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A daily literary website highlighting the best in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.

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“A series of details fell into place: the towel on the mirror, the strange words she’d uttered in her sleep, the content of her rant.” Read from @sarahyahm’s new novel, Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation. lithub.com/unfinished-acts-o…

Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation

Leon dropped his mail and his textbooks inside the front door and ran toward the ringing telephone. “Hello?” he answered, out of breath. “Leon, it’s Shoshanna.” He felt strangely disappointed, but …

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Calling all Phillip Pullman fans! lithub.com/pullman-hive-atte…

Pullman hive, attention! We’re getting one last Dark Material.

This fall, Phillip Pullman—the man behind the His Dark Materials trilogy—will publish a final dispatch from his much-beloved multiverse. The Rose Field will cap the adventures of Lyra Silvertongue,…

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“I was used to hearing human women slut-shamed; it was new to me that men would call cats sluts.” @cgust explores casual misogyny in animal rescue. lithub.com/just-another-cat-…

Just Another Cat Lady: On Navigating Casual Misogyny in Animal Rescue

I had no intention of becoming a volunteer cat trapper; I didn’t even know that was a thing anyone could be. I hadn’t really even meant to get so involved with the cats outside our house; I still l…

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Our friends at @AudioFileMag share their most anticipated May audiobooks. lithub.com/the-most-anticipa…

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of May

Each month, our friends at AudioFile Magazine share a curated list of the best audiobooks for your literary listening pleasure. * MAY FICTION   Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, Polly Barton [Trans.] | R…

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Katie Kitamura’s Audition, Diarmaid MacCulloch’s Lower Than the Angels, David Szalay’s Flesh, and Elaine Pagels’ Miracles and Wonder all feature among April’s best reviewed books. bookmarks.reviews/the-best-r…

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month

Featuring Katie Kitamura, Diarmaid MacCulloch, David Szalay, Elaine Pagels, and more

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.@TomLevenson on how London’s Great Plague of 1666 paved the way for modern scientific research: “Instead of cures, London’s medical men ultimately offered witness, up to the point of death.” lithub.com/how-londons-great…

How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements

This much is certain: the physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries who stayed in town during London’s Great Plague of 1666 paid scant attention to the rats they may have encountered on their miserabl…

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Don’t know what to watch next? Try some of the literary film and TV coming to streaming in May. lithub.com/the-literary-film…

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in May

Every month, all the major streaming services add a host of newly acquired (or just plain new) shows, movies, and documentaries into their ever-rotating libraries. So what’s a dedicated reader to w…

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Get ready for paperbacks by Questlove, Tessa Hulls, and more in May! lithub.com/kevin-kwan-questl…

Kevin Kwan! Questlove! Hungry ghosts! 25 books out in paperback this May.

May is here, and, with it, a bevy of new books to be excited about (and, difficult as it can be not to succumb to the Sisyphean rhythm of doomscrolling, new books are usually better places to turn …

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“Epic, intimate, brutal, and tender.” —Deesha Philyaw [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/when-th…
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Zoe Roth examines Charlotte Beradt’s The Third Reich of Dreams in the context of our current authoritarian creep (pun... intended?). lithub.com/darkest-nights-on…

Darkest Nights: On the Literal Dreams of German Jews During Hitler’s Rise to Power

Nearly a century before Trump’s second presidential win, in 1933, the German Jewish journalist and Communist activist Charlotte Beradt awoke, “bathed in perspiration,” from a dream in which she had…

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From contrasts to complimentary colors, theses are April’s best book covers. lithub.com/the-15-best-book-…

The 15 Best Book Covers of April

Another month of books, another month of book covers. Here are the ones that have brightened up an impossibly cold and rainy April: Simple, daring, and not a little bit frightening. A very good ide…

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.@TobiasCarroll explains what Elon Musk doesn’t understand about Iain M. Banks. lithub.com/elon-musk-just-do…

Elon Musk Just Doesn’t Understand the Sci-Fi Visions of Iain M. Banks

In June of 2018, before he declared himself “Dark MAGA” and before he wore a hat with the inscription “Trump Was Right About Everything,” Elon Musk took to a social media platform he did not yet ow…

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“Joan stopped at a gas station in Waco to change into her rodeo clothes—a skintight black minidress, turquoise earrings with dangling black feathers, and black cowboy boots.” Read from Ashley Whitaker’s novel, Bitter Texas Honey. lithub.com/bitter-texas-hone…

Bitter Texas Honey

Joan stopped at a gas station in Waco to change into her rodeo clothes—a skintight black minidress, turquoise earrings with dangling black feathers, and black cowboy boots. On her way out, she boug…

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.@shelbyvanpelt remembers her first writing class, shares her love of music, and explains why she wants her grandmother’s friends to read her books. lithub.com/shelby-van-pelt-c…

Shelby Van Pelt Created Her Oddball Octopus in a Low-Key Writing Class (And Other Deets)

Shelby Van Pelt’s novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures, is available now in paperback from Ecco, so we asked her a few questions about writing, reading, routines, and more. * Who do you most wish wou…

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Nin Andrews on the pains and rewards of writing a memoir about her father: “By the time I was born, my parents were no longer interested in parenting.” lithub.com/eden-lost-nin-and…

Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

In one version of my life, I grew up in a literary Eden. Raised on a farm, I was the daughter of an architect/horse lover and a Classics scholar/dairy farmer. My mother studied with Richard Lattimo…

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Titles by Sophie Gilbert, Craig Thompson, and more are among the 24 new books out today! lithub.com/sophie-gilbert-cr…

Sophie Gilbert! Craig Thompson! Crazy Rich Ghanaians! 24 new books out today.

It’s the final Tuesday of April, a month characterized by chaos and Eliotesque cruelties alike, but there is more brightness in the (literal) skies, if nothing else, and to accompany this muc…

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“To look at this trend or, perhaps more accurately, to feel the vibes and conclude that male authors are in danger is pushing it.” lithub.com/the-new-conduit-b…

The new Conduit Books plans to focus on male authors.

A new press will be “focusing initially” on publishing male writers, reported The Bookseller today. Finally, a space for guys to be guys. The press is called Conduit Books, and will be …

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Elisabeth Dini on the decades-long legal battles to recover World War II’s stolen and looted artworks. lithub.com/tracing-the-journ…

Tracing the Journey of World War II’s Stolen and Looted Objects

In the years leading up to writing my novel Bearer of Bad News, I found myself intrigued by contemporary news stories involving valuables looted during World War II, from unlikely thrift store find…

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“Last week, Pascal responded to the passage of the ironically named, anti-trans UK Equality Act with some choice fire.” lithub.com/another-reason-to…

Another reason to love Pedro Pascal? He called J.K. Rowling a “heinous loser.”

We already knew Pedro Pescal, gimlet-eyed star of The Last of Us and several buzzy action franchises, was a sweetheart. His Hollywood reputation stays stainless in a sea of divas. His little sister…

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