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Saving Camp of the Saints
Ethan Rundell discusses The Camp of the Saints, its Amazon de-listing, and the pretense of free speech. The post Saving Camp of the Saints appeared first on The American Conservati…
When America Declared Itself
The celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary is now very nearly upon us, as the signal date of July 4th approaches. Of course, to be technical about it, and as many Americans …
The Death of the Reader
AI has already changed writing. Now the technology is changing what it means to read.…
Kevin Young wins the Griffin Poetry Prize for his ‘melancholic and haunting’ Night Watch
Young is a Harvard-educated Nebraskan who is poetry editor of The New Yorker magazine and a New York University professor…
Teacher says bestselling author Jack Carr inspired students to embrace patriotism amid values debate
Teacher Kelly McGinnis told Fox News Digital that Jack Carr's novels sparked patriotism among his Mississippi students, who had stopped standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.…
The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought
In the days before the Civil War, the South worked hard to censor any literature that cast slavery in a negative light. Officials in Charleston, S.C. went through mailbags for abol…
Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday
Allen Ginsberg was born in Newark a century ago today. He is totem as much as poet, arguably the most famous American writer of verse in the twentieth-century. There’s the Ginsberg…
A Love Letter to My Hometown: On Revisiting Rural New Hampshire in Fiction
As a teenager in my hometown of Newport, New Hampshire, with a population of around 6,000 people, weekend nights began by driving through town. My friends and I would pile into a c…
What Do Arthurian Legend and All My Children Have in Common?
Down the street, my coffee shop’s windows glowed with the baleful warmth of an Edward Hopper painting. This was where I liked the write—a third place, before dawn, when the city wa…
Plagiarism row in Malayalam literary scene over plot similarities in K. R Meera’s ‘Kalachi’ and Haritha Savithri’s ‘Zin’
A plagiarism controversy erupts in Malayalam literature over plot similarities between K. R Meera's 'Kalachi' and Haritha Savithri's 'Zin'.…
Ambivalence by Brian Dillon review – an odd man out
The critic’s memoir’s is a portrait in determination to go against the grain and ‘pursue a life in words and ideas’…
Wimmy Road Boyz by Sufiyaan Salam review – an electric debut set on Manchester’s Curry Mile
Written in breathless multilingual prose, this coming-of-age meets state-of-the-nation novel is an incredible literary performance…
What to read next: Our verdict on the week’s biggest new releases
From a Booker winner and a cartel epic to a bird book that blew our minds, our critics cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.…
Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Want to Read?
I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no.…
Sami Rohr Prize 2026 shortlist highlights family survival and Jewish history
The annual award — which alternates each year between works of fiction and nonfiction and which honors emerging Jewish writers — is considered one of the most prominent awards in J…
The Plight of the Radical’s Children
A new novel by Harriet Clark, the daughter of a jailed revolutionary, shows that rigid ideology is no match for the humanizing presence of a child.…
What Is Europe? | Interview: Roderick Beaton
History is full of surprises.…
Seven Books You’ll Never Outgrow
Some stories are worth revisiting at every stage of life.…
The Scariest Monster on Broadway
A new play about Roald Dahl and his anti-Jewish prejudice captures uncomfortable truths.…
A fulsome portrait of an untameable spirit
“Emily — that free, wild, untameable spirit, never happy nor well but on the sweeping moors that gathered round her home.” So wrote Elizabeth Gaskell of Emily Bronte in her pioneer…
India’s scientific knowledge predates Persia, brought West out of Stone Age: Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor
J&K L-G Manoj Sinha emphasises India’s historical contributions to science and culture at the Kashmir Literature Festival.…
‘Agree to disagree’: Festival gave ‘silenced’ writers a voice
I have just spent some days at the Sydney Writers’ Festival – and I am more convinced than ever that these face-to-face forums are important.…
Lit Hub Weekly: May 25 – 29, 2026
Spend your summer reading with Lit Hub! Welcome to the Best of the Best Books reading challenge, where you’ll have the chance to meet your reading goals, win prizes, and prove you’…
What a 98-Year Old Children's Book Teaches Us About AI
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a big fan of using fiction as a lens through which to view the world – some might say, to my detriment. But we do not listen to thos…
Italian author Erri De Luca: ‘I am prepared to lose everything’ for backing Israel
Italian author Erri De Luca said he is prepared to lose everything for his convictions as he spoke about Israel, Hebrew, and Zionism.…
David Szalay wonders whether AI could write hockey smut
The Booker Prize winner sat down at the Sydney Writers' Festival to ponder the threat of AI to fiction, share some recommendations and consider whether his book was really about ma…
The nine books our critics couldn't put down in May
Sweet teen love, gay football stars, alien abductions and a murderous PhD student bent on revenge — this month's best new releases have it all.…
New Show: "Get Lit With Matt and Brad," Monday, June 1, 4:30 ET
A show re-introducing the stories we've buried, as the clickhole era mercifully crawls to an end…
Authoritarian Transformation in Istanbul’s Old City
Two new books seek to capture the changing reality of Turkey and the world.…
Infinite Jeffs is an actual physical book you can buy...
