Stories vs Ideas: <br>Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel

Stories vs Ideas:
Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel

David Hollander on Fiction as an Alternative to Silence

By David Hollander | January 13, 2022

Please, Mr. <em>Postman</em>: Revisiting the Broken Hearts of James M. Cain’s Masterpiece

Please, Mr. Postman: Revisiting the Broken Hearts of James M. Cain’s Masterpiece

Matthew Eng on The Postman Always Rings Twice, a “Dark and Torrid Tale”

By Matthew Eng | January 13, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Andrea Long Chu on Hanya Yanagihara, Claire Dederer on Jami Attenberg, Louis Bayard on Brian Cox, and more

By Book Marks | January 13, 2022

WATCH: Cynthia Dewi Oka and Jenny Zhang on Writing and Honoring the Unassimilable

WATCH: Cynthia Dewi Oka and Jenny Zhang on Writing and Honoring the Unassimilable

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | January 13, 2022

A Writer with the Heart of a Dog: Early Reviews of Jack London’s <em>The Call of the Wild</em>

A Writer with the Heart of a Dog: Early Reviews of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild

“Jack London seems to possess an intuition of the dog life.”

By Book Marks | January 12, 2022

What obscure words should we bring back into daily use?

What obscure words should we bring back into daily use?

By Jonny Diamond | January 11, 2022

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By Katie Yee | January 11, 2022

Jericho Brown on Claude McKay’s Subversive, Foundational Poems of Love and Protest

By Jericho Brown | January 11, 2022

What Makes The Princess Bride Such a Great Movie?

By Chris Jones | January 11, 2022

Why Do We Return to the Greek Myths Again and Again?

Why Do We Return to the Greek Myths Again and Again?

Charlotte Higgins and Stacey Swann on the Perpetual Relevance of the Classics

By Literary Hub | January 11, 2022

The Creative Power of Rage: On Fictionalizing the Lives of Righteously Violent Historical Women

The Creative Power of Rage: On Fictionalizing the Lives of Righteously Violent Historical Women

Gwen E. Kirby on Her Literary “Stabby Period”

By Gwen E. Kirby | January 11, 2022

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Sequoia Nagamatsu, Weike Wang, and More

By Teddy Wayne | January 11, 2022

Vision Quest: On Trying to Define the Great American Novel

Vision Quest: On Trying to Define the Great American Novel

Jonathan Evison Considers the Literary Canon and His Latest Work of Historical Fiction

By Jonathan Evison | January 10, 2022

Learning From <em>Almanac of the Dead</em>, a Hallmark of Indigenous Literature

Learning From Almanac of the Dead, a Hallmark of Indigenous Literature

Lou Cornum on Leslie Marmon Silko's Magnum Opus

By Lou Cornum | January 10, 2022

My Hundred-Year-Old Boyfriend: On Hermann Hesse’s <em>Siddhartha</em>

My Hundred-Year-Old Boyfriend: On Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

Andre Bagoo Looks Back on Some Very Earthly Attachments

By Andre Bagoo | January 10, 2022

Navigating Broken Systems: Taylor Harris on Writing a Memoir of Medical Motherhood

Navigating Broken Systems: Taylor Harris on Writing a Memoir of Medical Motherhood

Lynn Steger Strong in Conversation with Taylor Harris

By Lynn Steger Strong | January 10, 2022

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