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The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

Stephen Marche Considers AI, Machine Learning, and “the Labyrinth of Another’s Being”

By Stephen Marche | June 23, 2021

What If Procrastination Is an Essential Part of Our Writing Process?

What If Procrastination Is an Essential Part of Our Writing Process?

Amy Sackville on an Aesthetics of Deferral

By Amy Sackville | June 23, 2021

Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

Thomas Swick on the Importance of the “Ceremonial Gate”

By Thomas Swick | June 23, 2021

Forrest Gander on the Investment and Involvement Required of Reading Poetry

Forrest Gander on the Investment and Involvement Required of Reading Poetry

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 23, 2021

How Gaslighting in Fiction Can Reflect the Realities of Psychological Abuse

How Gaslighting in Fiction Can Reflect the Realities of Psychological Abuse

Jennifer Baker Considers The Illness Lesson and Real Life

By Jennifer Baker | June 23, 2021

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Summer (Re-)Reads

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Summer (Re-)Reads

Or, the Books at the Bottoms of our Beach Bags

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2021

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Brandon Taylor: Writer’s Block Is Not Tragic (It’s a Part of Life)

By Literary Hub | June 22, 2021

How Language Limits Our Ability to Describe Smells

By Lit Century | June 22, 2021

How Black Writers Capture the Comedy and Dark Absurdity of Life in America

By Keenan Norris | June 22, 2021

Unmoored in a City of Ruins: On the Revelatory Power of Samuel R. Delany’s <em>Dhalgren</em>

Unmoored in a City of Ruins: On the Revelatory Power of Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren

Joss Lake Considers the Profound and Best-Selling
Science Fiction Novel

By Joss Lake | June 22, 2021

Telling the True Stories of Ancient Greece Through Fiction

Telling the True Stories of Ancient Greece Through Fiction

Claire Heywood on Rewriting Mythology From the Woman’s Perspective

By Claire Heywood | June 22, 2021

20 new books to buy from your local indie (instead of you know where).

20 new books to buy from your local indie (instead of you know where).

By Katie Yee | June 22, 2021

The Top 10 Things to Love About <em>Hamlet</em>

The Top 10 Things to Love About Hamlet

Laurie Frankel Guests on the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 21, 2021

Unpacking the Enigma of George Orwell

Unpacking the Enigma of George Orwell

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | June 21, 2021

John Cheever and Djuna Barnes, Patron Literary Saints of Suburbia and Bohemia, Died This Day in 1982.

John Cheever and Djuna Barnes, Patron Literary Saints of Suburbia and Bohemia, Died This Day in 1982.

Lives Lived on the Opposite Sides of the American Dream

By Jonny Diamond | June 18, 2021

Silvia Spring on Living Abroad and Writing in Community

Silvia Spring on Living Abroad and Writing in Community

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | June 18, 2021

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