The Latest Incarnation of Shirley Jackson on the Big Screen is Basically Fan Fiction

The Latest Incarnation of Shirley Jackson on the Big Screen is Basically Fan Fiction

And It's Great!

By Emily Temple | June 8, 2020

The Costs—and Rewards—of a Treacherous Search for Asylum

The Costs—and Rewards—of a Treacherous Search for Asylum

Joe Meno Talks to Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal

By Joe Meno | June 8, 2020

In Praise of Digression, Both Literary and Culinary

In Praise of Digression, Both Literary and Culinary

Thom Eagle on 'Being Alive to Other Possibilities'

By Thom Eagle | June 5, 2020

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Writing and Being Haunted

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Writing and Being Haunted

With Jaquira Díaz, Mira Ptacin, Crystal Hana Kim , Iris Martin Cohen, and Michele Filgate

By Literary Hub | June 5, 2020

Why Didn't

Why Didn't "Brazil's William Faulkner" Achieve the Same International Fame?

Padma Viswanathan on Graciliano Ramos

By Padma Viswanathan | June 3, 2020

The Interview That Adrienne Rich Never Wanted Published

The Interview That Adrienne Rich Never Wanted Published

Patrice Vecchione on Talking with Rich About Spirituality

By Patrice Vecchione | June 2, 2020

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A Feminist Vision of War, from a Long-Buried Correspondence

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Oswyn Murray on Eileen Alexander's Letters

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Showing High Schoolers That Yes, Structure is Essential

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Finding a Mother Tongue

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Mariana Oliver on the Migrations and Nostalgias of Emine Sevgi Özdamar

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John Barth Deserves a Wider Audience

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Emerson Whitney on <em>Heaven</em> and Rewriting a Body

Emerson Whitney on Heaven and Rewriting a Body

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The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson's Life

The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson's Life

At a Crossroads, She Sought Another Writer's Counsel

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