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Finding Permission to Fail in<br> <em>A Confederacy of Dunces</em>

Finding Permission to Fail in
A Confederacy of Dunces

Mary Pauline Lowry on Its Grotesque Charms

By Mary Pauline Lowry | April 7, 2020

What Two Imaginary Cats Tell Us About Who We Are (and How We're Different)

What Two Imaginary Cats Tell Us About Who We Are (and How We're Different)

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on the Chaos of Feline Energy

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett | April 7, 2020

A Pandemic is Not a War (and Other Consequences of Male Inferiority)

A Pandemic is Not a War (and Other Consequences of Male Inferiority)

Nathaniel Popkin on the Sad and Stupid Men Who're Making Things Worse

By Nathaniel Popkin | April 6, 2020

My Dystopian Fiction Longs for a Better World

My Dystopian Fiction Longs for a Better World

Veronica Roth on Pessimism, Optimism. . . and Schitt's Creek

By Veronica Roth | April 6, 2020

Ken Liu on Identity and the Limits of Human Empathy

Ken Liu on Identity and the Limits of Human Empathy

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | April 5, 2020

How to Organize Your <br>Home Office

How to Organize Your
Home Office

Pre-Pandemic Advice for Post-Pandemic Life

By Ronda Kaysen and Michelle Higgins | April 3, 2020

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This is How You Write a Collaborative Essay

By Patrick Madden | April 1, 2020

Breyten Breytenbach Asks What if Exile Itself Were a Home?

By Breyten Breytenbach | April 1, 2020

Yoko Tawada: 'Language is a Living Thing'

By Literary Hub | April 1, 2020

Samantha Irby Absolutely Does Not Want Michelle Obama to Read Her Book

Samantha Irby Absolutely Does Not Want Michelle Obama to Read Her Book

Also, Why Riffing on TV is a Great Way to Break Writer's Block

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2020

C Pam Zhang on Writing in a Time of Grief

C Pam Zhang on Writing in a Time of Grief

"That mountain is not insurmountable."

By C Pam Zhang | March 31, 2020

Trying to Teach High School During a Global Pandemic

Trying to Teach High School During a Global Pandemic

was stolen from us."">"Our school year was already in its final act, and now its climax
was stolen from us."

By Nick Ripatrazone | March 31, 2020

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories in This Strange Long Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories in This Strange Long Month

The Best Writing at the Site in March

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2020

The Long Tradition of Writers Needing Ritual

The Long Tradition of Writers Needing Ritual

On Taking Inspiration From Famous Authors' Creative Processes

By Amitava Kumar | March 27, 2020

Aminatta Forna Diverges From the Homeschool Lesson Plan with Chinua Achebe

Aminatta Forna Diverges From the Homeschool Lesson Plan with Chinua Achebe

What You Teach When Things Start to Fall Apart

By Aminatta Forna | March 26, 2020

Reading <em>This Side of Paradise</em> at 100, During a Pandemic

Reading This Side of Paradise at 100, During a Pandemic

Or, Why Books Aren't Always the Best Escape

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