Organized Rebellion: How Nightlife Evolved Throughout the Ages — There are times in a person’s life when the end of the week brings a welcome flurry of messages or phone calls: about parties, club nights, secret gigs, off-beat theatre shows, or just a cheesy but…
On the Populist Parallels Between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump — If you tuned in at just the right time on June 16, 2015, when Donald Trump announced his campaign for the presidency, you might have thought he was reading one of Bernie’s stump speeches. From a ma…
6 must-have Home Assistant apps (add-ons) I can’t live without — Back in my day they were called "add-ons."
How Love Comes to You — We spend our days making plans, making promises, making predictions about the possible, and yet the most bewildering thing about life is that its imagination is always greater than that of the livi…
We Should All Be Autodidacts: The Case For Reading the Great Books at Your Own Pace — There’s a set of books that you’ve probably already heard of. These are the ones that’ve been extolled by professors and critics. They’ve been referenced in countless speeches and essays. And in
Linux isn't for everyone, but these 5 types of people should seriously consider it — Why Linux is a launching pad for creative tech projects.
【今朝の5本】仕事を始める前に読んでおきたい厳選ニュース — 40年ぶり円安の先、高市首相の長期戦略、米イラン和平交渉、米経済統計、米最高裁判断
Group chats used to be written on the walls (literally). #TEDTalks — Take a graffiti tour through ancient Pompeii with Roman archaeologist Jacqueline DiBiasie-Sammons and discover what 2,000-year-old scribblings from antiquity can teach us about life in modern times. A…
American Patriotism Has Always Privileged the Hopes of the Future Over the Sins of the Present — In June 1826, Thomas Jefferson penned his last-ever letter, an essay on the American project. He had been invited to attend a celebration in Washington, to mark the fiftieth anniversa
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David Sedaris, Matt Haig, Missouri Williams, and more: 20 new books out today! — The tail end of a long weekend brings us a new slew of reads: a collection of David Sedaris essays, Jorie Graham poems, as well as a fresh novel from bestseller Matt Haig all promise to deliver. Th…
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 Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction — Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Associatio…
Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund CEO Eyes Future Risks — Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norway's $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, tells Bloomberg he is cautious on future risks including AI valuations, inflation and geopolitical conflict, despite record results. Norges Bank…
My Newly Successful Friend Won’t Stop Namedropping: Is She the Literary Asshole? — Well, hello there! Fancy meeting you here. Welcome back to the Internet’s favorite drunken advice column, Am I The Literary Asshole? It’s the place where we ponder all of life’s hardest-hitting…
The First Reviews of Every Raymond Chandler Novel — I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars. Today marks the 138th anniversary of the birth of Raymond Chandler, patron saint of Los Angeles noir and perhaps the most famous crime fiction…
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How to Stop Waiting and Start Living: A Jolt from Henry James — “It wouldn’t have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything.”
Watch the chic, menacing trailer for Bret Easton Ellis’s new FX series. — Oh, Bret Easton Ellis. You old lightning rod. The Gen X nihilist known for anchoring the literary Brat Pack and depicting depraved superficial youth is shifting his talents to television. With the …
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week — Our tasting menu of terrific reviews this week includes Brandon Taylor on Michael Cunningham’s Unsayable, Grace Byron on Missouri Williams’s The Vivisectors, Alex Shephard on Franklin Foer’s How So…
Lit Hub Daily: July 17, 2026 — Henry Power tackles an age old question: How many Homers were there, actually? | Lit Hub History “The Odyssey is as relevant as ever it was. And I, for one, cannot wait for the next rendition…
Who, Exactly, Were All Those Girls in Renoir’s Paintings? — The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is suspended in the air above the traffic and the trees of the Avenida Paulista. By some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass the p…
Ecuador defends US sinking of vessels as joint anti-drug operation — Relatives of detained crew say US forces acted without evidence, claiming the men were fishermen, not smugglers.
Stacey Yu Recommends Books About Cats (and Their Owners) — Joy Williams wrote that one of eight essential attributes of the short story is “An animal within to give its blessing.” When I first came upon this wisdom, I was on the seventh draft of my debut n…
The Building Blocks of Personhood: Oliver Sacks on Neurocognitive Pillar of What Makes Us Who We Are — “Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives — we are each of us unique.”
Falling Danube flow forces shutdown of Romania’s sole nuclear plant — Romania had tried to avert a total shutdown of the plant, which usually generates a fifth of the country's electricity.
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week — Isabel Waidner’s As If, Danielle Allen’s Radical Duke, and Amitav Ghosh’s Ghost-Eye all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s …
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction — Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. …
Here’s the longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize. — Today, the Booker Prize committee announced this year’s “Booker Dozen”: a longlist of 13 books nominated for the UK’s most prestigious literary prize, which this year celebrates l…
AI escapes confinement — Over the course of two weeks, AI companies said that some of their AI models managed to hack systems.
My 3D printer got so much better after I stopped printing toys (and started printing solutions) — Your printer can do so much more.
Elves Against Capitalism: How the Earth Liberation Front Came to America — The fires began with a gentle Midwestern boy who loved animals. Kevin Tubbs grew up in a comfortable suburb outside Omaha, Nebraska, in a canary-yellow ranch house filled with dogs. Tubbs’s mother,…
Made by Google 2026: Everything announced — Catch every major Pixel, Pixel Buds, Pixel Watch and Pixel Tag reveal in under 12 minutes.
