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Becca Rothfeld (with Herman Melville and John Updike)

Why a group of writers and artists is boycotting the 92nd Street Y.

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.

One great poem to read today: Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California”

And the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years is…

Lit Hub Daily: April 21, 2026

On the Crazy 1963 Tour That Established the Rolling Stones’ Bad Boy Image

Why We All Hate the Word “Moist” So Much

Prone To Be Productive: In Praise of Writing in Bed

Jayne Anne Phillips on Chronicling Her West Virginia Upbringing and Writer’s Journey

How Lewis and Clark Invented the Western

Eight Books About Women With Secret Lives

Jayne Anne Phillips, Xochitl Gonzalez, T. C. Boyle, and more: 20 new books out today!

$2M worth of stolen rare books have been returned to the Whitney family.

One great poem to read today: Ada Limón’s “The Noisiness of Sleep”

These were the 11 most challenged books in 2025.

Lit Hub Daily: April 20, 2026

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? The Final Matchup

When (and Why) Exactly Did Elon Musk Make His Hard Turn to the Right?

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