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Rosalie Knecht and Idra Novey on Translation, Writing Tension, and Literary 'Retrenchment'

Rosalie Knecht and Idra Novey on Translation, Writing Tension, and Literary 'Retrenchment'

The Authors of Who Is Vera Kelly? and Those Who Knew
Speak to Brian Gresko

By Brian Gresko | November 6, 2019

Mimi Lok on Writing in (and For) the Margins

Mimi Lok on Writing in (and For) the Margins

The Author of Last of Her Name in Conversation with Dave Eggers

By Dave Eggers | November 6, 2019

Displacement Generation: On Homesickness and the Millennial Memoir

Displacement Generation: On Homesickness and the Millennial Memoir

Nathan Scott McNamara Reads Jennifer Croft, Joanna Howard, and More

By Nathan Scott McNamara | November 4, 2019

Fascinating Sontag: Gerald Howard Considers the Life of an Intellectual Superstar

Fascinating Sontag: Gerald Howard Considers the Life of an Intellectual Superstar

On Benjamin Moser's Sontag: Her Life and Work

By Gerald Howard | November 4, 2019

How to Haul a Book Collection Across an Ocean

How to Haul a Book Collection Across an Ocean

Connor Harrison is Moving to Canada

By Connor Harrison | November 4, 2019

A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

Crane Wrote in a Perfect Blend of Idealism, Cynicism, and Wariness

By Tobias Carroll | November 1, 2019

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Creepy Stories (and More) from Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy

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The Terror Behind the Mask

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The Creepy Dissonance of Reading Trick Mirror in a 'Self-Care' Book Club

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American Gothic: The Woman Who Escaped the Asylum

American Gothic: The Woman Who Escaped the Asylum

On the 19th-Century Invention of the Madwoman

By Troy Rondinone | October 31, 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 October

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Eclipsed by the Racial Shadow of Shakespeare’s <em>Othello</em>

Eclipsed by the Racial Shadow of Shakespeare’s Othello

Aatif Rashid on Edward Said, Ayad Akhtar, and
Depictions of Violent Brown Men

By Aatif Rashid | October 30, 2019

Andrea Long Chu on Desire, Weak Love, and Modern Trans Identity

Andrea Long Chu on Desire, Weak Love, and Modern Trans Identity

The Author of Females: A Concern, in Conversation with Eric Newman

By Eric Newman | October 29, 2019

How to Resist Late-Stage Capitalism—and Other Lessons From <em>Charlotte's Web</em>

How to Resist Late-Stage Capitalism—and Other Lessons From Charlotte's Web

Erin Wisti on E.B. White's Classic of Radical Decency

By Erin Wisti | October 28, 2019

What Would a World With Less Work Look Like?

What Would a World With Less Work Look Like?

Charlie Tyson on the Philosophy of Idleness and Imagining the Impossible

By Charlie Tyson | October 28, 2019

How Mermaid Stories Illustrate Complex Truths About<br> Being Human

How Mermaid Stories Illustrate Complex Truths About
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The Tropes, Tricks, and Tools We Find in Tales of Merfolk

By Cristina Bacchilega | October 25, 2019

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