Lit Hub Weekly: July 27 – 31, 2026
D/Annie Liontas, Sara Nović, Chet’la Sebree and Maria Adelman discuss the literary world’s unacknowledged class system. | Lit Hub In Conversation Jane Ciabattari gives all of Colson Whitehead’s work (yes, all of it!) a close read. | Lit Hub Criticism
In 1819, Herman Melville was born. Authors Annie Liontas, Sara Nović, Chet'la Sebree, and Maria Adelman discuss the unacknowledged class system within the literary world. Jane Ciabattari provides a comprehensive analysis of all of Colson Whitehead's works. Sarai Walker explores the fascination with Sylvia Plath and its similarities to true crime obsession and worship.
Max Lawton shares insights on writing and translating, even when it feels strenuous. Emily Wilson offers her perspective on Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, and Donna Harrington-Lueker traces the evolution of beach reads from the 19th century. Arundhati Roy delivers a report on student-led protests in Delhi, while Anne Lawrence-Mathers investigates Ars notoria, a medieval manuscript purported to possess mystical properties.
Shu Lea Cheang revisits the proto-internet logic of her 1994 film Fresh Kill, and Joshua M. Greenberg reminisces about the lost culture of video rental stores. Steve Rose profiles Michael Thomas, and The Guardian takes a look back at the publishing of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" in The Atlantic Monthly.
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