Books & Literature

This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate,...

School, meet streaming. This spring, the nerdy nostalgist can find several depictions of campus life on their small screen. On Netflix, the adaptation of...

Featuring Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Caro Claire Burke, and more Ben Lerner’s Transcription, Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling, and Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear all...

Loss Protocol by Paul McAuley (Gollancz, £22)In a Britain racked by the effects of climate change, about 50 years from now, Marc Winters’ quiet...

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1847, newspaper tycoon Joseph J. Pulitzer, namesake of the Pulitzer Prizes, is born. How a pulp magazine...

My earliest reading memoryThe Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss, particularly the little red fan the cat holds in the tip of its tail. At the...

And Ten Tips to Help Your Conjuring This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I spent seven years writing my newest book. Here...

What would Marcus Aurelius have made of the Kardashians? Would Seneca have been amused by mindfulness apps? These were questions I had never consciously...