Vivian Gornick on the Solace and Revelation of Natalia Ginzburg

Vivian Gornick on the Solace and Revelation of Natalia Ginzburg

"In time, they seemed written for me."

By Vivian Gornick | February 11, 2020

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

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

Christopher Bollen, Emily Nemens, and More

By Teddy Wayne | February 11, 2020

What to Leave In, What to Leave Out: My Conversations with David Foster Wallace

What to Leave In, What to Leave Out: My Conversations with David Foster Wallace

Adrienne Miller on Literary Life in the 1990s

By Adrienne Miller | February 11, 2020

A Novel That Celebrates—and Mourns—Pre-Revolutionary Iran

A Novel That Celebrates—and Mourns—Pre-Revolutionary Iran

Dina Nayeri on Javad Djavaher's My Part of Her

By Dina Nayeri | February 11, 2020

The Fraught Task of Describing Life with David Foster Wallace

The Fraught Task of Describing Life with David Foster Wallace

Zan Romanoff on Adrienne Miller's In the Land of Men

By Zan Romanoff | February 10, 2020

Vivian Gornick and the Revolution That Won't End

Vivian Gornick and the Revolution That Won't End

John Freeman with the Author of Unfinished Business

By John Freeman | February 10, 2020

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The Maggie Nelson Test for Lesbian Dating Success

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Nuns Can Party, Too: On Defying Expectations of Piety

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How Detective Fiction Took Hold of Los Angeles

How Detective Fiction Took Hold of Los Angeles

Sam Wasson on the Creation of a City's Mythology

By Sam Wasson | February 7, 2020

Searching for Queerness in the Corners of History

Searching for Queerness in the Corners of History

On Jenn Shapland and "Hunting Lesbians"

By Catie Disabato | February 7, 2020

Lidia Yuknavitch on <em>Frankenstein</em>, Incarceration, and Overcoming Creative Blocks

Lidia Yuknavitch on Frankenstein, Incarceration, and Overcoming Creative Blocks

The Author of Verge on the Advice That Always Helps Her

By Literary Hub | February 6, 2020

When We Call a Book Cinematic, What Do We Really Mean?

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Sarah Kozloff on the Cross-Pollination of Art Forms

By Sarah Kozloff | February 6, 2020

Emily Nemens on Getting to the Heart of Recession-Era America in a Baseball Novel

Emily Nemens on Getting to the Heart of Recession-Era America in a Baseball Novel

The Author of The Cactus League in Conversation with Christian Kiefer

By Christian Kiefer | February 5, 2020

The Risk, and Reward, of Turning from Memoir to Fiction

The Risk, and Reward, of Turning from Memoir to Fiction

Amy Jo Burns on Driving Into the Unknown

By Amy Jo Burns | February 5, 2020

Life in a Freewheeling, Buoyant Dystopia (With Baseball at Its Center)

Life in a Freewheeling, Buoyant Dystopia (With Baseball at Its Center)

Gish Jen Talks to Mimi Lok About The Resisters and More

By Mimi Lok | February 5, 2020

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