girl, published last year, detailed Giuffre's encounters with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Lit Hub Daily: June 29, 2026 — Natalie Adler and Sarah Schulman talk about AIDS history and querying agents with the phrase “dyke about town.” | Lit Hub In Conversation Why readers still fall in love with Mr. Darcy, even after 2…
The Israeli Ultra-Hawks Who Feel Betrayed by Trump’s Iran Deal — Shimon Riklin, an anchor on the country’s right-wing Channel 14, and a Netanyahu ally, thinks America stabbed Israel in the back.
Writing As Spiritual Practice: Inside the World of Medieval Scribes — Because monastic life depended on books, it was natural that monks and nuns came to produce them. Many monasteries included a scriptorium, a dedicated writing room where books were meticulously cop…
“Rafa”: the Destruction of a Man, and the Making of a Legend — For tennis champion Rafael Nadal, pain has always felt like weakness leaving the body, and a new Netflix docuseries shows the boons of this ideology, as well as its undeniable costs.
Valve's Steam Machine is available now—but you won't like the price — The living room PC is also shipping in batches.
WorldClaw: Agentic 3D Open-World Generation at Scale — From one open-ended prompt to an explicit, explorable, and editable 3D world.
I added a real-time chat to my blog, people used it to attack me | Andros Fenollosa — Sometimes the most irrelevant piece of a project becomes its absolute protagonist. My blog has a small social widget floating on one side. You can…
Very Necessary Qualifications of a Great Storyteller — Toni Morrison once lamented that people have been taught to think of a book as a mirror, when it ought to be a door. All great storytelling — be it a novel or a poem, a film or a song —…
One of the great things about the World Cup and the US: In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home T — One of the great things about the World Cup and the US: In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team. “Soccer fans from all over the world, many no
Never Enough — Comparison is the thief of joy.
Hildegard, Tarkovsky, Citrus Trees by Nicolette Polek — June 3, 2026 – “Isn’t it a kind of arrogance to believe that anything can be exempt from the deeply tangled and patterned networks of reality?”
Scott Rao — Scott Rao is a coffee expert and author specializing in cafe operation, barista training, and coffee roasting and brewing.
Powerful Typhoon Dolphin hits China, prompting flood and landslide warnings — Typhoon Dolphin struck eastern China, affecting millions with strong winds, heavy rain, and massive waves.
Japan’s NYK CEO on Alternative Routes Amid Iran War — Japanese shipping giant NYK's head Takaya Soga in an exclusive conversation with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn discusses how the company is exploring alternative routes due to the conflict in the Middle East. (Source: Bloomberg)
A new Mary Oliver documentary captures the poet’s wild and precious life. — At the time of her death in 2019, the late Mary Oliver was one of the most successful American poets to ever publish. She wrote dozens of collections, and several highly quotable bangers that a rea…
Greek Mythology — Gods, heroes, and monsters.
My Almond Archive - Longreads — In southeastern Italy, almond groves hold centuries of local history. A granddaughter returns to gather the bitter and the sweet.
American Heritage — American Heritage | The Leading Magazine of American History
On Group Portraiture and the Secret Histories of Art: Paul Elie and Julia Cooke in Conversation — A decade and change ago, Paul Elie taught a class that I found formative. Its focus was first books, and he talked about each assignment in revelatory terms, prodding us graduate stu
Reading List — Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't
God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s — Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell are both historians and writers whose latest work focuses on the culture war of the 1980s and 1990s: Butler’s The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art and the Birth of Ameri…
My Partner Lied About His Marriage, Then Dumped Me. Should I Go Quietly? — I no longer know whether his wife ever consented to our relationship, much less encouraged it.
Purpose, the Untold Story — The poker game that changed my life
Letters from Our Readers — Readers respond to Melanie Thernstrom’s piece about a concierge women’s-health doctor, Burkhard Bilger’s piece about the lone-star tick, and Adeline Goss’s piece about the potential connections between frontotemporal dementia and criminality.
Lit Hub Daily: July 15, 2026 — How it feels when one of your poems is literally going to the Moon. | Lit Hub Nature Why Steven W. Thrasher is suing Northwestern University (and the US government). | Lit Hub Politics “Put s…
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads — After the flood, twisted roles, the joy of emptiness, data disasters, and family road trips.
Lit Hub Weekly: August 10 – 14, 2026 — When a wealthy university donor can silence one of the world’s leading genocide scholars, it exposes the problem with for-profit higher education. | Lit Hub Politics On The Catcher in the Rye at 75…
Norway's 'grandfather': King Harald remembered as son Haakon takes the throne — Norwegians paid their respects to the late King Harld after his death on Friday morning.
Lit Hub Daily: June 2, 2026 — Samantha Allen explores the similarities between reality TV and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. | Lit Hub TV What exactly is a “mighty” book? And how do you write one in 2026? | Lit Hub Criticism Ruth …
iOS 27: Here's all the new Apple Music features - 9to5Mac — Apple Music has a few new features with iOS 27, which Apple just announced today at its annual WWDC conference....
Oshirado in Tōno City, Japan — <p><img alt="Hooded statuettes of Oshira-sama." data-width="4000" data-height="6000" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/zmRtLSPIk2vW3VY0hGAPflard_elsA-d-xcBCrljwv4/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh…
The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders — “Now is the time for Helter Skelter,” Charles Manson is said to have said, and then the family went out and committed two nights of violence that meant to “shock the world” and “instill fear into t…
Lit Hub Daily: June 12, 2026 — If literacy is in decline, why are bookstores booming? “Bookstores are filling a social void.” | Lit Hub Bookstores Korean poets and their translators pair poetry collections with K-pop…
UK prosecutors argue Tate brothers a flight risk ahead of bail hearing — Andrew and Tristan Tate would attempt to evade prosecution if they are freed on bail, prosecutors argue.
Am I the Asshole For Refusing an Invitation to Submit Work? — Howdy, friends! Welcome back to another perfect installment of Am I The Literary Asshole?, a drunken advice column that’s just happy to be here. I’m your host, Kristen Arnett, and I’m proud to anno…
“Birthright” and “Giant” Tackle Jewish Identity. — The plays explore interpersonal rifts over Israel, but only one lets the ugliness linger.
Against All Oddities: Vive la Simca! — French cars, French food, French wine… I love it all. And given how long my Simca has been sitting around, not running, and thus serving as French eye candy, you could say I’m a French sculpture connoisseur, too. I don’t…
The Pitt is up for 25 Emmys - but the show's biggest fans are real-life doctors — Those in the medical profession say the HBO Max show about a US hospital emergency room is the most realistic medical drama yet.
Love Anyway — You know that the price of life is death, that the price of love is loss, and still you watch the golden afternoon light fall on a face you love, knowing that the light will soon fade, knowing that…