Author: Daniel Cross
Daniel Cross
Daniel covers fiction and literary culture, with a particular interest in how stories hold up against the reality they describe.
From the 1956 Congress of Black Writers at the Sorbonne to Maris Kreizman’s 14-title nonfiction preview, the week’s best literary reading gathered.
Lit Hub staff find joy in a Korean literature database, a 15-second vlog, surprise apple harvests, and a 12-year Last Waltz tribute in Jersey City.
The National Book Foundation longlisted 10 nonfiction titles from 727 submissions. Finalists announced Oct. 6; winners at the Nov. 18 ceremony.
A New York installation uses an AI typewriter to direct visitors to James Baldwin’s essays and letters. The tech is narrow; the intent is literary.
Fall 2026’s literary conversation spans translation, colonial memory, AI book scanning, and a MrBeast-James Patterson collaboration. All facts, no easy conclusions.
Kiyosaki carries $1.2B in debt, Beowulf Sheehan remembers McCarthy, and booksellers debate whether reading is ending. A literary week in full.
Fall jackets yield receipts, ticket stubs, a 2021 dollar, and a striped rock — small objects that tell the kind of stories short fiction aspires to.
Sarah Polley directs Billie Eilish as Esther Greenwood in a new Bell Jar adaptation, with Carey Mulligan co-starring and Ontario locations standing in for 1950s New York.
“Range” follows Gunn through a dusk encounter with neighbors Brit and Jenny. A quiet, precise short story about observation, adolescence, and what goes unsaid.
The week of Aug 10–14, 2026 in books: AI detectors, Kate Millett’s sculpture, The Hite Report, Koeppen, and The Catcher in the Rye at 75.