Books & Literature

In April 1769, a small British vessel sailing westward along the southern coast of Hispaniola made a disturbing discovery. In the shallow waters be-tween Petit Trou and Cape Mongou, near the French/ Spanish colonial border that today separates Haiti from the Dominican Republic, the crew spotted what appeared to be the hull of a ship […]

A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard. We’re back and raring to go—starting with a fiery intro from Drew (see below!) and then diving into something a bit more celebratory: some audio 2025 Most Anticipated picks

What was he forgetting? He checked the list again, dragging his thumb down line by line, rummaging through the baby bag, suitcases, and carry-ons until he found each item: the squeeze packs, yes, the sleep sacks, yes, the pacifiers—The baby was crying. He looked up at it, still securely bound to the high chair (he

January 16, 2025, 4:21pm The new year means new calendars you’ll stop using in a month, new resolutions you’ll break in a week, and new public domain works you can remix and ruin all year long. And in 2025, a lot of classics are escaping the shackles of copyright — Duke Law’s Center for the

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1933, Susan Sontag is born.  Ariel Dorfman reflects on his friend Gabriel García Márquez’s legacy and the Netflix adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude. | Lit Hub Film Luis Schwarcz on what it means to be a publisher: “We are also the first people

It was in a trattoria on the Piazza Navona in early April of 1974 that for the first but not the last time I heard Gabriel García Márquez refuse to even contemplate turning his masterpiece, Cien Aňos de Soledad, into a film. Gabo—as his friends called him—was in Rome as one of the vice-presidents of

Today I have my very first press event for my new book, which is out in July. I, along with three other wonderful Ecco authors, will take part in a lunchtime Zoom meeting with various members of the media and booksellers, during which we’ll be interviewed by Ecco’s associate publisher. I’ve been thinking a lot

The following speech was given by Luis Schwarcz upon receiving the Cesare De Michelis International Award for Publishing at the Frankfurt Book Fair. * Dear Lili, Julia and Zizi, who represent my family here, and dear colleagues and friends, who represent my publishing world, as if they were my second family. Thank you all for

This Sunday morning, the final hot Sunday of May, there are two matters foremost on my mind, creeping like those water stains down from the Roach House ceiling. I cannot escape this terrible feeling deep in my soul. This certainty. This knowing. Article continues after advertisement I would be underdressed for an awards show. Recently

In 1976, when I entered kindergarten at Webster Elementary in Maplewood, I quickly learned that my schoolmates were far more interested in the color of my skin than of my slightly gray tooth, and in touching the short Afro I sported. Every morning, Mom styled my hair with a black hair pick with metal teeth