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Librarian Confidential: Alexander Lent

Librarian Confidential: Alexander Lent

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By Literary Hub | April 19, 2016

Poetry Day is the Best Day

Poetry Day is the Best Day

In the Middle of the Cruelest Month, the Best in Contemporary Poetry

By Literary Hub | April 18, 2016

Five Mississippi Writers on Why They Oppose Their State's New Anti-LGBTQ

Five Mississippi Writers on Why They Oppose Their State's New Anti-LGBTQ "Religious Freedom" Law

Kiese Laymon, Katy Simpson Smith, Margaret Eby, Catherine Lacey, and Andrew Malan Milward

By Literary Hub | April 13, 2016

Elif Batuman on Crying, Taste, and Writing a Novel Called

Elif Batuman on Crying, Taste, and Writing a Novel Called "The Idiot"

Part Two of Batuman's Conversation with Paul Holdengraber

By Literary Hub | April 13, 2016

Getting to Know the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Finalists

Getting to Know the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Finalists

The Nominees on Craft and Writing Advice, Plus Audio from Last Night's Reading

By Literary Hub | April 11, 2016

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: And the Winner Is...

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: And the Winner Is...

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The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Final Four!

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Elif Batuman: On the Russians, the Telephone, and Hyphenated Identity

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The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Jeanette Winterson vs. Philip Roth

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Jeanette Winterson vs. Philip Roth

Judge Walter Mosley Picks Finalist Number One

By Literary Hub | April 6, 2016

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: D.H. Lawrence vs. James Baldwin

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: D.H. Lawrence vs. James Baldwin

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By Literary Hub | April 6, 2016

Five Writers on the Poems That Make Them Cry

Five Writers on the Poems That Make Them Cry

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How the NYRB Chooses Its Reissues: The Story of <em>Stoner</em>

How the NYRB Chooses Its Reissues: The Story of Stoner

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The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Who Will Advance from the Erotic Eight?

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Who Will Advance from the Erotic Eight?

Your Second Round: Chopin, Roth, Genet, Winterson, Baldwin, Stoker, Lawrence, Acker

By Literary Hub | April 1, 2016

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: First Round Winners!

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: First Round Winners!

Our Esteemed Judges Start to Narrow Down the Field

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2016

Remembering the Great Jim Harrison

Remembering the Great Jim Harrison

Tributes from His Friends and Admirers

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2016

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