Jeffrey Archer, Novelist Whose Real Life Rivaled His Thrillers, Dies at 86
In a life of achievement and disgrace, he wrote best-selling novels with themes he knew intimately: ambition, self-promotion, misbehavior and scandal.…
Category: Books
What to read after you see the Bayeux Tapestry.
The Bayeux Tapestry is now on display in England’s British Museum, and the hottest ticket in London right…
Inside the ALA’s list of the 150 most banned books of the last 35 years.
In honor of Banned Books Week, the American Library Association (ALA) has published a list of the 150…
The Unlikely Theatrical Journey of Vincenzo Latronico’s ‘Perfection’
A theatrical adaptation of “Perfection” by Vincenzo Latronico leans into political critique for an audience that looks a…
How Feminist Activist Robin Morgan Helped Preserve the Legacy of Sylvia Plath
On the Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend, my best friend Dani, also a writer, wrote to tell…
Lit Hub Daily: October 5, 2026
How British media legitimized J.K. Rowling’s transphobia “We are rendered hostile abstractions in a contradictory narrative: Trans people…
Book Review: ‘Blockers,’ by Michael Lewis
A new book celebrates the federal bureaucrats who were quietly doing their jobs when the Department of Government…
How the British Media Legitimized J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia
Preserved like frozen eddies in the whirlwind of a moral panic are the words of a national journalist,…
Revisiting an Unsung 100-Year-Old Novel From an Intellectual New York Family
I recently visited a house on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Despite its hospitable interiors, I wasn’t invited inside.…
We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing
The literary world is finally asking a question it has dodged for years: What can a human writer…