The Center for the Art of Translation is getting a permanent home in San Francisco. Yesterday, the Center for the Art of Translation announced plans to open a permanent location in downtown San Francisco. Founded in 2000 in the living room of translator Olivia Sears, the Center has long been a nomadic institution with no

The Center for the Art of Translation is getting a permanent home in San Francisco.: Yesterday, the Center for the Art of Translation announced plans to open a permanent location in downtown San Francisco. Founded in 2000 in the living room of translator Olivia… #BookNews #BookstoresandLibraries

The Books Everyone is Talking About in April New books from Lindy West, Abby Jimenez, and Jeanette McCurdy are dominating the literary discourse.

The Books Everyone is Talking About in April: New books from Lindy West, Abby Jimenez, and Jeanette McCurdy are dominating the literary discourse.

Why Are We So Obsessed With Dead Girls? These Books Explore if True Crime Is Ethical True crime is not content; it often explores the worst days of some people's lives, and we owe it to them to tell their stories with care.

Why Are We So Obsessed With Dead Girls? These Books Explore if True Crime Is Ethical: True crime is not content; it often explores the worst days of some people's lives, and we owe it to them to tell their stories with care.

A Sapphic Summer Romance, Necromancy, and More New YA Books for April 15, 2026 Open up your TBR because this week's new YA book releases will have you making it even longer.

A Sapphic Summer Romance, Necromancy, and More New YA Books for April 15, 2026: Open up your TBR because this week's new YA book releases will have you making it even longer.

The House of AIdeas: AI Characters in Marvel Comics Many Marvel characters have been batting with the ethics of AI since way before we were...

The House of AIdeas: AI Characters in Marvel Comics: Many Marvel characters have been batting with the ethics of AI since way before we were...

6 YA Space Comics From superheroes to thoughtful to adventure stories, these YA space comics take you to infinity and beyond.

6 YA Space Comics: From superheroes to thoughtful to adventure stories, these YA space comics take you to infinity and beyond.

Of the Many Types of Roman Gladiator, Some Were Definitely Women “If I win, Toxaris, we shall go away together, with all that we need; but if I fall, bury me and go back to Scythia.” These were the last words of Sisinnes in the arena at Amastris. “I have lived

Of the Many Types of Roman Gladiator, Some Were Definitely Women: “If I win, Toxaris, we shall go away together, with all that we need; but if I fall, bury me and go back to Scythia.” These were the last words of Sisinnes in the arena at Amastris. “I have lived #Features #History

Starting to Write Again After Unimaginable Tragedy In 2022, the year my baby died from labor complications, I thought I would never laugh again. That was fine by me. I didn’t want to live in a world where it was possible to laugh after losing your baby.

Starting to Write Again After Unimaginable Tragedy: In 2022, the year my baby died from labor complications, I thought I would never laugh again. That was fine by me. I didn’t want to live in a world where it was possible to laugh after losing your baby. #CraftandAdvice #CraftandCriticism

Authoring Fame: A Reading List of Celebrity Narratives On a February morning in 1910, silent film actress Florence Lawrence awoke to discover she was dead—according to the newspapers, anyhow. “I…was startled to see several likenesses of myself staring me in the face,” Lawrence wrote in a 1914 article

Authoring Fame: A Reading List of Celebrity Narratives: On a February morning in 1910, silent film actress Florence Lawrence awoke to discover she was dead—according to the newspapers, anyhow. “I…was startled to see several likenesses of myself staring me in the face,”… #CraftandCriticism #Features

How Art Can Transport Us to the Past The story of my grandparents is, I think, one of love and great courage: my grandfather was a Catholic priest, and he stuck it to the ultimate man when he married my grandmother in 1966. To them, however, it was

How Art Can Transport Us to the Past: The story of my grandparents is, I think, one of love and great courage: my grandfather was a Catholic priest, and he stuck it to the ultimate man when he married my grandmother in 1966. To them, however, it was #CraftandAdvice #CraftandCriticism

An Unsolved Puzzle: On Identity, Silence and a Legacy of Violence in Colombia As a child, I once asked my grandmother why she did not forgive or forget, given her fierce Catholicism. We were playing cards on the bed in her large, white bedroom in Barranquilla, surrounded by faded portraits of old saints

