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What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

The Center for Fiction's 2018 First Novel Prize Authors Weigh In

By Literary Hub | December 10, 2018

A First Look at the 2019 Mission Creek Festival Literary Line-Up

A First Look at the 2019 Mission Creek Festival Literary Line-Up

Featuring R.O. Kwon, Mitski, Jenny Lewis, Kevin Young, and More!

By Literary Hub | December 7, 2018

Lit Hub Recommends: <em>An Unexplained Death</em>, <em>The Favourite</em>, and a Food Blog

Lit Hub Recommends: An Unexplained Death, The Favourite, and a Food Blog

We're also really excited about poetry right now!

By Literary Hub | December 7, 2018

Introducing the New Editor of <em>The Yale Review</em>: Meghan O'Rourke

Introducing the New Editor of The Yale Review: Meghan O'Rourke

"I feel a kind of obsessive concern for both reader and writer."

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2018

10 Bookish Questions for the Great Nuruddin Farah

10 Bookish Questions for the Great Nuruddin Farah

The Perennial Nobel Prize Short-Lister Talks About the Books in His Life

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11 Books You Should Read This December

11 Books You Should Read This December

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Announcing the Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Arts Writing Grant Winners

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Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

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Madeline Miller on Women's Work, Translation, and Gender in <em>The Odyssey</em>

Madeline Miller on Women's Work, Translation, and Gender in The Odyssey

With Whitney Terrell And V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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Someday, Joyce Carol Oates Will Curl Up with a Cat and Read <em>Finnegans Wake</em>

Someday, Joyce Carol Oates Will Curl Up with a Cat and Read Finnegans Wake

And Other Revelations from the Author of Hazards of Time Travel

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Cover Reveal: Pola Oloixarac’s Forthcoming Novel is Watching You

Cover Reveal: Pola Oloixarac’s Forthcoming Novel is Watching You

Dark Constellations Imagines a Dystopia That Might Already Be Here

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Writing Women's Pain: Part Two of a Roundtable

Writing Women's Pain: Part Two of a Roundtable

A Conversation with Alethea Black, Abby Norman,
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By Literary Hub | November 20, 2018

Writing Women's Pain: A Roundtable

Writing Women's Pain: A Roundtable

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Edmund White and Emily Temple on Literary Feuds, Social Media, and Our Appetite for Drama

Edmund White and Emily Temple on Literary Feuds, Social Media, and Our Appetite for Drama

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