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

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

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

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Is This the First-Ever English Language Review of László Krasznahorkai?

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The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

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Why We Write the Extra Details

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Thomas Pynchon, Marisa Meltzer, Chris Kraus, and more: 24 new books out today!

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How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing 

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