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Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

a democratic socialist."">Paulo Gurgel Valente: "She always described herself as
a democratic socialist."

By Paulo Gurgel Valente | December 10, 2020

I Wrote a Tragic Novel About the 1918 Flu. 14 Years Later, My Family Got COVID

I Wrote a Tragic Novel About the 1918 Flu. 14 Years Later, My Family Got COVID

Thomas Mullen: When the Fictional Veers Into the Real

By Thomas Mullen | December 10, 2020

The 10 Best Literary Adaptations of the Year

The 10 Best Literary Adaptations of the Year

What Else Do You Have to Do?

By Emily Temple | December 10, 2020

Chris Jackson on the Privilege of Being an Editor, and Publishing's Systemic Problems

Chris Jackson on the Privilege of Being an Editor, and Publishing's Systemic Problems

Read His Acceptance Speech for The Center for Fiction’s
Medal for Editorial Excellence

By Literary Hub | December 10, 2020

On the Fruitful 'Historic Pain' Beneath Family Interactions (Even—or Especially—the Mundane Ones)

On the Fruitful 'Historic Pain' Beneath Family Interactions (Even—or Especially—the Mundane Ones)

Jonas Hassen Khemiri Talks to Julia Ringo on Well-Versed

By Well-Versed | December 10, 2020

When a Great Songwriter Turns Poet: On Richard Buckner's New Collection

When a Great Songwriter Turns Poet: On Richard Buckner's New Collection

Nina MacLaughlin Considers Cuttings From the Tangle

By Nina MacLaughlin | December 10, 2020

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On Bourbon, Books, and Writing Your Way Out of Small-Town America

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WATCH: Reyna Grande in Conversation with John Freeman

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 9, 2020

The Challenges of Translating Jean Daive’s Memoir 
on Paul Celan

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The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2020

The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2020

Featuring Nicole Krauss, Stephen King, Emma Cline, Zora Neale Hurston, and more

By Book Marks | December 9, 2020

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones in Praise of Literary Tourism (Done Well)

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | December 8, 2020

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on the Time He Met Langston Hughes<br> (and More)

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on the Time He Met Langston Hughes
(and More)

From the The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | December 8, 2020

Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

Mikka Jacobsen on Why Men Can't Keep Him Off Their Dating Profiles

By Mikka Jacobsen | December 8, 2020

Real Talk: On Claudia Rankine’s Painful Conversations with Whiteness

Real Talk: On Claudia Rankine’s Painful Conversations with Whiteness

Shya Scanlon Considers a Trilogy Sixteen Years in the Making

By Shya Scanlon | December 8, 2020

On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset's <em>Kristin Lavransdatter</em>

On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | December 8, 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

Featuring N. K. Jemisin, Stephen King,
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