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When Writers Attack

When Writers Attack

On Boxing, Norman Mailer, and the art of getting hit

By Jonathan Gottschall | April 23, 2015

We Have This Device. It’s Called a Book.

We Have This Device. It’s Called a Book.

How science fiction sees the future of reading

By Ryan Britt | April 21, 2015

Amiri Baraka, Politics, and Tough Love

Amiri Baraka, Politics, and Tough Love

A poet in conversation with Coltrane and Monk

By Evie Shockley | April 20, 2015

All Elders be Eloquence, or One Way to Pay Dem You Owe

All Elders be Eloquence, or One Way to Pay Dem You Owe

On Recording the track "Sad Dictator"

By Thomas Sayers Ellis | April 20, 2015

What He left us

What He left us

On discovering Amiri Baraka reading on 'Def Poetry'

By Danez Smith | April 20, 2015

From Potter to Tartt to Ferrante

From Potter to Tartt to Ferrante

How we came to love the multi-volume novel

By Alexander Chee | April 16, 2015

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On Freaks, Geeks, and 9/11

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By Tracy K. Smith | April 16, 2015

One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 16, 2015

In Defense of the Poet Laureate

In Defense of the Poet Laureate

On Politics, Art, and Inaugural Doggerel

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 14, 2015

Where Do We Go from Here?: The Future of Fiction

Where Do We Go from Here?: The Future of Fiction

Saul Bellow

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 10, 2015

On Whiteness and The Racial Imaginary

On Whiteness and The Racial Imaginary

Where writers go wrong in imagining the lives of others

By Claudia Rankine and Beth Loffreda | April 9, 2015

The Nearest Thing To Life

The Nearest Thing To Life

James Wood

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