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Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s <em>Waiting</em> and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s Waiting and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Rachel Khong: “We can’t help but wonder about the arbitrary demands and strictures placed on these individuals: What was it all for?”

By Rachel Khong | September 10, 2024

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Devika Rege, Carolyn Jack, Matthew Davis and More

By Teddy Wayne | September 10, 2024

Modern Gun Ownership is Just Another Consumer Fantasy About Empowerment

Modern Gun Ownership is Just Another Consumer Fantasy About Empowerment

Alex Trimble Young Wants to Tell a Different Story of US Gun Culture

By Alex Trimble Young | September 9, 2024

Anna Marie Tendler on Self-Doubt, Hospitals, and Living on Her Own Terms

Anna Marie Tendler on Self-Doubt, Hospitals, and Living on Her Own Terms

The Author of “Men Have Called Her Crazy” Talks to Cat Marnell

By Cat Marnell | September 9, 2024

Silence is Power: Sara Nović on Joanne Greenberg’s <em>In This Sign</em>

Silence is Power: Sara Nović on Joanne Greenberg’s In This Sign

“The quietness... forces readers to reckon with the intricacies of deaf people as people.”

By Sara Nović | September 9, 2024

Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

The Author of “Tablets: Secrets of the Clay” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2024

Best Reviewed
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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | September 6, 2024

Six Writers on Getting Words on the Page

By Literary Hub | September 6, 2024

What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

By Sara Fitzgerald | September 6, 2024

An Ode to the Ode: Lory Bedikian on How the Form Helped Her Grieve and Grow

An Ode to the Ode: Lory Bedikian on How the Form Helped Her Grieve and Grow

The Author of “Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body” Explores the Many Meanings and Possibilities of a Poetic Category

By Lory Bedikian | September 6, 2024

American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

The Author of “Life and Death of the American Worker” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

By Sarah Viren | September 5, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The men in her fiction are black holes who threaten to extinguish the light of any woman or child unlucky enough to get near them.”

By Book Marks | September 5, 2024

Letting Places Grow Like Characters: Transforming Your Hometown into a Fictional World

Letting Places Grow Like Characters: Transforming Your Hometown into a Fictional World

Shannon Bowring on Setting a Book’s Sequel in the Same, Yet Evolving, Literary Universe

By Shannon Bowring | September 5, 2024

“A Word About a Word Addressed to a Word.” On Embracing the Fictiveness of Fiction

“A Word About a Word Addressed to a Word.” On Embracing the Fictiveness of Fiction

For Maureen Sun Transparency Is Not Always a Virtue

By Maureen Sun | September 5, 2024

Alissa Quart on the Dangerous Lie of American Bootstrap Narratives

Alissa Quart on the Dangerous Lie of American Bootstrap Narratives

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 5, 2024

Rachel Kushner on Crafting a Philosophical Spy Novel For an Age of Environmental Anxiety

Rachel Kushner on Crafting a Philosophical Spy Novel For an Age of Environmental Anxiety

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Creation Lake”

By Jane Ciabattari | September 4, 2024

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