Browsing: Books & Fiction
Nella Larsen’s 1923 graduation, Dewey’s sermon epiphany, AI manuscript fraud, and new fiction from Jason Stone and Victoria Chang fill July 8’s reading list.
A UK crafter gifted children paper hedgehogs folded from Nicholson Baker’s erotic novel The Fermata. Police were called. He said he was mortified.
Lit Hub’s week brings 258 anticipated books, Palestinian poetry in crisis, Patrick Bateman’s skincare legacy, and an argument about what description actually does.
Eight A24 films matched to eight books worth reading — from Marie Ndiaye to Claire Messud, psychological unease to ambiguous grief.
Eight sapphic sci-fi novels — from Nicola Griffith’s 1992 Lambda winner to Larissa Lai’s 2145 clone societies — map a genre building its own future.
From Shohreh Laici on war to Colson Whitehead’s formal restlessness, a week in books that refused easy resolution.
From Colson Whitehead profiles to Walter Mosley on the novel’s nature, June 26’s literary world spans history, fiction, and translation.
Writer Shohreh woke in her upstate New York apartment on the last day of Feb 2026 to learn Iran was at war — and her mother in Tehran was unreachable.
The Black List and Zando’s Evil Twin imprint launch a manuscript competition offering $25,000 for an unpublished horror novel. Submissions close November 20, 2026.
Fatemeh Shams remembers Marjane Satrapi, Dan Chiasson defends the writing impasse, and Lit Hub’s June 15-19, 2026 week refuses easy conclusions.