Life As It Really Is: Translator Richard Pevear on the Stories of Chekhov

Life As It Really Is: Translator Richard Pevear on the Stories of Chekhov

"In art, as in life, there is nothing accidental.”

By Richard Pevear | April 14, 2020

The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman's Poetry

The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman's Poetry

Mark Doty on Sexuality and 'Unspeakability' in Leaves of Grass

By Mark Doty | April 14, 2020

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

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

Chelsea Bieker, Maya Shanbhag Lang, and More

By Teddy Wayne | April 14, 2020

Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

"Separate and Secluded" We Pass Our Days

By Siri Hustvedt | April 13, 2020

Like Talking With a Friend: Intimacy in Lucia Berlin’s Peripatetic Narratives

Like Talking With a Friend: Intimacy in Lucia Berlin’s Peripatetic Narratives

Alexandra Chang on Learning from a Master

By Alexandra Chang | April 13, 2020

J.M.G. Le Clézio Talks the Common Good (and Other People's Books)

J.M.G. Le Clézio Talks the Common Good (and Other People's Books)

Ayşegül Sert in Conversation with the Nobel Laureate

By Aysegul Sert | April 13, 2020

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Jenny Odell and Wendy Liu on Liberating Ourselves From Usefulness

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Kay Ryan on the Preposterous Beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Alternate Histories and Silenced Women: Sue Monk Kidd on Her New Novel <em>The Book of Longings</em>

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In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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The West in Pieces: On the Reimagined Grammar(s) of C. Pam Zhang

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Christian Kiefer on a Debut Novel That Rewrites the Hills of California

By Christian Kiefer | April 9, 2020

Emily Gould on How (and Why) to Keep Writing When Writing Feels Pointless

Emily Gould on How (and Why) to Keep Writing When Writing Feels Pointless

"Why do any of this?"

By Emily Gould | April 9, 2020

Writing From Within the Rosenberg Family Legacy

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Ellen Meeropol on the Novel That Took Two Decades to Write

By Ellen Meeropol | April 9, 2020

The Listening World: Neurodivergent Voices for a More-Than-Human World

The Listening World: Neurodivergent Voices for a More-Than-Human World

Chris Martin on What We Can Learn From Each Other—and the Natural World

By Chris Martin | April 8, 2020

How To Write a Novel When Everyone You Love Might Be Losing It

How To Write a Novel When Everyone You Love Might Be Losing It

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan on Negotiating Wellness and Sickness

By Rowan Hisayo Buchanan | April 8, 2020

In a Quiet London Enclave, Five Iconic Women Writers Forged a Home

In a Quiet London Enclave, Five Iconic Women Writers Forged a Home

Mecklenburgh Square Drew Virginia Woolf, Hilda Doolittle, and Others

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