Churchill Downs Shares Fall on Plans to Sell Casinos, Keep Derby — Churchill Downs Inc. shares tumbled nearly 7% on Thursday to their lowest level in six years after the company announced plans to sell nine of its regional casinos and focus on its horseracing properties.
Marble Cake — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/photo/2026/08-2026/2026-08-marble-cake/marble-cake-537-cropped"> So buttery! <a href="https://www.thekitchn.com/marble-cake-recipe-23840229?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Category%2FChannel%3…
10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August — From the hard, hard courts of professional tennis to the mean screens of social media to the life and times of an iconic indie rock songwriter, this month has something for everyone. * Matthew Futt…
Importance And Need of Five Elements | Manas Sn Vig | TEDxMRIS Charmwood Youth — This videos is about why balancing of five elements in human body is important for materialistic and spiritual development. Manas Sn Vig is an entrepreneur, educator, and lifelong learner whose…
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction — Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Associatio…
Stephen Bear jailed over sex offender breaches — The TV personality posted in Brazil "the police will not be able to catch" him, a court hears.
My Wife Needs a Phone, and I’m NOT Gonna Mess it Up This Time — Play War Thunder for FREE on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and mobile using the links below! New to the game, or returning after six months? You'll get a massive bonus pack on PC and consoles packed with vehicles,…
Famed “Portrait of Omai” Will Go on View at LA’s Getty Museum — The Sir Joshua Reynolds painting, acquired in a joint deal by the Getty and the National Portrait Gallery in London after a heated controversy, will be on display starting September 14.
‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Trailer: Ryan Murphy Takes a Whack at Oft-Adapted Murder Story — Watch the trailer for Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, a Ryan Murphy take on the story of the famous murderer.
7 Books About Writerly Rivalry — I’m fascinated by relationships between writers and always have been. They are often at turns intimate, competitive, toxic, and gratifying. Just as their own fictions bend and weave tales, so too d…
“Expatriate’s Pantoum.” A Poem by Maria Nazos — Today, we’ll wake again and drink pineapple juice spiked with Bacardi, then curl up in a hammock. We’ll do another line, then you’ll play me more Bruce, then we’ll cash another unemployment check. …
Emily Doyle on the Subtle Tyranny of Realism — This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. My grandmother suffers from dementia. I could say that her sense of reality is unstable, but that would be misleading. It …
Country People — The wife had been offered a one-year visiting professorship at a college in Vermont, and the husband was married to the wife. They had two children, a son and a daughter. The plan was for the husba…
SEC Delays Crypto Regulation Meeting in Latest Industry Setback — The Securities and Exchange Commission canceled a Friday meeting where the agency was expected to unveil new plans for digital assets as landmark crypto legislation remains stalled in Congress.
Judge Orders Kalshi to Stop Offering Most Wagers in Washington — Kalshi was told by a judge to stop offering most of its prediction market contracts in Washington state, after regulators said they likely constituted an illegal gambling operation.
Lit Hub Daily: June 5, 2026 — You’ve heard of Mary Shelley, but what about her half-sister, Fanny Imlay? | Lit Hub Biography Steven W. Thrasher considers Zohran Mamdani’s new sheriff, Edwin Raymond, and the many manifestations …
Namwali Serpell and Angela Flournoy on Toni Morrison’s Tar Baby — Continuing on tour for On Morrison, Namwali Serpell travels to Philadelphia to talk with writer Angela Flournoy about a scene from Tar Baby. Speaking at the Free Library, they trace the novel’…
Google now lets you chat with Gmail, Docs, and Keep — It’s Gemini Live, but for notes and emails.
Save It for Your Novel: The Difference in Writing for the Screen Versus the Page — To examine the increasing similarities between television storytelling and literary fiction—particularly their shared emphasis on complex characters and challenging themes—I recently spoke with…
Iran claims new attacks on US warships enforcing blockade of Iranian ports — IRGC says it fired ballistic missiles at US aircraft carrier and destroyer as standoff intensifies in Strait of Hormuz.
Announcing tale.fyi: read (or listen) to an entire book from a single link. — Announcing tale.fyi: read (or listen) to an entire book from a single link. by samuel cole, as one long readable page.
Credit Markets Shrug Off Climate Risk After Brutal Summer — Severe droughts across Europe this summer led to huge wildfires, disrupted transport on critical routes, threatened power plants and hit corporate earnings across the continent. The credit markets are mostly unmoved.
Who has made Troy's Premier League team of the week? — After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices?
Dead whale washes ashore on beach in Mexico — A roughly 12-metre-long whale has been found dead on a beach in Tijuana, Mexico.
All That Is Left of Life — When Maresciallo Tommaso Nardulli arrived on the scene at around eight, Signora Sattaflora had Betta Ansaldo covered with a white embroidered linen sheet from the dowry she had prepared over the ye…
Meyer propels Nevada past Ohio and into LLBWS title game — Carsynn Meyer, the first girl to play in the U.S. championship, had an RBI single to help Nevada beat Ohio on Saturday and advance to the Little League World Baseball Series title game.
Long Live Dolly Parton, Giver of Books — I signed my first baby up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library when she was one week old, at the advice of her pediatrician. It was May 2020, and the pandemic was just beginning to close its fist…