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Seven of the Greatest Farts in Western Literature

Han Kang’s Light and Thread is a Love Letter to Language

Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont

Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

Writing My Great-Great-Grandmother’s Escape From Eastern European Antisemitism as Gothic Horror

To Be Honest in Poetry Right Now is to Embrace the Abstract, Negative, and Weak

Culture Schlock: Olivia Rutigliano Talks with David Denby About Betty Friedan, Mel Brooks, Norman Mailer, and Leonard Bernstein

Lit Hub Weekly: April 27

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

Who wants a $32,000 copy of Runaway Bunny ?

Lit Hub Daily: May 1, 2026

Satire Isn’t Dead, We Just Misunderstand It

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in May 2026

Lauren Groff: There is No Such Thing as Boredom, Only Noticing

May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Sarah L. Kaufman on Harnessing the Power of Verbs

On Humanity’s Earliest Attempts to Make a Home

7 New Poetry Collections to Read This May

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