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Toward a Theory of the New Weird

Toward a Theory of the New Weird

Elvia Wilk on a Feminist Understanding of Eerie Fiction

By Elvia Wilk | August 5, 2019

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

On the 'Monstrous Development of Technology'

By Walter Benjamin | August 2, 2019

The Literal (and Figurative) Whiteness of<br> <em>Moby Dick</em>

The Literal (and Figurative) Whiteness of
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For Herman Melville, the Color White Could Be Horrifyingly Bleak

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 1, 2019

On Svetlana Alexievich: What Can a Book Do in the Face of War?

On Svetlana Alexievich: What Can a Book Do in the Face of War?

Rachel Seiffert Considers Last Witnesses

By Rachel Seiffert | August 1, 2019

The Encyclopedic Genius of<br> Melville's Masterpiece

The Encyclopedic Genius of
Melville's Masterpiece

On Moby Dick as a Way of Seeing the World

By Suzanne Conklin Akbari | August 1, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

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

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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

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

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Caliban Never Belonged to Shakespeare

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Got Writer's Block? <br>Read This Poem

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Nick Ripatrazone Close Reads Gerard Manley Hopkins' "To R.B."

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On One of the Great Dutch Novels of Social Reform

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How Eduard Douwes Dekker's Max Havelaar Led to a Revolution

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Love, Death, and the Birds of Terry Tempest Williams

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Randon Billings Noble: What of the Raven, What of the Dove?

By Randon Billings Noble | July 24, 2019

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

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Howard Norman Reflects on the Collective Meaning of 416 Letters

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