Snobs, Sophisticates, and Scathing Reviews in Wartime London

Snobs, Sophisticates, and Scathing Reviews in Wartime London

D.J. Taylor on Cyril Connolly Shepherd of "High Brow" Literature

By D.J. Taylor | March 13, 2020

A Close Reading of the Chilling Prologue of Donna Tartt's <em>The Secret History</em>

A Close Reading of the Chilling Prologue of Donna Tartt's The Secret History

"Why, looking for new ferns."

By Emily Temple | March 12, 2020

What the Literary World Gets Wrong About Accessibility

What the Literary World Gets Wrong About Accessibility

The Inaccessible Forest: Amanda Leduc on Writing a Book About Fairy Tales

By Amanda Leduc | March 12, 2020

Cultivating Solitude, <br>The Henry James' Way

Cultivating Solitude,
The Henry James' Way

On “the lonely celibate who has to boil his own pot.”

By Fenton Johnson | March 10, 2020

Pintle, Gudgeon, Chock: On the Rich, Wonderful (and Odd) Vocabulary of Sailing

Pintle, Gudgeon, Chock: On the Rich, Wonderful (and Odd) Vocabulary of Sailing

Luis Jaramillo Heads to the Hudson for a Break From Writing

By Luis Jaramillo | March 10, 2020

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

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

Kevin Nguyen, Paul Lisicky, and More

By Literary Hub | March 10, 2020

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Alison Stine on the Haves and Have-Nots of America's Biggest Writers' Conference

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How Can Palestinian Writers Resist Consumption by Colonial Narratives?

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George Abraham on Imagination and Reinvention

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How Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Continues to Show Up in Literary Fiction

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David Schwartz on the Formal Experimentation of Carmen Maria Machado, Rick Moody, and Julio Cortázar

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The Hidden Power of the Passive Protagonist

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Jessi Jezewska Stevens on Characters with Perpetual Potential

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A Conversation with Poet David Ferry on the Occasion of His 96th Birthday

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Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of Bewilderment About Early Influences, Iambic Pentameter, and How It's All Translation

By Peter Mishler | March 5, 2020

Writing and Confronting Terror in the Form of a Color

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Theodore Wheeler's Notes on Blue

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The 75 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of <em>On the Road</em>

The 75 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of On the Road

"Like reading Mapquest directions for several hundred pages."

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