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From <em>The Blacksmith’s Daughter</em> by Selim Özdoğan

From The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Selim Özdoğan

Translated by Ayça Türkoğlu and Katy Derbyshire

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 2, 2021

The Addict as Archaeologist: Telling the Hard Stories of Family Tragedy

The Addict as Archaeologist: Telling the Hard Stories of Family Tragedy

Steven Wingate on the Long Journey to His Latest Novel

By Steven Wingate | April 2, 2021

A Reckoning and a Testimonial: On Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”

A Reckoning and a Testimonial: On Robert Hayden’s “The Whipping”

Edward Hirsch Gives a Close Reading of Hayden's Unsentimental
Poem of Childhood

By Edward Hirsch | April 2, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Coffee House Press

Interview with an Indie Press: Coffee House Press

On Working Outside the Margins of Publishing

By Corinne Segal | April 2, 2021

On the 15-Year Journey to Translating Selim Özdoğan’s <em>The Blacksmith’s Daughter</em>

On the 15-Year Journey to Translating Selim Özdoğan’s The Blacksmith’s Daughter

A Conversation Between Katy Derbyshire and Ayça Türkoğlu

By Literary Hub | April 2, 2021

How Do Writers Without Access to Books Develop a Craft?

How Do Writers Without Access to Books Develop a Craft?

Sulaiman Addonia on the Lessons of Displacement

By Sulaiman Addonia | April 1, 2021

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Jo Ann Beard: What We're Writing When We Write Personal Essays

By The Maris Review | April 1, 2021

Inside the Long Friendship of James Merrill and
Elizabeth Bishop

By James Merrill | April 1, 2021

This Must Be the Place: On the Transcendent Refuge of the Musical Past

By Dawnie Walton | April 1, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

During April Showers, Vaccine Lines, etc.

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2021

Why I Decided to Write Fiction and Publish a Debut Novel<br> in My 80s

Why I Decided to Write Fiction and Publish a Debut Novel
in My 80s

Orville Schell on His Long Odyssey From Nonfiction to Fiction

By Orville Schell | April 1, 2021

The Anxiety of Influence: On the Few Books I Was Able to Read While Writing My Own

The Anxiety of Influence: On the Few Books I Was Able to Read While Writing My Own

Marcia Butler Recommends Jonathan Lee, Akhil Sharma, and More

By Marcia Butler | April 1, 2021

On the Valuable Writing Lessons I Learned as a Television Reporter

On the Valuable Writing Lessons I Learned as a Television Reporter

“I’m conscious of the economy of words, never saying more than what’s necessary.”

By Nancy Johnson | April 1, 2021

Reading James Joyce’s <em>Finnegans Wake</em>... Without Trying to Decode It

Reading James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake... Without Trying to Decode It

Introducing a New Five-Part Series on the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | April 1, 2021

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante?

Elisa Sotgiu on Reading Gender and Class in One of the Great Literary Mysteries of Our Time

By Elisa Sotgiu | March 31, 2021

The Best Reviewed Books </br>of the Month

The Best Reviewed Books
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Featuring New Titles by Kazuo Ishiguro, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Melissa Febos, Walter Isaacson, and more

By Book Marks | March 31, 2021

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