Literary Hub is a daily literary website that launched in 2015 by
Grove Atlantic
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president and publisher
Morgan Entrekin
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He is from Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee.
Timeline
Entre ...
,
American Society of Magazine Editors
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Hall of Fame editor
Terry McDonell
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, and
Electric Literature
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founder Andy Hunter.
Content
Focused on literary fiction and nonfiction, ''Literary Hub'' publishes personal and critical essays, interviews, and book excerpts from over 100 partners,
including independent presses (
New Directions Publishing
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History
New Directions was born in 193 ...
,
Graywolf Press
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Graywolf Press collaborates with organizations such as the Co ...
), large publishers (
Simon & Schuster
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,
Alfred A. Knopf
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), bookstores (
Book People
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History
The Book People started business in 1988, initially in the Guildford, Surrey area. It expanded rap ...
,
Politics and Prose
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), non-profits (
PEN America
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), and literary magazines (''
The Paris Review
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'',
n+1). The mission of ''Literary Hub'' is to be the "site readers can rely on for smart, engaged, entertaining writing about all things books."
The website has been featured in ''
The Washington Post
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'', ''
The Guardian
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'', and ''
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''.
In 2019, Literary Hub launched their new blog, ''The Hub'', alongside LitHub Radio, a "network of bookish podcasts featuring some established favorites of the genre along with a new show or two". They also maintain a website for crime, mystery and thriller literature called ''CrimeReads''.
On October 22, 2019, ''Literary Hub'' announced a partnership with The Podglomerate, launching ''
Storybound'', a new podcast created and hosted by
Jude Brewer
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, exploring "everything from family life to friendship, relationships to histories, and how everything in life can be impacted by the power of a good story."
Book Marks
Book Marks is an American
review-aggregation website for books. It was launched by ''Literary Hub'' in June 2016.
The service aggregates reviews from approximately 70 sources, including newspapers, magazines, and websites, and averages them into a score:
"rave", "positive", "mixed", or "pan".
CrimeReads
''CrimeReads'' is a daily website dedicated to crime, mystery, and thrillers.
It launched in 2018 as a channel of ''Literary Hub'', with Dwyer Murphy and Molly Odintz as editors.
''CrimeReads'' publishes essays, lists, and other pieces about literature, film, television, radio/podcasts, and theater, as well as personal essays and original true crime research. The site also features excerpts from recent and forthcoming fiction and nonfiction books in its relevant genres.
The website is and has been advised by crime writers and journalists, including
Megan Abbott
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,
Lee Child
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,
Lyndsay Faye,
Meg Gardiner
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, Alison Gaylin, Rachel Howzell Hall,
Carl Hiaasen
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, Joe Ide,
Craig Johnson, Ausma Zehanat Khan,
Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman (born January 31, 1959) is an American journalist and author of over 20 detective fiction novels.
Life and career
Lippman was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Columbia, Maryland. She is the daughter of Theo Lippman, Jr., a w ...
,
Attica Locke
Attica Locke (born 1974 in Houston, Texas) is an American fiction author and writer/producer for television and film.
Career
A 1995 graduate of Northwestern University School of Communication, Locke was a fellow at the Sundance Institute's Featu ...
,
Val McDermid
Valarie "Val" McDermid, (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill in a grim sub-genre that McDermid and others have identified as Tartan Noir.
Biography
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,
Kyle Mills
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,
Walter Mosley
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, Lori Rader-Day,
Ruth Ware
Ruth Ware (born 1977), alias for Ruth Warburton, is a British psychological crime thriller author. Her novels include ''In a Dark, Dark Wood'' (2015), ''The Woman in Cabin 10'' (2016), ''The Lying Game'' (2017), ''The Death of Mrs Westaway'' (201 ...
,
Sarah Weinman, and
Daniel Woodrell.
Olivia Rutigliano joined the site as a staff writer in 2020 and became the site's third editor in 2021.
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