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Happy Endings to Brighten Up Dark January Days: A Reading List

Happy Endings to Brighten Up Dark January Days: A Reading List

Eva Carter Recommends Clare Pooley, Elizabeth Gilbert, and More

By Eva Carter | January 25, 2023

Some guy ranked all the lit journals you’ve ever heard of (and the other ones, too).

Some guy ranked all the lit journals you’ve ever heard of (and the other ones, too).

By Jonny Diamond | January 24, 2023

19 new books to get at your local indie right now.

19 new books to get at your local indie right now.

By Katie Yee | January 24, 2023

For Aleksandar Hemon, Writing is a Search for a Form That Doesn’t Yet Exist

For Aleksandar Hemon, Writing is a Search for a Form That Doesn’t Yet Exist

The Author of The World and All That It Holds Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | January 24, 2023

In Defense of Whimsy, Nonsense, and Barbaric Balderdash in Children’s Books

In Defense of Whimsy, Nonsense, and Barbaric Balderdash in Children’s Books

Tim DeRoche on the Value of a Long-Neglected Genre of Kid Lit

By Tim DeRoche | January 24, 2023

“The Future Belonged to the Showy and the Promiscuous.” How Edith Wharton Foresaw the 21st Century

“The Future Belonged to the Showy and the Promiscuous.” How Edith Wharton Foresaw the 21st Century

Emily J. Orlando on the Writer’s Enduring Relevance and Foresight

By Emily J. Orlando | January 24, 2023

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Rebekah Borucki on True Inclusion in Book Publishing

By Memoir Nation | January 24, 2023

V. V. Ganeshananthan on the Role of Medicine in Her Novel

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Blair Braverman: What Does Survival Mean?

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 23, 2023

A Modernist’s Modernist: On the Brilliance—and Influence—of Katherine Mansfield

A Modernist’s Modernist: On the Brilliance—and Influence—of Katherine Mansfield

“Thinking about Mansfield’s work makes me understand again how literature is never just a story.”

By Kirsty Gunn | January 23, 2023

<em>Auden and the Muse of History</em> with Susannah Young-ah Gottlieb

Auden and the Muse of History with Susannah Young-ah Gottlieb

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | January 23, 2023

"Who Are Your People?" A Reading List of Strong, Spirited Southern Ladies

Mimi Herman Recommends Alice Walker, Karen Russell, and More

By Mimi Herman | January 23, 2023

A New Way of Being on the Page: A Reading List of Very Short Fictions

A New Way of Being on the Page: A Reading List of Very Short Fictions

Dawn Raffel Recommends Lydia Davis, Andrés Neuman, Sabrina Orah Mark, and More

By Dawn Raffel | January 20, 2023

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

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

Featuring new titles by Bret Easton Ellis, Colm Tóibín, Grady Hendrix, and More

By Book Marks | January 20, 2023

Susan Griffin on Following the Sounds of Words

Susan Griffin on Following the Sounds of Words

“If the sound of your words is true, your reader will be riveted if not enchanted.”

By Susan Griffin | January 20, 2023

Monica Heisey: Surprise, Real Life Isn’t a Nancy Meyers Movie

Monica Heisey: Surprise, Real Life Isn’t a Nancy Meyers Movie

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