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<em>Finnegan's Wake</em> at 80: <br>In Defense of the Difficult

Finnegan's Wake at 80:
In Defense of the Difficult

On the Pleasure of Annotating One of Literature's
Most Challenging Works

By Susie Lopez | May 3, 2019

Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

On the Novel Great Expectations

By Eileen Myles | May 2, 2019

Happy birthday, Joseph Heller! Here's a gift: a classic review of <em>Catch-22.</em>

Happy birthday, Joseph Heller! Here's a gift: a classic review of Catch-22.

By Katie Yee | May 1, 2019

On the Great Clarice Lispector

On the Great Clarice Lispector

Benjamin Moser Introduces The Besieged City

By Benjamin Moser | April 30, 2019

On the Literary Pitfalls of Writing About the Young and Rich

On the Literary Pitfalls of Writing About the Young and Rich

Michael Knight Didn't Set Out to Write a Prep School Novel

By Michael Knight | April 30, 2019

Sex and Sexability: On Writing Desire in the Regency Years

Sex and Sexability: On Writing Desire in the Regency Years

In Which Is Discussed Assorted 'Paragons of Debauchery'

By Robert Morrison | April 30, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Why Was Shakespeare Wary of
Writing About Religion?

By Jonathan Bate | April 30, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite
Stories This Month

By Literary Hub | April 30, 2019

Monster or Marvel? A Disabled Life in
a Superhero Universe

By Amanda Leduc | April 26, 2019

William Faulkner's grudging, misogynistic fan letter to Anita Loos

William Faulkner's grudging, misogynistic fan letter to Anita Loos

"I am still rather Victorian in my prejudices . . ."

By Emily Temple | April 26, 2019

James Baldwin in Paris: On the Virtuosic Shame of <em>Giovanni's Room</em>

James Baldwin in Paris: On the Virtuosic Shame of Giovanni's Room

"If France proffered him love, it also bathed him in a peculiar shade of loneliness."

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 25, 2019

The Real Life Castaway Behind Robinson Crusoe Actually <em>Asked</em> to Be Dropped Off

The Real Life Castaway Behind Robinson Crusoe Actually Asked to Be Dropped Off

Revisiting a Colonialist Classic—and Myths That Just Won't Die—300 Years On

By Delaney Nolan | April 25, 2019

What I Learned from Keeping a List<br> of Every Book I Read

What I Learned from Keeping a List
of Every Book I Read

Not Shockingly, an Awful Lot of Men

By Pamela Nadell | April 24, 2019

The Ongoing Obsession with Shakespeare's True Identity

The Ongoing Obsession with Shakespeare's True Identity

Baconians, Oxfordians, Marlovians, Derbyites, Rutlanders, Groupists. Oh My.

By Stuart Kells | April 23, 2019

Was Shakespeare Agnostic About<br> the Afterlife?

Was Shakespeare Agnostic About
the Afterlife?

Happy Death Day, Shakespeare!

By John S. Garrison | April 23, 2019

From Northland to Underland, What We Risk Losing

From Northland to Underland, What We Risk Losing

Robert Macfarlane, Sami Folk Tales and More of Andrew Ervin's Deep Reads

By Andrew Ervin | April 22, 2019

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