This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Borne Back Ceaselessly Into The Gatz
A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring...
How the Ancient Sumerians Created the World’s First Writing System
“In Uruk he built walls, a great rampart, and the temple of blessed Eanna for...
“Make it New… Again.” Why We Need Alexander Pope’s Wild, Weird Poetry Today
Alexander Pope is hardly an unknown quantity. Born in London to a family of merchants...
Read Jody Chan’s Boycott Giller Speech
On Monday night, the gala for the Giller Prize, Canada’s most prestigious literary award, took place at Toronto’s Park Hyatt hotel. The Giller...
Maya Kessler on the Power of Dialogue
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Me: “What do you love about dialogue?”
Also me: “The fact that...
Diverting Diversions: Mark Haber on Distractions, Literary Digressions, and the Possibilities of Fiction
Mark Haber’s new novel, Lesser Ruins, begins with its main character facing grief and spelling...