How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”

By Nnamdi Ehirim | June 18, 2019

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20 "Perfect Summer Books" for This and Every Year

If Every Kind of Book is Perfect for Summer, Are Any of Them?

By Emily Temple | June 17, 2019

Jayson Greene on the Risks of Writing About Grief

Jayson Greene on the Risks of Writing About Grief

"The worst stories are the self-serving ones."

By Hannah Seidlitz | June 17, 2019

In Defense of My Family Business: The Soap Opera Storyteller

In Defense of My Family Business: The Soap Opera Storyteller

Nicholas Mancusi on the Importance of Plot and Inventiveness

By Nicholas Mancusi | June 17, 2019

On Movies and How to Write About Them

On Movies and How to Write About Them

Lili Anolik and Geoff Dyer in Conversation

By Literary Hub | June 17, 2019

Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's <em>Ulysses</em>

Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's Ulysses

Ally Findley on the Historical Importance of Sweny's Pharmacy, Which May Soon Vanish

By Ally Findley | June 14, 2019

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Writing During Naptime, a Parent's Practice

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On the Fine Art of Researching For Fiction  

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Jake Wolff: How to Write Beyond the Borders of Your Experience

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How to Eulogize an Animal

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Gabrielle Bellot on Pablo Neruda, Virginia Woolf, and Saying Goodbye to Dead Pets

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Jim DeRogatis: Consuming the Art of a Predator is Always a Moral Choice

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On R. Kelly and Separating Art From the Artist

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A Very Honest Account of Life with Pablo Picasso

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On Françoise Gilot's Classic Memoir of Time with a "Great Man"

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Nicole Dennis-Benn, Domenica Ruta, and More Take the LitHub Questionnaire

Nicole Dennis-Benn, Domenica Ruta, and More Take the LitHub Questionnaire

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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On Alabama's Dark History of Brutalizing Black Women's Bodies

On Alabama's Dark History of Brutalizing Black Women's Bodies

Camille T. Dungy Looks at Three Recent Books on the State's

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