“Not many people these days appreciate that as recently as the first half of the last century, what they called literature was a very different thing to what we have now. There are almost no similarities. Apart from questions of legality, health and safety, etc., there would be no point in revisiting the vast majority
The Windham-Campbell Awards Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present Windham-Campbell Award The winners about their favorite books and plays. Hosted by Michael Kelleher. Article continues after ad Christina Anderson, recipient of the 2026 Windham-Campbell Award for Drama, talks to Michael Kelleher about Wallace Shawn’s seminal, strange, and recently revived 1990 monologue
Soledad Acosta de Samper spoke English, traveled the world, wrote every day, and saved the newspaper clippings in which her novels appeared to transform them into albums. She married out of love, had four daughters – one of them, a nun and a poet, published an edition of Novena de Aguinaldos It is sung during
Susan Wiggs recommends Lisa Wingate, Ellen Marie Wiseman, Megan Church and others The “wayward girl” in fiction – and unfortunately, in reality – is defined less by her own actions and more by a society committed to getting her “right.” “Promiscuousness” is usually a symptom of being too poor, too outspoken, or simply getting in
nice art, nice cover Another month of books, another month of book covers. This month was all about art choices – and some clever tricks, too. Below are my favorite book covers of June; As always, feel free to add to my list in the comments. Maggie O’Farrell, land; Cover design by Holly Ovenden (Knopf,
“What a beautiful girl!” Antonio shouted as he saw a group on horseback passing through the square in the village of N***a.(1)Just then arrived to participate in the local festival scheduled for the next day. Article continues after ad Antonio Gonzalez has been my fellow student and my favorite friend since my youth. On saying
Todd Florence, chief information officer at Estes, says AI is best used in optimizing processes like routing and load planning. (Estes Express Lines) June 27, 2026 at 7:00 am EDT key takeaways: North America’s largest carriers said in Transport Topics’ Top 100 For-Hire Carriers survey that they are prioritizing AI, security technologies and connected systems
This first appeared in Lit Hub literary history Newsletter-Sign up here. This week, the United States turns 250 years old. It’s a milestone that brings mixed emotions given the recent direction of the country, but since this is a column about literary history, it’s a good reason to think about the history of American literature.
Natalie took my class in The Ethics of Public Biography at the CUNY Grad Center while she was getting her MFA at Brooklyn College. This was a deep dive into the ACT UP Oral History Project (www.actuporalhistory.org) So I knew he had some background. But when I read Waiting on a Friend, I immediately understood
Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation has announced the shortlist for Ursula K. for fiction. Le Guin Awardwhich awards $25,000 annually to the author of the book that best represents the literary, moral, and aesthetic ideals of the great writer: “realists of a larger reality, who can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to