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“A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing <em>Broke Heart Blues</em>

“A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing Broke Heart Blues

“In rereading, I feel a clutch of the heart, and tears starting in my eyes.”

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Mark Haddon! Dorothy Parker! Anthony Bourdain! 26 new books out today.

Mark Haddon! Dorothy Parker! Anthony Bourdain! 26 new books out today.

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Why the American Labor Movement Matters: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

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Who Decides What Asian American Literature Is?

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What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

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Luis Jaramillo on Creating a Multigenerational Speculative Story of the Borderlands

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