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What Memoir Can Do That Poetry Can't

What Memoir Can Do That Poetry Can't

Tracy K. Smith on finding memories buried in words

By Tracy K. Smith | April 16, 2015

One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway

One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway

Åsne Seierstad

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 16, 2015

In Defense of the Poet Laureate

In Defense of the Poet Laureate

On Politics, Art, and Inaugural Doggerel

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 14, 2015

Where Do We Go from Here?: The Future of Fiction

Where Do We Go from Here?: The Future of Fiction

Saul Bellow

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 10, 2015

On Whiteness and The Racial Imaginary

On Whiteness and The Racial Imaginary

Where writers go wrong in imagining the lives of others

By Claudia Rankine and Beth Loffreda | April 9, 2015

The Nearest Thing To Life

The Nearest Thing To Life

James Wood

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 8, 2015

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