Russian Books That Outlived the Censors: A Reading List

Russian Books That Outlived the Censors: A Reading List

Elena Gorokhova on Doctor Zhivago, Nabokov, and More

By Elena Gorokhova | March 28, 2022

Is Clytemnestra an Archetypically Bad Wife or a Heroically Avenging Mother?

Is Clytemnestra an Archetypically Bad Wife or a Heroically Avenging Mother?

Natalie Haynes on the Motivations of a Maligned Figure

By Natalie Haynes | March 28, 2022

How Writing a Novel Helped Me Say Gay

How Writing a Novel Helped Me Say Gay

Jules Ohman on the Truths That Her Fiction Uncovered

By Jules Ohman | March 28, 2022

Michael Ignatieff on Why We Can’t Take the Nuclear Option Off the Table in Ukraine

Michael Ignatieff on Why We Can’t Take the Nuclear Option Off the Table in Ukraine

In Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | March 28, 2022

Writers in Odessa, Ukraine’s “Black Sea Pearl”

Writers in Odessa, Ukraine’s “Black Sea Pearl”

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | March 28, 2022

On Rudolfo Anaya’s Expansive, Aching View of Childhood

On Rudolfo Anaya’s Expansive, Aching View of Childhood

Erika L. Sánchez Traces the Adventures and Losses of Bless Me, Ultima

By Erika L. Sánchez | March 28, 2022

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Sherlock Holmes, Hercules Poirot, Jorge Luis Borges and the Mathematical Art of the Great Detective Novel

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Jacquelyn Mitchard on Hiding Mysteries in Plain Sight

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Shubha Sunder on Writing from a Place of Nostalgia for Home

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How to Have Fearless Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

How to Have Fearless Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

Monica Guzmán in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | March 28, 2022

What Politicians Can Learn From Corporate CEOs About Making the World a Better Place

What Politicians Can Learn From Corporate CEOs About Making the World a Better Place

Keith Ferrazzi in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Catherine Cho on Curtis Sittenfeld, <em>The Book Thief</em>, and <em>The Little House on the Prairie</em>

Catherine Cho on Curtis Sittenfeld, The Book Thief, and The Little House on the Prairie

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Your Literary Guide to the 94th Academy Awards

Your Literary Guide to the 94th Academy Awards

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Writer Erika Krouse On Her Time As A Private Investigator

Writer Erika Krouse On Her Time As A Private Investigator

“Many people were willing to open up to me, even when doing so meant danger to them and their lives.”

By Molly Odintz | March 25, 2022

Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked <em>West Side Story</em>

Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked West Side Story

Lit Hub’s Literary Countdown to the 94th Academy Awards

By Literary Hub | March 25, 2022

Rusted Vestiges and Overgrown Eyesores: 6 Novels Set in Abandoned Places

Rusted Vestiges and Overgrown Eyesores: 6 Novels Set in Abandoned Places

John Searles Explores the Allure of Locked Places and Unlocked Time

By John Searles | March 25, 2022

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