An Unsolved Puzzle: On Identity, Silence and a Legacy of Violence in Colombia: As a child, I once asked my grandmother why she did not forgive or forget, given her fierce Catholicism. We were playing cards on the bed in her large, white bedroom in Barranquilla, surrounded by… #Features #History

We’re All Wrong About Men and Feminism In 1977, a man working on a drilling rig in Alaska, far from his home, sat down and wrote a letter. He’d been working as a “roughneck” handling the drill in freezing Arctic conditions and every day after his shift

We’re All Wrong About Men and Feminism: In 1977, a man working on a drilling rig in Alaska, far from his home, sat down and wrote a letter. He’d been working as a “roughneck” handling the drill in freezing Arctic conditions and every day after his shift #Features #History

“Daddy is Sleeping.” On Motherhood, Fatherhood and the Delicate Balance of Parental Labor “Shhhhh, Daddy is sleeping,” I whisper-yelled to the kids as they giggled manically one Saturday morning. I could feel my blood pressure rising as I reminded myself that it’s normal for children to delight in the wonder of life. There

“Daddy is Sleeping.” On Motherhood, Fatherhood and the Delicate Balance of Parental Labor: “Shhhhh, Daddy is sleeping,” I whisper-yelled to the kids as they giggled manically one Saturday morning. I could feel my blood pressure rising as I reminded myself that it’s normal for… #Features #Memoir

Cherry Baby Russ brought back a Coke Zero for Cherry and a beer for himself. And he kept his word—he stuck to her table. The opening act had started playing—a local band that never broke out, Sacagawea—but Russ and Cherry just huddled

Cherry Baby: Russ brought back a Coke Zero for Cherry and a beer for himself. And he kept his word—he stuck to her table. The opening act had started playing—a local band that never broke out, Sacagawea—but Russ and Cherry just huddled #DailyFiction #Excerpts

Catherine Lacey (with Mary Gaitskill) Welcome to the new season of The Writers Institute, the podcast from the New York State Writers Institute and Lit Hub. This is the first episode of five, and new episodes will come out on Wednesdays. In this season’s conversations

Catherine Lacey (with Mary Gaitskill): Welcome to the new season of The Writers Institute, the podcast from the New York State Writers Institute and Lit Hub. This is the first episode of five, and new episodes will come out on Wednesdays. In this season’s… #CraftandAdvice #CraftandCriticism

Meet this year’s literary Guggenheim fellows. For the past hundred years, the coveted Guggenheim fellowship has granted funds “to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form.” Today, the Guggenheim Foundation announced its class of 2026. Given

Meet this year’s literary Guggenheim fellows.: For the past hundred years, the coveted Guggenheim fellowship has granted funds “to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form.” Today, the Guggenheim Foundation announced… #BookNews #Events

You can spend a night (or several) in the horny hockey cottage from Heated Rivalry. One of the locations where the hit hockey romance Heated Rivalry was shot is available to rent, if you’re trying to turn your weekend away into more of a cosplay situation, according to Travel + Leisure. The Barlochan Cottage is

You can spend a night (or several) in the horny hockey cottage from Heated Rivalry.: One of the locations where the hit hockey romance Heated Rivalry was shot is available to rent, if you’re trying to turn your weekend away into more of a cosplay situation, according to… #BookNews #NewsandCulture

The Best in Sci Fi and Fantasy, As Picked by Readers This year's Locus Awards finalists, a documentary about a literature-loving dog, and more of today's bookish news.

The Best in Sci Fi and Fantasy, As Picked by Readers: This year's Locus Awards finalists, a documentary about a literature-loving dog, and more of today's bookish news.

7 movies that were tragically cut from our Best Literary Film Adaptations bracket. I’ve worked on a number of brackets now for Lit Hub, and I don’t think I’ve seem as much internal contention over what to include than this one. We’ve got a lot of opinions on film adaptations over here. What

7 movies that were tragically cut from our Best Literary Film Adaptations bracket.: I’ve worked on a number of brackets now for Lit Hub, and I don’t think I’ve seem as much internal contention over what to include than this one. We’ve got a lot of opinions on film adaptations… #BookNews #FilmandTV

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Two After a big first day of voting, we’ve got the results—you can see more exact percentages of how everything shook out in yesterday’s updated post. As a lot of you pointed out yesterday, there were some absolutely heartbreaking matchups. My

