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Mateo Askaripour on Maintaining Plausibility in an Absurd World

Mateo Askaripour on Maintaining Plausibility in an Absurd World

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | January 13, 2021

George Saunders on How to Avoid Becoming a Hack

George Saunders on How to Avoid Becoming a Hack

This Week on the Literary Disco Podcast

By Literary Disco | January 13, 2021

On Discovering Zimbabwean Literature as a Zimbabwean Writer

On Discovering Zimbabwean Literature as a Zimbabwean Writer

Siphiwe Ndlovu Charts the Path to Her Debut Novel

By Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu | January 13, 2021

What Makes a Teachable YA Book? When It Shows Teens to Think for Themselves

What Makes a Teachable YA Book? When It Shows Teens to Think for Themselves

This Week on The NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | January 13, 2021

George Saunders on the Songs (and Stories) He Can’t Live Without

George Saunders on the Songs (and Stories) He Can’t Live Without

A Conversation with the Author of A Swim in the Pond in the Rain

By Literary Hub | January 12, 2021

Ten Years, Seven Houses: The Wandering Life of the Itinerant Writer

Ten Years, Seven Houses: The Wandering Life of the Itinerant Writer

Sarah Moss on Feeling at Home Under Ever-Changing Skies

By Sarah Moss | January 12, 2021

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On the Reality Behind Shirley Jackson’s Haunted Stories

By Lit Century | January 12, 2021

Am I Argentine? On Identity, Tradition and Finding Ties to One's Homeland

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Koa Beck on What ‘Feminist’ Settings Are Too Often Missing

By Corinne Segal | January 12, 2021

How to Translate a Journey Without a Destination

How to Translate a Journey Without a Destination

Translator Will Schutt on Finding the Voices of a Father and Son

By Will Schutt | January 12, 2021

George Saunders: ‘Writing Books Make Me Nervous’

George Saunders: ‘Writing Books Make Me Nervous’

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Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Genius<br> of Ingmar Bergman

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Genius
of Ingmar Bergman

"So the workbooks are where Bergman is boundless."

By Karl Ove Knausgaard | January 11, 2021

How to Read <em>Ulysses</em> <br>By the Numbers

How to Read Ulysses
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Breaking Down a Surprisingly Revealing Technique

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

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

Featuring Mateo Askaripour, Anna North, Kevin Barry, and More

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On Imagining Gatsby<br> Before Gatsby

On Imagining Gatsby
Before Gatsby

Michael Farris Smith on the Origins of Nick

By Michael Farris Smith | January 11, 2021

How Nathaniel Hawthorne Distinguished Between ‘Novels’ and ‘Romances’

How Nathaniel Hawthorne Distinguished Between ‘Novels’ and ‘Romances’

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

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