In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

S. Kirk Walsh Looks Back at 33 Years of Writers in Public

By S. Kirk Walsh | October 14, 2020

How Audre Lorde's Experience of Breast Cancer Fortified Her Revolutionary Politics

How Audre Lorde's Experience of Breast Cancer Fortified Her Revolutionary Politics

Tracy K. Smith on The Cancer Journals

By Tracy K. Smith | October 14, 2020

A Young John Berryman Writes R.P. Blackmur About His Favorite Poets

A Young John Berryman Writes R.P. Blackmur About His Favorite Poets

From The Selected Letters

By John Berryman | October 14, 2020

Emily X.R. Pan on How Writing a Short Story Can Lead to a Better Novel

Emily X.R. Pan on How Writing a Short Story Can Lead to a Better Novel

"That short story taught me to experiment."

By Emily X.R. Pan | October 14, 2020

Susan Choi: 'Have a Very Large Storage System for All That Garbage'

Susan Choi: 'Have a Very Large Storage System for All That Garbage'

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | October 14, 2020

Cinelle Barnes on Compiling an Anthology of the South

Cinelle Barnes on Compiling an Anthology of the South

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on
the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | October 14, 2020

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Rumaan Alam Recommends the Music of Leave the World Behind

By So Many Damn Books | October 14, 2020

Burlesque Star Immodesty Blaize on Starting Her Career in Soho

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Neither of Us Likes Parties: Lynn Strong and Rumaan Alam in Conversation

By Lynn Steger Strong | October 13, 2020

Claire Messud in Praise of the Essays That Dwell in Uncertainty

Claire Messud in Praise of the Essays That Dwell in Uncertainty

The Author of Kant's Little Prussian Head Recommends Five Essential Collections

By Claire Messud | October 13, 2020

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Rumaan Alam, Karin Cecile Davidson, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Teddy Wayne | October 13, 2020

<em>Wicked</em> Wouldn't Have Been What It Is If I Hadn't Written the Novel by Hand

Wicked Wouldn't Have Been What It Is If I Hadn't Written the Novel by Hand

Gregory Maguire on the "Word-Pictures" Revealed By Longhand

By Gregory Maguire | October 13, 2020

On Eugenics and Queerness in Djuna Barnes's <em>Nightwood</em>

On Eugenics and Queerness in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood

Introducing Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | October 13, 2020

10 Books You Should Read<br> in October

10 Books You Should Read
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Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | October 13, 2020

Debra Spark on Doing the Research... Like Asking to See Strangers' Apartments

Debra Spark on Doing the Research... Like Asking to See Strangers' Apartments

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 13, 2020

On Edgar Allan Poe's Creepy Doppelgänger Story,

On Edgar Allan Poe's Creepy Doppelgänger Story, "William Wilson"

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By History of Literature | October 12, 2020

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