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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

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

On the Novel Great Expectations

By Eileen Myles | May 2, 2019

Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith <br>on Their Literary Influences

Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith
on Their Literary Influences

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.

By Katie Yee | May 1, 2019

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

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

Life is Long, Wit is Brief

By Mervyn Horder | May 1, 2019

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The Comma Queen and
the Internet's Copy Chief on What Matters to a Copyeditor

By Literary Hub | May 1, 2019

Finding Freedom in Writing a Language My
Parents Can't Read

By Kia Abdullah | May 1, 2019

On the Great Clarice Lispector

By Benjamin Moser | April 30, 2019

On the Struggle to Become a True<br> Parisian Flaneur

On the Struggle to Become a True
Parisian Flaneur

Ayesegul Savas Unravels a Novel on the City's Streets

By Aysegül Savas | April 30, 2019

On the Literary Pitfalls of Writing About the Young and Rich

On the Literary Pitfalls of Writing About the Young and Rich

Michael Knight Didn't Set Out to Write a Prep School Novel

By Michael Knight | April 30, 2019

Sex and Sexability: On Writing Desire in the Regency Years

Sex and Sexability: On Writing Desire in the Regency Years

In Which Is Discussed Assorted 'Paragons of Debauchery'

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Why Was Shakespeare Wary of <br>Writing About Religion?

Why Was Shakespeare Wary of
Writing About Religion?

He Would've Made a Terrible Puritan...

By Jonathan Bate | April 30, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite <br>Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite
Stories This Month

The Best Writing at the Site in April

By Literary Hub | April 30, 2019

Leila Slimani Doesn't Care If <br>You're Uncomfortable

Leila Slimani Doesn't Care If
You're Uncomfortable

The Author of The Perfect Nanny Sits Down with John Freeman

By John Freeman | April 29, 2019

David Means on the World As<br> Endless Inspiration

David Means on the World As
Endless Inspiration

"Art arrives out of a tension between the private and the public..."

By David Means | April 29, 2019

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