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Lit Hub Daily: September 29, 2026
Hernan Diaz explains why his new novel isn’t a dystopia: “Similar to Diaz’s debut In the Distance, his new work can feel like social theory
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Hernan Diaz’s New Novel Isn’t a Dystopia—Trust Him
Pulitzer winner Hernan Diaz releases his first novel in four years this week, and he’s parrying a few questions about genre. “I take issue w
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What Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot and Joan Didion Really Meant With Their Most Famous Aphorisms
Phrased & Confused, in which Eli Burnstein digs into the meaning of some of the famous literary aphorisms of all time, is available now from
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Personal Yet Systemic: On Antiblackness as a Social, Historical and Cultural Phenomenon
ANTIBLACKNESS (noun) 1. that which engulfs Blackness with inescapable violence 2. a set of relations that mark and position Blackness as the
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Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today!
There are a number of heavyweight fiction titles coming out this week: Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, and Ayad Akhtar all have long awaited novel
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The Radiance
The narrator of The Radiance shares Akhtar’s name and much of his life. After leaving New York for a small Hudson Valley town, he ends up ge
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Lit Hub Daily: September 28, 2026
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William T. Vollmann on Trying to Excavate American Foreign Policy From the Cold War to the War on Terror
A Table for Fortune is about September 11th. As it grew, tracing the roots of that crime in one direction and its poisoned harvest in anothe
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A Journey to Antarctica in Photos: Remembering Ernest Shackleton’s Grand Expedition
Among the treasures of the Royal Geographical Society’s two million strong collections are over 150 glass and celluloid negatives: the work
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The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England
Although we can see many connections between our own lives and those of 17th-century English villagers—disputes among neighbors, domestic di
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“Crabs”
My all-girls’ high school was sometimes visited by crabs. The first time I saw one show up was during my first year, on a rainy day in early
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Lit Hub Weekly: September 21 – 25, 2026
During the season of big books, how do you choose one to read? With a flowchart, obviously. | Lit Hub Ed Simon explores the limits of langua
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Booksellers are sounding the alarm over Trump’s anti-antifascist presidential memo.
A group of concerned booksellers recently sent an open letter to the American Booksellers Association and the American Booksellers for Free
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Have They Ruined Our Beloved Scholastic Book Fair?
Oh, Scholastic Book Fair. If you made your way through a public school in North America anytime during the past half-century, you should rec
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Lit Hub Daily: September 25, 2026
After 26 years, Cyberselfish, Paulina Borsook’s prophetic look at big tech, is more relevant than ever. | Lit Hub Technology “To win in sign
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A Prophetic Classic About the Dangers of Tech is Back in Print
Paulina Borsook saw there was something rotten afoot in Silicon Valley in the 1990s, and in her book Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through t
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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Gloria Steinem’s An Unexpected Life, Naomi Alderman’s The Strangers, Chuck Klosterman’s Rock*, and Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s Said the Dead all f
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Got Writer’s Block? Go to the Theater!
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I love art that seems like it came from outer space, that seems u
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Shrine: A Little Book About Paul Thek
There is a photograph of Paul walking on a lawn and carrying a life-sized version of the cross. It appears to be quite heavy, made of wood.
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I’m Having a Hard Time Saying No: How Can I Be More of a Literary Asshole?
Well, hello there! Welcome back, friends. You’ve arrived at the very best destination in town. That’s right, everyone’s partying at Am I the
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Lit Hub Daily: September 24, 2026
During the season of big books, how do you choose one to read? With a flowchart, obviously. | Lit Hub How Imogen Crimp’s Give Me Everything
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Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?
It’s officially fall, and the season of Big Books is well underway. Here at Lit Hub, we’ve already told you what we think you should read, a
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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Our smorgasbord of sumptuous reviews this week includes Anahid Nersessian on Ashton Politanoff’s Dad Had a Bad Day, Peter Beinart on Akbar S
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9 to 5: Inside The Movement That Inspired the Iconic Film
When Dolly Parton died recently, radio stations and music streamers filled our ears with her irresistible anthem, “9 to 5.” The song topped
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