What Happens When Your Books (Don’t) Get Banned?

What Happens When Your Books (Don’t) Get Banned?

Lydia Millet on Censorship, Creativity and the Importance of Continuing the Literary Conversation

By Lydia Millet | February 19, 2026

If Language is a Weapon, Now is the Time to Deploy It

If Language is a Weapon, Now is the Time to Deploy It

Lydia Millet on the Corruption of Discourse and the
Fight Against Propaganda

By Lydia Millet | May 12, 2020

On the Voyeuristic Pleasures of House-Hunting

On the Voyeuristic Pleasures of House-Hunting

Lydia Millet: Fiction is a Tour Through the Interiors of Others

By Lydia Millet | June 12, 2018

Love is Boring and Hard to Write About, And Yet...

Love is Boring and Hard to Write About, And Yet...

Lydia Millet on Why Hate Is Juicy and Love Is Dry

By Lydia Millet | May 5, 2016

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