A talk show with writers
Your daily dose of must-read literary news and commentary.
Today on the Lit List: The impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Jewish community of New Orleans; The New Yorker reviews the latest and final Harry Potter instalment; Mulberry Films buys the rights to Basma Abdel Aziz's The Queue; and the genius of James Brown.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Teju Cole talks and Taiye Selasi on photography, being pigeonholed, and "traveling while black"; a new Bridget Jones diary to be published in October; the role of women's hairstyles in World War II; and the New York Times reviews Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Barack Obama's essay on feminism; the real adventures that inspired The Little Prince; an obituary for Hans Christian Anderson; and Ta-Nehisi Coates to curate a literary festival in New York.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Colson Whitehead on slavery, success and his new novel; in defense of Rudyard Kipling; a new generation of writers in Europe; and Paula Hawkins now one of the world's richest authors.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Celebrating James Baldwin's birthday; Doubleday pulls a 'Beyoncé' by unexpectedly releasing Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad ahead of schedule and without warning; and Simon & Schuster to publish local titles in India next year.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Anne Frank 72 years on; J.K. Rowling confirms she is now done with Harry Potter; and a new Michael Crichton novel is discovered by his widow.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Madeleine Dubus writes about her father and acclaimed short-story writer Andre Dubus; a look at politics and fiction; and why women crime writers aren't a fad.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Celebrating Beatrix Potter's birthday; a lack of diversity on this year's Man Booker longlist; Proust and Twain on writing a novel; and a chapter from Man Booker finalist Madeleine Thien's novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: The highly anticipated Man Booker Prize 2016 longlist is revealed; two first-time authors discuss "using history to make sense of today’s world," the writer behind "Ask Polly," and more.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Roxane Gay and poet Yona Harvey to write a spin-off of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther comics; anticipating the Man Booker Prize 2016 winners; Viet Thanh Nguyen shares how he's changed after writing a novel and winning a Pulitzer Prize, and more.
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