Tony Hoagland Was a Poet <br>of Heart and Humor

Tony Hoagland Was a Poet
of Heart and Humor

Mike Schneider Remembers His Friend's Idiomatic Writing

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8 Paranormal Books You Need to Read

8 Paranormal Books You Need to Read

Craig Davidson on Victor LaValle, Octavia Butler, Sara Gran, Muriel Spark, and More

By Craig Davidson | July 29, 2019

On the Evolution of Fatness<br> in Society

On the Evolution of Fatness
in Society

Christopher Forth on Religious and Utopian Figurations of the Human Body and Disgust

By Christopher E. Forth | July 29, 2019

The Writer and the Dictator: <br>A Love/Hate Story

The Writer and the Dictator:
A Love/Hate Story

Alaa Al Aswany on Tawfiq al-Hakim's Return of the Spirit and its Influence on Egyptian Politics

By Alaa Al Aswany | July 29, 2019

Finding My Climate-Conscious Tribe: Black Nature Lovers and Writers

Finding My Climate-Conscious Tribe: Black Nature Lovers and Writers

An Appraisal (and Update) of Lit Hub's Climate Library

By Kim-Marie Walker | July 26, 2019

Caliban Never Belonged to Shakespeare

Caliban Never Belonged to Shakespeare

What Shakespeare's "Thing of Darkness" Tells Us About Gatekeeping and Language

By Marcos Gonsalez | July 26, 2019

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On One of the Great Dutch Novels of Social Reform

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Love, Death, and the Birds of Terry Tempest Williams

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On My 42-Year Correspondence with W.S. Merwin

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Howard Norman Reflects on the Collective Meaning of 416 Letters

By Howard Norman | July 24, 2019

Please Take This Summer to Become Obsessed<br> With <em>The Group</em>

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Mary McMarthy's 1960s Novel About the 1930s Feels Like 2019

By Mikaella Clements | July 23, 2019

My Life as Poet Laureate (of a Law Firm)

My Life as Poet Laureate (of a Law Firm)

Elizabeth Bales Frank on the Pleasures and Perils of Introducing Attorneys to Poetry

By Elizabeth Bales Frank | July 23, 2019

Was <em>The Odyssey</em> the First Greek Novel?

Was The Odyssey the First Greek Novel?

Michael Wood Reintroduces Robert Graves's Homer's Daughter

By Michael Wood | July 22, 2019

George Orwell and More in the Borderlands of Life and Death

George Orwell and More in the Borderlands of Life and Death

Andrew Ervin Talks to Robert Macfarlane and Emily Wilson About the World's "Thin Places"

By Andrew Ervin | July 22, 2019

A Poet and a Novelist Discuss the Literary Allure of Outer Space

A Poet and a Novelist Discuss the Literary Allure of Outer Space

Gale Marie Thompson and Zach Powers Get Spacey

By Zach Powers and Gale Marie Thompson | July 19, 2019

My Niece Is Probably the Reincarnation of Shirley Jackson

My Niece Is Probably the Reincarnation of Shirley Jackson

CJ Hauser on Motherhood and The Haunting of Hill House

By CJ Hauser | July 18, 2019

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