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Why Eccentrics Find a Natural Home in Fiction

Why Eccentrics Find a Natural Home in Fiction

Carlos Fonseca Finds a New Language in the World of the Outcast

By Carlos Fonseca Suarez | May 25, 2023

Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

Ross Simonini Speaks with the Author of In Many Ways

By Ross Simonini | May 25, 2023

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The Lit Hub Staff Recommends Books for Beaches, Benches, Backyards, and BBQs

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2023

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

Emily Harding Can't Separate the Independent Streak from the Austen Worldview

By Emily Harding | May 24, 2023

“Outside the Coordinates.” On Crafting Nonfiction That Takes Risks

“Outside the Coordinates.” On Crafting Nonfiction That Takes Risks

Laura Tillman Talks to Her Mentor and Former Teacher, Suzannah Lessard

By Laura Tillman | May 24, 2023

Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits <em>Girl, Interrupted</em> 30 Years After Its Publication

Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits Girl, Interrupted 30 Years After Its Publication

“There was enough blank space in it for people to insert themselves.”

By Susanna Kaysen | May 23, 2023

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Ocean Vuong on the Moral Questions of Fiction

By Talk Easy | May 23, 2023

Rebecca Makkai Has Qualms with True Crime Media (and Makes That Critique in Her New Novel)

By So Many Damn Books | May 23, 2023

25 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 23, 2023

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Or: Trapped in a Movie Theater with Salman Rushdie, c. 1996

By Martin Amis | May 22, 2023

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 22, 2023

How Has the Turbulent History of Northern Ireland Changed the Literary Landscape?

How Has the Turbulent History of Northern Ireland Changed the Literary Landscape?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 22, 2023

The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

From Akhtar’s Introduction of Rushdie at Last Night’s PEN Gala

By Ayad Akhtar | May 19, 2023

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

Also, She Would Still Be Scheduling Dog Surgeries If She Wasn't a Writer

By Literary Hub | May 19, 2023

It’s Very, Very Complicated: A Reading List of Friendships That Are All Over the Place

It’s Very, Very Complicated: A Reading List of Friendships That Are All Over the Place

Ore Agbaje-Williams Recommends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Elena Ferrante and More

By Ore Agbaje-Williams | May 19, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles by Emma Cline, Jonathan Eig, T. C. Boyle, Samantha Irby, and More

By Book Marks | May 19, 2023

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