The title of Ankur Thakkar’s debut novel comes from an advertisement for Boost, a fictional new app that’s sort of a mashup of social media present and past. However, much like the novel itself, the p...

“In the delicious heat, a summer breeze came and they fought as the woman sucked her ice cream through the bottom of her cone.” Flash fiction by Libby Flores.

Scholar and author Kenny Fries breaks down what we can all learn from disabled peoples’ stories this Disability Pride Month and always. His latest book ‘Returns: Poems Selected and New’ is on sale now...

Ytasha L. Womack joins the podcast for a bonus episode talking about Bloomsbury's upcoming Spider-Man: Miles Morales - An Exploration.

Unferth plays with scope and scale in her new novel.

Writer Deb Olin Unferth joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and Christian Barter to discuss the enduring power of apocalyptic narratives and her new novel Earth 7. The novel follows the life of Dylan, t…

Barry Windsor-Smith was one of the most popular creators at Marvel Comics. Part of his popularity was due to his style. His comics did not look like or read like other comic books. It is important …

Earth 7 Is Deb Olin Unferth’s Science-Fiction Ode to Resilient Life

In this course, I will walk you through a series of short assignments to help you focus your idea and teach you the basics of non-fiction trade...

Our flock of fabulous reviews this week includes Scaachi Khol on Jill Biden’s View From the East Wing, Lincoln Michel on Deb Olin Unferth’s Earth 7, Michael Faber on M. John Harrison&#8…

The neurophysiological disorder is characterized by a severe aversion to sound—and the struggle to convince others of the severity of that aversion.

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: Ben Fountain (Rasputin Swims the Potomac) Courtney Maum (Al…

Deb Olin Unferth’s new novel counts down to the end of humanity.

"Earth 7" follows characters struggling to make meaning in a depopulated world of underwater settlements and increasingly desperate climate interventions.

An essential reading list & Deb Olin Unferth on shifting your thinking

In this generative workshop, students will study several first pages together before creating their own.

In these times of both climate disaster and our ability to embrace infinite hope, Deb Olin Unferth’s new novel holds particular resonance. From the sheer glory of the opening words: “In those years, t...

Make yourself new. Leave the past behind. That wasn’t you anyway.

Make yourself new. Leave the past behind. That wasn’t you anyway.

In which Deb Olin Unferth answers our questions.

Ahead of the 80th Annual Edgar Award Ceremony, I asked the nominees for the Edgars (along with the special award winners) to contribute to a roundtable discussion on the state of the crime world to…

An obscured, staticky figure conveys a growing tension between digital and analog life

The author knows humans are destroying the planet, and is using her latest novel to help sound the alarm.

The author knows humans are destroying the planet, and is using her latest novel to help sound the alarm.

These characters look to their sisters and brothers with envy and uncertainty, seeking clues as to who they should be

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. In her 2017 novel The Idiot, Elif Batuman discusses the long-running controversy in linguistics over the so-called Sapir-W…

In “American Han,” Lisa Lee charts how an immigrant family’s ambition poisons them all

The Korean word “han” is difficult to translate precisely into English, but the concept revolves around a profound sadness, regret, resentment and a loss of a collective identity that arises from h…