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A Poet's Case for Wasting Time

A Poet's Case for Wasting Time

Kayo Chingonyi on Setting Aside the Imperatives of Late Capitalism

By Kayo Chingonyi | October 10, 2019

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Giant of Kenyan Letters

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Giant of Kenyan Letters

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In Which Daniel Mendelsohn Wishes Someone Would Ask Him About Gardening

In Which Daniel Mendelsohn Wishes Someone Would Ask Him About Gardening

(And Also Answers Some Questions About Books)

By Daniel Mendelsohn | October 9, 2019

Josephine Rowe on Craft, Climate Grief, and the Politics of Fiction

Josephine Rowe on Craft, Climate Grief, and the Politics of Fiction

The Author of Here Until August in Conversation with Brandon Taylor

By Brandon Taylor | October 8, 2019

Philip Pullman on Children's Literature and the Critics Who Disdain It

Philip Pullman on Children's Literature and the Critics Who Disdain It

Don't Let Anyone Tell You What You Should or Should Not Be Reading

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

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