No One Ever Said It: On the Long History of

No One Ever Said It: On the Long History of "Ye Olde" in English

Hana Videen on Chaucer, Hamlet, and the Evolution of Middle and Old English

By Hana Videen | October 10, 2023

Why the Russian Protest Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky Still Matter Today

Why the Russian Protest Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky Still Matter Today

Phillip Metres on Political Literature, Classical Forms, and What Outsiders Get Wrong About Russian Poetry

By Philip Metres | October 10, 2023

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

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

Featuring Justin Torres, Alice Pung, John Lee Clark and More.

By Teddy Wayne | October 10, 2023

Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché on the Art of Co-Authoring

Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché on the Art of Co-Authoring

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | October 10, 2023

Isle McElroy on How It Might Feel to Live in the Wrong Body

Isle McElroy on How It Might Feel to Live in the Wrong Body

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 10, 2023

Benjamín Labatut Will Not Be Profiled

Benjamín Labatut Will Not Be Profiled

But Adam Dalva Tries Anyway

By Adam Dalva | October 9, 2023

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Ann Patchett on Oscar Hijuelos' Lush, Elegiac Novel Full of Music and Sex

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Derangement and Estrangement: On Poetic Turbulence in Translation

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Hilary Leichter on the Partnership Between Reader and Writer

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Robots Are People, Too: On the Ways Writers Use Non-Human Characters to Tell Human Stories

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In Praise of Mariah Carey

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

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Understanding Zora Neale Hurston's Loneliness

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Whose Mary Is It Anyway? Anne Eekhout on Fictionalizing Mary Shelley

Whose Mary Is It Anyway? Anne Eekhout on Fictionalizing Mary Shelley

"If I do my job well, it will ring true."

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