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On Envy, Unsatisfied Desire, and Not Waiting for Permission

On Envy, Unsatisfied Desire, and Not Waiting for Permission

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Celeste Ng: Bookstores Are the Center of the Literary Ecosystem

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Flash Fiction Courtesy of Independent Bookstore Day!

Flash Fiction Courtesy of Independent Bookstore Day!

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What We Loved This Week

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Susan Orlean: Libraries Preserve the Stories That Make Up a Culture

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Three Poems from New-Generation African Poets

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Meet the Finalists for the World's Richest Short Story Award

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Curtis Sittenfeld Has Been Reading Alice Munro for 15 Years

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The Challenge of Writing Across Time and Vernacular

The Challenge of Writing Across Time and Vernacular

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Off the Clock: What the Lit Hub Staff Loved This Week

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So, Who's Funny in the Age of Trump?

So, Who's Funny in the Age of Trump?

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12 Books Guaranteed to Make You Cry

12 Books Guaranteed to Make You Cry

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What the Critics Are Saying About the New James Comey Book

What the Critics Are Saying About the New James Comey Book

These Are the Toxic Consequences of Lying

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Alexander Chee on Rereading Ishiguro and Baldwin

Alexander Chee on Rereading Ishiguro and Baldwin

The Author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel on the Books in His Life

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Read the Poet Behind Roberto Bolaño's Ulises Lima

Read the Poet Behind Roberto Bolaño's Ulises Lima

Newly Translated Poetry from Mario Santiago Papasquiaro

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