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“If book fairs are the engine room of publishing, festivals are its public square.” Julie Finch on why we still need book festivals. | Lit Hub
“The ruling class knows that if you give the smartest person in the room a microphone they’re probably going to say free Palestine.” NYU has put an end to live student graduation speeches. | Lit Hub Politics
“‘I’m afraid you’ll find what I have to say rather distressing. Sergei Nikolaevich will be arriving in a few days’ time.’” Read from Yuri Felsen’s novel Happiness, translated by Bryan Karetnyk. | Lit Hub Fiction
A UNIQUELY AMERICAN FAMILY
A gripping tale following the Moy family back and forth across the Pacific and through two world wars, China’s Nationalist and Communist revolutions, and the Cold War—events that the siblings and their spouses helped shape.
An out-of-work actor lands the role of a lifetime—sitting quietly in a college classroom, zipped into a large leather bag—for a psychology experiment. “Equal parts charming and unhinged,” –Ruth Madievsky. Check out this novel today!