Infinite Jeffs is an actual physical book you can buy in which “every one of the ~550,000 words in Infinite Jest [is replaced] with ‘Jeff’ while preserving punc…
A Book I Wish I’d Read at 22
I’m not alone in feeling regret over not having found the right book at just the right time.…
The literary world is sleepwalking into an AI disaster
“Her laugh is as bright as zinc” and other bad metaphors…
‘Flybrary’ to come up soon at Mysuru airport
A ‘Flybrary’, which is expected to provide travellers access to a variety of books while waiting for their flights, is soon expected to come up at Mysuru airport.…
All American Patriotism is a literary home-cooked meal for the American soul
If an American pride, cross-country summer road trip in a 1996 Ford Windstar could be a novel, it would be All American Patriotism.…
Drawn from both real and imagined lives, these four graphic novels delight the mind and eye equally
Featuring recent titles from Tillie Walden, Joe Ollman, Jon Claytor and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas…
Alice Rohrwacher to Direct Feature Film Adaptation of Italo Calvino Classic ‘The Baron in the Trees’
Alice Rohrwacher is set to direct a feature film adaptation of Italo Calvino's classic coming-of-age novel 'The Baron in the Trees.'…
Melissa Febos, Geoff Dyer, Beyoncé… Here are 25 books out in paperback this June.
Summer is officially here, and as the weather warms and our dreams of escapes to elsewhere begin seeming a bit more possible, I’m here to suggest new books to accompany you into Ju…
StoryScope: Investigating Idiosyncrasies in AI Fiction
As AI-generated fiction becomes increasingly prevalent, questions of authorship and originality are becoming central to how written work is evaluated. While most existing work in t…
The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami; All Flesh by Ananda Devi; The White Desert by Luis López Carrasco; The Home of the Drowned by Elin Anna Labba…
The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of May 30
The Bestsellers Lists are compiled by The Globe and Mail from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData…
Bashir Badr: A poet of the masses
Badr used everyday language to great effect, ensuring that his verses spoke directly to the listener. | India News…
How did this novel about food win a Booker Prize this year?
Taiwan Travelogue is the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award.…
The Best Books of 2026 So Far
Nothing quite beats the thrill of a new book season. In that spirit, we present to you the best books of 2026.…
A master novelist’s final work is here. It’s as weird as you might expect
Published after his death, Mario Vargas Llosa’s final novel is a flawed, haunting, and deeply eccentric farewell from a literary giant.…
Wild, bright-eyed and fiery: Musical unleashes the real Miles Franklin
The woman who wrote My Brilliant Career was as “paradoxical as a platypus”.…
What should I ask Richard Hanania?
Yes, I will be doing a Conversation with him. Richard does have a new book coming out, Kakistocracy: Why Populism Ends in Disaster. While I liked the book (and blurbed it), I do …
Why aristocrats are funny
The graphic novel that just made literary history (and why you should read it)
From history-making milestones to draft-dodging wombats, graphic novels have finally conquered the literary elite.…
Forget Robinson Crusoe, this witty new retelling is undeniably brilliant
Francesca de Tores’ second historical novel, Cast Away, achieves something truly remarkable.…
Dame Prue Leith on calling Michelin Guide to ask why she didn't have a star
The ex-Great British Bake Off judge speaks to crowds at Hay Festival about the books that shaped her.…
Julia Alvarez Reads Judy Page Heitzman
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Schoolroom on the Second Floor of the Knitting Mill,” by Judy Page Heitzman, and her own poem “Mami at Her Vanity.”…
This Literary AI Scandal Changes Everything
"A magazine’s response to accusations of publishing AI-generated fiction points to a new phase in the struggle to keep literature human."…
AI-assisted Kannada translation of ‘My Name is Gauhar Jaan’ to be released in Mysuru on May 30
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted Kannada translation of ‘My Name is Gauhar Jaan: The life and times of a Musician’ authored by Dr. Vikram Sampath is scheduled for release at J…
The Best Books of 2026 So Far
Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.…
AI-Writing Scandals Are Getting Confusing
What counts as an acceptable use of AI has never been fuzzier.…
Five books to be released in Dharwad on Sunday
Five books by Dr. Rajan Deshpande will be released in Dharwad on Sunday, featuring insights on life and medicine.…
Why Is TikTok in This Book from 2006?
For decades, publishers have swapped out cultural references in new editions of books to appeal to younger readers. Fans aren’t always thrilled.…
Harriet Alida Lye on narcissism, mother-daughter bonds and growing up
‘I don’t believe it, the idea that a mother can’t be an artist,’ says Mother Clown author…
New India Foundation’s book fellowship to go annual starting 2026
The New India Foundation (NIF) Book Fellowship, which has been awarded once every two years so far, will move to an annual cycle beginning in 2026. Applications will now open ever…
The Cheap Tradsploitation of ‘Yesteryear’
One of the year’s bestselling books contains a pivotal sex scene in which a time-traveling tradwife finds her impotent husband transformed into a domineering patriarch.…