How to Enter the Art World by Hettie Judah Offers a Smørgasbord of Sage Advice
Hettie Judah’s new book How to Enter the Art World offers a pragmatic guide for artists navigating career transitions, especially those juggling parenthood, late‑stage starts, or burnout. The text blends concise chapters, an extensive index, and insights from interviews with 50 practicing artists, emphasizing strategies that suit introverted personalities. Judah rejects a one‑size‑fits‑all definition of success, framing it instead as sustainable practice and personal legacy. The guide positions itself as a flexible springboard rather than a prescriptive manifesto for creative professionals.
Maria Reva’s Endling Has Won the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize.
Maria Reva’s debut novel Endling has been awarded the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize, which includes a $35,000 cash award. The prize honors fiction that illuminates vital contemporary issues, and the jury praised Endling for its blend of ecological concerns,...
One Great Poem to Read Today: Marie Howe’s “You Think This Happened Only Once and Long Ago”
Literary Hub is celebrating the 30th National Poetry Month by featuring a free‑access poem each workday, starting with Marie Howe’s “You Think This Happened Only Once and Long Ago.” The piece, highlighted by associate editor Julia Hass, explores mortality, joy,...
Tantrums, Tears, and Meltdowns. The History of Chess Grandmasters Is Replete with Tragic Stories of Lives Undone by Delusion and...
Gerald Howard’s biography *The Insider* revives Malcolm Cowley, the influential 20th‑century literary critic and editor who rescued Faulkner, Hemingway, Kerouac and Kesey for publication. The book chronicles Cowley’s rise from a Pennsylvania farm boy to New Republic editor, his wartime...
Six Mile Store by AM Belsey
Six Mile Store, AM Belsey’s debut crime novella, follows Honey, a twenty‑something clerk at a rural Arkansas gas‑station, as she chronicles eccentric customers and hints of illicit activity. The narrative shifts to older employee Lisa, deepening the small‑town tension. Honey...
Roland Betancourt on Disneyland and the Rise of Automation
Roland Betancourt’s new book, *Disneyland and the Rise of Automation*, argues that the 1955 theme park served as a cultural laboratory that familiarized Americans with industrial automation. Drawing on patents, corporate archives and declassified military documents, he shows how rides...
Isaac by Allee Mead
Allee Mead’s debut novella *Isaac* follows Elanor, a grieving woman who turns to a caretaker robot for emotional support. The story reframes common AI‑romance tropes by presenting the robot as a non‑sentient, large‑language‑model‑like assistant rather than a sentient lover. Both...
Exclusive Excerpt From ‘Rick and Morty Forever #0’ 48-Page Series Finale
Oni Press, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, announced the 48‑page double‑sized finale "Rick and Morty Forever #0," slated for May 27, 2026. Written by Daniel Kibblesmith with art by Troy Little, the issue caps a decade‑long, 100‑plus‑issue run adapting the...
On J.H. Prynne
J.H. Prynne, the avant‑garde British poet who reshaped modern verse, died at 89. Over a six‑decade career he authored more than 70 collections, with a 2024 volume exceeding 700 pages that gathers his output from 2017‑2024. His work, from the...
Emma Copley Eisenberg Is Tired of the Plot Police
Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her latest short‑story collection *Fat Swim*, which continues the body‑positive, fat‑centric storytelling she began with *Housemates*. In a candid interview she critiques the “plot police” who demand conventional incident‑driven plots, emphasizing character depth instead. Eisenberg shares...
Lit Hub Daily: April 24, 2026
Lit Hub Daily’s April 24, 2026 edition aggregates a diverse set of literary pieces, ranging from essays on women’s fiction as a divorce‑survival tool to critiques of diet culture and AI’s role in education. The roundup spotlights best‑reviewed titles such as Sophie Mackintosh’s...
14 Book Censorship Posts to Revisit: Book Censorship News, April 24, 2026
The April 24, 2026 roundup revisits earlier Literary Activism columns while spotlighting fresh censorship battles. Highlights include a Tennessee bill widening school‑librarian certification requirements, a North Smithfield, RI library attacked for flying an LGBTQ+ flag, and a South Carolina district debating removal of the children’s...
Does Your Library Have Its Own Annual Book Lists?
Public libraries are increasingly publishing annual, niche booklists that reflect their communities, exemplified by Detroit Public Library’s African American Booklist and Pima County Public Library’s Southwest Books of the Year. The Detroit list showcases over 50 titles by Black authors,...
Book Club: Read ‘Transcription,’ by Ben Lerner, With the Book Review
Ben Lerner’s latest novel, *Transcription*, is a compact 130‑page work that unfolds in three distinct sections. It follows an unnamed narrator who, after his phone breaks, conducts an unrecorded interview with his 90‑year‑old mentor, Thomas, and later reconstructs the conversation...
Military Histories About the Ancient Persians, Modern Iraq and the American Civil War
Thomas E. Ricks draws a parallel between the ancient Persian invasion of Greece and today’s U.S.-Iran conflict, citing historian John O. Hyland’s new book on Persia’s Greek campaigns. He notes that while the United States and Israel rely on conventional...