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Ocean Vuong: The 10 Books<br> I Needed to Write My Novel

Ocean Vuong: The 10 Books
I Needed to Write My Novel

On Herman Melville, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, James Baldwin, lê thị diễm thúy, and More

By Ocean Vuong | October 1, 2019

On Monsieur Bovary, One of Literature's Most Necessary Characters

On Monsieur Bovary, One of Literature's Most Necessary Characters

Alberto Manguel Considers the Bore Who Inspires Passion

By Alberto Manguel | October 1, 2019

Cornel West on the Revolutionary Politics of the Foundry Theatre

Cornel West on the Revolutionary Politics of the Foundry Theatre

"To live in this hell of a world does not trump our capacity to leave a little heaven behind."

By Cornel West | October 1, 2019

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

Thoughts on One of Norway's Great Writers, Just in Time
for Nobel Season

By Karl Ove Knausgaard | September 30, 2019

Lauren Groff on the Forgotten Genius of Nancy Hale

Lauren Groff on the Forgotten Genius of Nancy Hale

"The paradox is that one has to read the stories to understand how wrong we have been"

By Lauren Groff | September 30, 2019

When Will Ben Lerner Admit He's a Novelist?

When Will Ben Lerner Admit He's a Novelist?

The Topeka School as Gateway Book

By Emily Temple | September 30, 2019

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On Patrick White, Australia’s Great Unread Novelist

By Madeleine Watts | September 30, 2019

In Search of a Black Odysseus: My Father's Journey Home

By Maya Phillips | September 30, 2019

The Writer You've Never Heard of That Made My Book Possible

By Mark Haber | September 27, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

The Best Writing at the Site in September

By Literary Hub | September 27, 2019

In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

Marcia Lynx Qualey on the Rise of a Complex, Capacious Literary Genre

By Marcia Lynx Qualey | September 27, 2019

Here's What High Schoolers Thought of Lit Hub's Climate Change Reading List

Here's What High Schoolers Thought of Lit Hub's Climate Change Reading List

What Do They Actually Want to Read?

By Mark Gozonsky | September 26, 2019

The Freedom of Tossing <em>The Scarlet Letter</em> From a High School Curriculum

The Freedom of Tossing The Scarlet Letter From a High School Curriculum

Noah Cho on Finding and Teaching Literature that Reflects His Classroom

By Noah Cho | September 26, 2019

How Rainbow Rowell Weaponized Fandom for Good

How Rainbow Rowell Weaponized Fandom for Good

Dana Schwartz on Fictional Books Within Fictional Books

By Dana Schwartz | September 25, 2019

Since When Did Animals Become Synonymous With<br> Our Grief?

Since When Did Animals Become Synonymous With
Our Grief?

“In life, as in literature, a horse is never just a horse.”

By Rebecca Renner | September 25, 2019

Neil Gaiman on the Good Kind of Trolls

Neil Gaiman on the Good Kind of Trolls

Introducing the Spellbinding Folktales of Norway

By Neil Gaiman | September 20, 2019

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