<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Literature - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Literature news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:41:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[New Orleans’s Legacy of Death and Rebirth Helped Shaped Anne Rice’s Imagination]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Big Easy celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ the first novel by Anne Rice, whose hometown served as her greatest muse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-orleanss-legacy-of-death-and-rebirth-helped-shaped-anne-rices-imagination/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-orleanss-legacy-of-death-and-rebirth-helped-shaped-anne-rices-imagination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eric Hobsbawm against the identitarians. Centering gender, race, and sexuality was not his “kind of history.” Nor was it Karl Marx’s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eric Hobsbawm against the identitarians. Centering gender, race, and sexuality was not his “kind of history.” Nor was it Karl Marx’s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/eric-hobsbawm-against-the-identitarians-centering-gender-race-and-sexuality-was-not-his-kind-of-history-nor-was-it-karl-marxs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:52:04 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/eric-hobsbawm-against-the-identitarians-centering-gender-race-and-sexuality-was-not-his-kind-of-history-nor-was-it-karl-marxs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘The Creativity Con,’ by Thomas Frank]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, the culture critic Thomas Frank skewers pundits who promote novelty and ingenuity as a solution to our ills at the expense of working people.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-creativity-con-by-thomas-frank/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-the-creativity-con-by-thomas-frank/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter May Has Died. The Scottish Noir Author Turned Rejections Into Best-Sellers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[He made his name with “The Blackhouse,” a mystery set in the Outer Hebrides that was turned down by publishers before fueling a bidding war. He was 74.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-may-has-died-the-scottish-noir-author-turned-rejections-into-best-sellers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/peter-may-has-died-the-scottish-noir-author-turned-rejections-into-best-sellers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Perfect Books for Classic Horror Movie Fans]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author Nick Medina recommends novels that capture the vibes of beloved scary movies like “The Thing,” “Scream” and more.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-perfect-books-for-classic-horror-movie-fans/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-perfect-books-for-classic-horror-movie-fans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Orleans’ Legacy of Death and Rebirth Helped Shaped Anne Rice’s Imagination]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Big Easy celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ the first novel by Anne Rice, whose hometown served as her greatest muse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-orleans-legacy-of-death-and-rebirth-helped-shaped-anne-rices-imagination/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/new-orleans-legacy-of-death-and-rebirth-helped-shaped-anne-rices-imagination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Fessenden was indolent, wrote little, and inspired two of the most charismatic intellectuals of his time]]></title><description><![CDATA[James Fessenden was indolent, wrote little, and inspired two of the most charismatic intellectuals of his time]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-fessenden-was-indolent-wrote-little-and-inspired-two-of-the-most-charismatic-intellectuals-of-his-time/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 01:06:32 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/james-fessenden-was-indolent-wrote-little-and-inspired-two-of-the-most-charismatic-intellectuals-of-his-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the book business distressed? Anxious? Optimistic? All of the above]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is the book business distressed? Anxious? Optimistic? All of the above]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-the-book-business-distressed-anxious-optimistic-all-of-the-above/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 01:06:32 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/is-the-book-business-distressed-anxious-optimistic-all-of-the-above/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eric Hobsbawm against the identitarians. Centering gender, race, and sexuality were not his “kind of history.” Nor were they Karl Marx’s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eric Hobsbawm against the identitarians. Centering gender, race, and sexuality were not his “kind of history.” Nor were they Karl Marx’s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/eric-hobsbawm-against-the-identitarians-centering-gender-race-and-sexuality-were-not-his-kind-of-history-nor-were-they-karl-marxs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 01:06:32 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/eric-hobsbawm-against-the-identitarians-centering-gender-race-and-sexuality-were-not-his-kind-of-history-nor-were-they-karl-marxs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘All in Your Head,’ by Fredrik deBoer]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new book, Fredrik deBoer argues that deinstitutionalization, the anti-psychiatry movement and Gen Z’s romanticization have done more harm than good.