The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: The Lost Generation and After

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: The Lost Generation and After

Jean Genet vs. Henry Miller, D.H. Lawrence vs. Zora Neale Hurston

By Literary Hub | March 30, 2016

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Post-<em>Lolita</em> Division

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Post-Lolita Division

James Baldwin vs. Erica Jong, Philip Roth vs. James Salter

By Literary Hub | March 30, 2016

On the 13 Words That Made Me a Writer

On the 13 Words That Made Me a Writer

Sofia Samatar Reflects on the Rich Language of Fantasy

By Sofia Samatar | March 29, 2016

Remembering Susan Sontag's Final Days

Remembering Susan Sontag's Final Days

Katie Roiphe on the Legendary Writer's Will to Survive

By Katie Roiphe | March 28, 2016

At the Existentialist Café

At the Existentialist Café

Sarah Bakewell

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 24, 2016

Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure

Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure

On Accuracy and Authenticity in Art

By Jonathan Russell Clark | March 24, 2016

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The Suicide Note as Literary Genre

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How to Be a Whaler's Wife in 1908: Boil Everything, Wash the Clothes in Gin

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Adrian McKinty: Working-Class Hero of Irish Crime Fiction

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Lisa Levy Profiles the Man Behind the Sean Duffy Series

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This Writer: On Social Work and Fiction

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"The work has to leave me, and I have to be able to let it go"

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Tracey Chevalier: Past President of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Club

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On Little House on the Prairie and mothers who are not Ma

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Contemplating the Infinite with Annie Dillard

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"One of the most sensitive, listening intelligences ever to breathe American air"

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Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

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On history, heritage, and whitewashing

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The Beautiful, Proto-Feminist Snark of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

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74,000 words of raucous, handwritten amorality

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