Lit Hub Daily: June 2, 2026
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Category: Books
Book Review: ‘What Came West,’ by Josh Weil
Josh Weil’s new novel follows an autistic trapper on an odyssey during the California gold rush.…
Book Review: ‘Stolen Revolution,’ by Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
In a quietly devastating new book, two journalists chart the protest movements fighting for change inside the country.…
Book Review: ‘Land,’ by Maggie O’Farrell
Set in the decades after the Great Hunger, “Land” is a rich portrait of family life amid Ireland’s…
Book Review: ‘The Fire Agent,’ by David Baerwald
“The Fire Agent,” by David Baerwald, is a historical novel that spans two continents and world wars.…
The Sound of Imminence: Ruth Ozeki in Praise of the Typewriter
Spring is the time of year I buy typewriters. It must be the change of season—green shoots pushing…
Shakespeare and Reality Televison Really Aren’t That Different
When the first massively popular reality TV shows hit the air in the early 2000s, I remember thinking…
What Co-Writing a Book on Shakespeare Taught Us About Marriage and Parenthood
There was, last fall, a lot pulling us to see the movie Hamnet—the Shakespearean subject matter, the caliber of…
Melissa Albert Recommends Six Books Centered Around Art That Doesn’t Actually Exist
Years ago I worked as an editor at an art museum, where part of the job was proofreading…
How Do You Write a “Mighty Book” in 2026?
“To produce a mighty book you must choose a mighty theme,” Herman Melville writes in Moby-Dick. In the…