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-all-in-your-head-by-fredrik-deboer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-all-in-your-head-by-fredrik-deboer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Public Access Afterworld,’ by Jane Schoenbrun]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun’s first novel, a strange broadcast invites curious outsiders to an alternate world behind the screen.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-public-access-afterworld-by-jane-schoenbrun/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-public-access-afterworld-by-jane-schoenbrun/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane Schoenbrun’s First Novel is Another Exploration of Weird Pop Culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[The filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun envisioned a sci-fi TV series about a sinister video store. “Public Access Afterworld” is the ambitious 600-page result.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jane-schoenbruns-first-novel-is-another-exploration-of-weird-pop-culture/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jane-schoenbruns-first-novel-is-another-exploration-of-weird-pop-culture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘American Socialist,’ by Shawn Gude]]></title><description><![CDATA[In “American Socialist,” Shawn Gude tracks the rise and fall of the movement led by the left-wing presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-socialist-by-shawn-gude/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-american-socialist-by-shawn-gude/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew Cole]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from gulf state leaders to Trump’s son-in-law in an effort to influence U.S. policy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-princes-and-thieves-by-matthew-cole/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 01:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/book-review-princes-and-thieves-by-matthew-cole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bob Woodward Criticizes Jeff Bezos in New Memoir]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six takeaways from a new memoir by Mr. Woodward, the star Washington Post reporter, including his disappointment with the newspaper’s billionaire owner.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bob-woodward-criticizes-jeff-bezos-in-new-memoir/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/bob-woodward-criticizes-jeff-bezos-in-new-memoir/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["You can fight the premise that AI is a better writer than the best human, but you’ll be whistling past the graveyard of dead writers and metaphors"]]></title><description><![CDATA["You can fight the premise that AI is a better writer than the best human, but you’ll be whistling past the graveyard of dead writers and metaphors"]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/you-can-fight-the-premise-that-ai-is-a-better-writer-than-the-best-human-but-youll-be-whistling-past-the-graveyard-of-dead-writers-and-metaphors/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:27 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/you-can-fight-the-premise-that-ai-is-a-better-writer-than-the-best-human-but-youll-be-whistling-past-the-graveyard-of-dead-writers-and-metaphors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may daydream about a frictionless world, but consider tribology — the science of interacting surfaces — and you’ll realize that’s nonsense]]></title><description><![CDATA[We may daydream about a frictionless world, but consider tribology — the science of interacting surfaces — and you’ll realize that’s nonsense]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-may-daydream-about-a-frictionless-world-but-consider-tribology-the-science-of-interacting-surfaces-and-youll-realize-thats-nonsense/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:27 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/we-may-daydream-about-a-frictionless-world-but-consider-tribology-the-science-of-interacting-surfaces-and-youll-realize-thats-nonsense/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gilgamesh, a 4,000-year-old epic, is violent and sexually explicit. Why have translators mostly made it sound lofty?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gilgamesh, a 4,000-year-old epic, is violent and sexually explicit. Why have translators mostly made it sound lofty?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gilgamesh-a-4000-year-old-epic-is-violent-and-sexually-explicit-why-have-translators-mostly-made-it-sound-lofty/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:15:27 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/gilgamesh-a-4000-year-old-epic-is-violent-and-sexually-explicit-why-have-translators-mostly-made-it-sound-lofty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane Benson Makes Frankenstein’s Monster Sing]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the show “her her,” Jane Benson anatomizes Mary Shelley’s novel, highlighting its feminism and creating visual works that are also vocal scores.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jane-benson-makes-frankensteins-monster-sing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/jane-benson-makes-frankensteins-monster-sing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kim Kardashian Whisperer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Van Meter has a new book out on Kardashian. She is just one of several world-famous women who turn to him to dish.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-kim-kardashian-whisperer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/literature/the-kim-kardashian-whisperer/</guid></item></channel></rss>