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Two: After a big first day of voting, we’ve got the results—you can see more exact percentages of how everything shook out in yesterday’s updated post. As a lot of you pointed out yesterday, there were… #FilmandTV #FullwidthSlider

One great poem to read today: Jane Wong’s “After Preparing the Altar, the Ghosts Feast Feverishly” This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of

One great poem to read today: Jane Wong’s “After Preparing the Altar, the Ghosts Feast Feverishly”: This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be… #NewsandCulture #TheHub

Quick, Playful Writing Exercises for When You’re Feeling Stuck A student recently asked, looking at the bookshelf in my office, “How did all these people get from here to there? From words on a screen to bound on the shelf?” I started to give her practical advice about staying in the chair and reading the right novels, but that is only a small part […] The post Quick, Playful Writing Exercises for When You’re Feeling Stuck appeared first on Electric Literature.

Quick, Playful Writing Exercises for When You’re Feeling Stuck: A student recently asked, looking at the bookshelf in my office, “How did all these people get from here to there? From words on a screen to bound on the shelf?” I started to give her practical advice about staying in the chair and…

8 Books About Characters Seeking Community and Connection As a child growing up in a very small town, interlibrary loan was a lifeline. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, ILL books came by mail, in heavy canvas envelopes with a thick zipper meant to withstand handling by the postal service. The return slip was tucked inside, and it was all very magical to me: […] The post 8 Books About Characters Seeking Community and Connection appeared first on Electric Literature.

8 Books About Characters Seeking Community and Connection: As a child growing up in a very small town, interlibrary loan was a lifeline. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, ILL books came by mail, in heavy canvas envelopes with a thick zipper meant to withstand handling by the postal service. The return slip was…

A Snow Globe Theory of the Short Story I met Nora Lange in the dream space of the Brown Creative Writing MFA Program where I was teaching and she was a graduate student. As a student, she seemed all possibility, all wonder, and I, the witness to that nascent, vulnerable state of becoming. There was an openness, a tenderness and hope, an optimism, an irreverence, […] The post A Snow Globe Theory of the Short Story appeared first on Electric Literature.

A Snow Globe Theory of the Short Story: I met Nora Lange in the dream space of the Brown Creative Writing MFA Program where I was teaching and she was a graduate student. As a student, she seemed all possibility, all wonder, and I, the witness to that nascent, vulnerable state of becoming. There…

My Favorite Nonfiction Book for Creatives If you live in the creative world on any level and even if your creative pursuit is super niche, you need to read this nonfiction book.

My Favorite Nonfiction Book for Creatives: If you live in the creative world on any level and even if your creative pursuit is super niche, you need to read this nonfiction book.

📚 Shenanigans ensue The trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping is here, and it's good.

📚 Shenanigans ensue: The trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping is here, and it's good.

The Best Queer Historical Fiction of the Century (So Far) Here are Book Riot's picks for the best queer historical fiction of the century so far—plus, a bonus list of 15 new LGBTQ books out this week.

The Best Queer Historical Fiction of the Century (So Far): Here are Book Riot's picks for the best queer historical fiction of the century so far—plus, a bonus list of 15 new LGBTQ books out this week.

Look Again: 5 Awesome Recent Fantasy Books You May Have Missed Here are five of my favorite fantasy books that have come out recently, from gothic romantasy to historical fantasy.

Look Again: 5 Awesome Recent Fantasy Books You May Have Missed: Here are five of my favorite fantasy books that have come out recently, from gothic romantasy to historical fantasy.

Get Enchanted By These 6 Epic Fantasy Romances These epic fantasy romance will sweep you away to new worlds, pairing swoon-worthy love stories with high-stakes plots.

Get Enchanted By These 6 Epic Fantasy Romances: These epic fantasy romance will sweep you away to new worlds, pairing swoon-worthy love stories with high-stakes plots.

What’s New in Kindle Unlimited, Audible+, Libro.fm, and Spotify Audiobooks Check out the newest additions to these book subscription platforms, including Kindle Unlimited, Audible+, Libro.fm, and Spotify Audiobooks.

What’s New in Kindle Unlimited, Audible+, Libro.fm, and Spotify Audiobooks: Check out the newest additions to these book subscription platforms, including Kindle Unlimited, Audible+, Libro.fm, and Spotify Audiobooks.