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Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

What's Not to Love About Descriptions of Food and Strong Opinions About Poets?

By Gerður Kristný | May 7, 2019

On the Beauty of Defeat and the Future of Europe

On the Beauty of Defeat and the Future of Europe

Laurent Gaudé in Conversation with Aysegul Sert

By Aysegul Sert | May 7, 2019

Binnie Kirshenbaum, Ryan Chapman, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

Binnie Kirshenbaum, Ryan Chapman, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | May 7, 2019

What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

Nam Le on David Malouf and the Violence of World-Building

By Nam Le | May 6, 2019

Taking an Author's Photo Is Like Going on a First Date

Taking an Author's Photo Is Like Going on a First Date

Nina Subin on the Careful Process of Taking a Writer's Headshot

By Nina Subin | May 6, 2019

The New Toolkit For Opening Up Your Memoir Writing

The New Toolkit For Opening Up Your Memoir Writing

Eve Makis on Creating Outlets for Those Who Might Not Have Them

By Eve Makis | May 6, 2019

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On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

By Tobias Carroll | May 3, 2019

Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

By Anjelica Huston | May 3, 2019

On Not Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

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<em>Finnegan's Wake</em> at 80: <br>In Defense of the Difficult

Finnegan's Wake at 80:
In Defense of the Difficult

On the Pleasure of Annotating One of Literature's
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By Susie Lopez | May 3, 2019

Poetry, Like Witchcraft and Magick, is an Act of Transformation

Poetry, Like Witchcraft and Magick, is an Act of Transformation

in a very literal sense."">"When I say my poems worked as spells, I mean it
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Miriam Toews on What Forgiveness Means in the #MeToo Era

Miriam Toews on What Forgiveness Means in the #MeToo Era

The Author of Women Talking in Conversation with Hannah Lillith Assadi

By Hannah Lillith Assadi | May 2, 2019

Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

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Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith
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A Conversation with the Special Honorees at the Lambda Literary Awards

By William Johnson | May 2, 2019

Happy birthday, Joseph Heller! Here's a gift: a classic review of <em>Catch-22.</em>

Happy birthday, Joseph Heller! Here's a gift: a classic review of Catch-22.

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Dorothy Parker: Political Activist, Melancholic, Bootleg Scotch-Drinker

Dorothy Parker: Political Activist, Melancholic, Bootleg Scotch-Drinker

Life is Long, Wit is Brief

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