Falling in Love with Malcolm X—and His Mastery of Metaphor

Falling in Love with Malcolm X—and His Mastery of Metaphor

"The metaphor reveals a world behind the world of things."

By Mateo Askaripour | April 10, 2019

When a Reader Figures Out What Your Book is <em>Actually</em> About

When a Reader Figures Out What Your Book is Actually About

Marcia Butler on Coming to Terms with Her Lifelong Dream Coming True

By Marcia Butler | April 10, 2019

Annie Proulx on Freewheeling<br> Nature Writer Ellen Meloy

Annie Proulx on Freewheeling
Nature Writer Ellen Meloy

"Some of the essays seem to have been written last week, so fresh are the topics."

By Annie Proulx | April 10, 2019

Viet Thanh Nguyen: How Not to Bore Your Audience at a Reading

Viet Thanh Nguyen: How Not to Bore Your Audience at a Reading

Channel Obama. Perform. Drink if You Must.

By Viet Thanh Nguyen | April 9, 2019

Even My Imaginary Male Muses<br> Don't Measure Up

Even My Imaginary Male Muses
Don't Measure Up

Jen Mediano Can't Help But Be a Little Disappointed

By Jen Mediano | April 9, 2019

Jennifer DuBois, Angie Kim, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

Jennifer DuBois, Angie Kim, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | April 9, 2019

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Svetlana Alexievich in Praise
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Serial Killer As Instagram Influencer? On Killing Eve's Cool Girl Assassin

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The Best Argument is a Good Book: Writing Advice from Saul Bellow

The Best Argument is a Good Book: Writing Advice from Saul Bellow

"There is such a thing as overcapitalizing the A in artist."

By Emily Temple | April 5, 2019

On the Real-Time Thrill of Reading<br> a Writer's Diary

On the Real-Time Thrill of Reading
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From Harry Crosby to John Cheever, Duncan Hannah's Favorite Journals

By Duncan Hannah | April 5, 2019

What John Hughes Taught Me About<br> the Importance of a Name

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Sloane Tanen on the Lessons of Sloane Peterson

By Sloane Tanen | April 4, 2019

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of <em>Nineteen Eighty-Four</em>

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Nineteen Eighty-Four

The Most Boring, Depressing Book of All Time?

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Learning to Love<br> the Worst Commute in America

Learning to Love
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How Teaching Fiction is a Lot Like Driving Six Hours a Day

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James Baldwin: 'I Can't Accept Western Values Because They Don't Accept Me'

James Baldwin: 'I Can't Accept Western Values Because They Don't Accept Me'

In a 1964 Interview with Robert Penn Warren

By Robert Penn Warren | April 4, 2019

Meet the Shortlisted Writers for the 2019 Albertine Prize

Meet the Shortlisted Writers for the 2019 Albertine Prize

The 5 Translated French Novels in the Running for the $10,000 Prize

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2019

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