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On Memory’s Ghosts and the Search for the Perfect Writing Space

On Memory’s Ghosts and the Search for the Perfect Writing Space

Karen Salyer McElmurray: “Some days in my writing room, I really can hear my own breath.”

By Karen Salyer McElmurray | September 12, 2024

Why Aimie K. Runyan Spent Her First Literary Paycheck on a Coffee Mug

Why Aimie K. Runyan Spent Her First Literary Paycheck on a Coffee Mug

The Author of “Mademoiselle Eiffel” Reflects on the Self-Gift From Her Book Advance that Keeps Her Going

By Aimie K. Runyan | September 11, 2024

Finding the Strangeness in the Everyday: A Conversation With Srikanth Reddy

Finding the Strangeness in the Everyday: A Conversation With Srikanth Reddy

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of “Underworld Lit”

By Peter Mishler | September 11, 2024

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

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By Emily Temple | September 10, 2024

Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s <em>Waiting</em> and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s Waiting and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

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By Rachel Khong | September 10, 2024

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

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

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Silence is Power: Sara Nović on Joanne Greenberg’s <em>In This Sign</em>

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Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

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The Author of “Tablets: Secrets of the Clay” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2024

Brontez Purnell on Staying Unclassifiable

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

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What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

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