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Gospel of the Many Selves: Jessie Van Eerden on Searching for Home and Herself

Gospel of the Many Selves: Jessie Van Eerden on Searching for Home and Herself

The Author of “Yoke and Feather” Explores Biblical Stories, Desire, and a Painting by Velázquez

By Jessie Van Eerden | November 20, 2024

How a Young Sylvia Plath Found Her Literary Voice Through Diary Keeping

How a Young Sylvia Plath Found Her Literary Voice Through Diary Keeping

Carl Rollyson on the Teenage Years of One of America's Most Famous Female Poets

By Carl Rollyson | November 19, 2024

What the Novels of William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison Reveal About the Soul of America

What the Novels of William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison Reveal About the Soul of America

Edwin Frank Considers the Roots of a Nation's Literary Reckoning

By Edwin Frank | November 19, 2024

Slowing Poetry: On Learning to Walk and Write in a Changing, Ill Body

Slowing Poetry: On Learning to Walk and Write in a Changing, Ill Body

Traci Brimhall Transforms Her Poetry as Chronic Illness Shifts the Pacing of Her Life

By Traci Brimhall | November 19, 2024

Leslie Jamison and Emmeline Clein on Words That Cut

Leslie Jamison and Emmeline Clein on Words That Cut

In Conversation with Lena Crown on Awakeners

By awakeners | November 19, 2024

Haruki Murakami! Sondheim! <em>Parks and Rec</em>! 23 new books out today.

Haruki Murakami! Sondheim! Parks and Rec! 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 19, 2024

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I asked ChatGPT to write its own versions of iconic poems, and they are... not great!

By Jessie Gaynor | November 18, 2024

Oliver Sacks Letters to Thom Gunn: Inside an Epistolary Friendship

By Oliver Sacks | November 18, 2024

A Bag Full of Trouble: How I Found My Way Into My Debut Novel

By Bryan VanDyke | November 18, 2024

Carvell Wallace on Embracing Contradiction

Carvell Wallace on Embracing Contradiction

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By Memoir Nation | November 18, 2024

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Sleuthing Around at an Actual Nancy Drew Convention

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Sleuthing Around at an Actual Nancy Drew Convention

Plus: Ryan Chapman Calls in About the Booker Prize Winner

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Richard Price, Joan Didion & Eve Babitz, Katherine Rundell, and More

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Adrian Tomine on Building a Creative Career

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"It’s important for aspiring artists to be honest with themselves and really think about what they’re aiming for."

By Adrian Tomine | November 15, 2024

Poems of Power and Our Planet: Six Essential Ecopoetry Collections to Read

Poems of Power and Our Planet: Six Essential Ecopoetry Collections to Read

Dorsía Smith Silva Recommends Craig Santos Perez, Juliana Spahr, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and More

By Dorsia Smith Silva | November 15, 2024

Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Project 2025’s Plans For Book Bans

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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“This savage American novel consumed me, as much as I consumed it.”

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