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What Would It Mean to Live in <br>a World Without Stories?

What Would It Mean to Live in
a World Without Stories?

Alexis Wright on the Systemic Weaponization of Silence

By Alexis Wright | May 8, 2019

Damian Barr Moves From Memoir to Fiction and Finds Inspiration in a Real Life Crime

Damian Barr Moves From Memoir to Fiction and Finds Inspiration in a Real Life Crime

"You want the whole thing to be historic—but these stories are hideously contemporary."

By Daneet Steffens | May 8, 2019

Kanako Nishi on Writing Gender, Power, and the Pain of Others

Kanako Nishi on Writing Gender, Power, and the Pain of Others

"I believe that lines should be capable of changing shape in many ways."

By Allison Markin Powell | May 8, 2019

Rebecca Solnit on Setting <em>Cinderella</em> Free for Contemporary Readers

Rebecca Solnit on Setting Cinderella Free for Contemporary Readers

A Classic Fairytale Rebuilt as a Working Class Liberation Story

By Rebecca Solnit | May 7, 2019

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

Patricia Dwyer Revisits the Spaces She Has Lost

By Patricia M. Dwyer | May 7, 2019

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

On the Beauty of Defeat and the Future of Europe

By Aysegul Sert | May 7, 2019

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

By Teddy Wayne | May 7, 2019

What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

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

On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

On the Modern American Obsession with French Revolution Narratives

Because Guillotines and Eating the Rich Never Really Go Out of Style

By Tobias Carroll | May 3, 2019

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

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

the integrity of her subject."">"She maintains her own integrity and she respects
the integrity of her subject."

By Anjelica Huston | May 3, 2019

On <em>Not</em> Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

On Not Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

Erika Swyler on the Autobiographical Truths of Fiction

By Erika Swyler | May 3, 2019

<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
Most Challenging Works

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
in a very literal sense."

By Janaka Stucky | May 3, 2019

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