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Authorities also found D.H. Lawrence's paintings obscene

Posted on 09/12/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author D.H. Lawrence and the word “obscenity” go hand in hand — which we don’t say as a value judgment,...

Tagged As: History, Literary Hub, Scandal

Posted on 09/10/2019 at 02:56 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

For those of you not reading (sneakily or openly) The Testaments or The Institute today, we have an alternate reading...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Free reads, Literary Hub, NPR, Short story

Posted on 09/09/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ready to start the week out on a high note? Fourteen authors who’ve appeared at Hay Festival events (with one...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, Literary Hub

Posted on 08/30/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Hitting the road this weekend? Literary Hub has a great, geeky game to recommend. It’s called “guess the book based...

Tagged As: Classic literature, Just for fun, Literary Hub

Posted on 08/27/2019 at 09:17 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re not declaring the end of summer yet, but let’s face it: It’s clearly back-to-school season. Which isn’t necessarily a...

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Reading

Posted on 08/23/2019 at 01:52 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Unpopular opinion time! Writer Jenny Zhang, upon reading Little Women for the first time at age twelve, decided she did...

Tagged As: Children's literature, Classic literature, Just for fun, Literary Hub

Posted on 08/19/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub’s Emily Temple grew curious recently about the first books published by several well-known publishing houses and imprints. Many...

Tagged As: Just for fun, Literary Hub

Posted on 08/01/2019 at 10:17 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re guessing that while many bookworms celebrated J.K. Rowling’s birthday yesterday by reading her works, fewer will spend Herman Melville’s...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, History, Literary Hub, The New York Times, Writer's Digest

Posted on 07/28/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve covered attempts in Washington state and Pennsylvania to ban book donations to prisoners, as well as individual books’ censorship...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Charity, Literary Hub

Posted on 07/17/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Time to reset your brain, whether you’re hard at work, waiting to clock in still, or blissfully retired. Literary Hub...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Poetry