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Alexander McCall Smith: In Praise of W.H. Auden

Alexander McCall Smith: In Praise of W.H. Auden

And from Moby Dick to Patrick O'Brian...

By Literary Hub | April 5, 2017

Ana Marie Cox on Our New National Nightmare

Ana Marie Cox on Our New National Nightmare

Trying to Find Meaning and a Little Understanding in 2017

By Literary Hub | April 4, 2017

Don't Be a Dick: Colum McCann's Advice to Young Writers

Don't Be a Dick: Colum McCann's Advice to Young Writers

On the Importance of Kindness and Reading Widely

By Colum McCann | April 3, 2017

Is Your Name Your Destiny?

Is Your Name Your Destiny?

On the Intrinsic Power of What People Call (and Miscall) You

By Catherine Buni | April 3, 2017

I Love <em>The Great Gatsby</em>, Even if it Doesn't Love Me Back

I Love The Great Gatsby, Even if it Doesn't Love Me Back

On Difficult Characters and the Unbearable Whiteness of Classic Literature

By Stephanie Powell Watts | April 3, 2017

On the Philosophical Implications of Shelving Books

On the Philosophical Implications of Shelving Books

Or, the Time I Reorganized the Cook Books at BookCourt

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A Modern Master on Realism, Fantasy, and the Violence of Latin-American Politics

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Julia Dahl: Crime Fiction Among the Pious

Julia Dahl: Crime Fiction Among the Pious

Getting Tipsy with the Author of Conviction

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Life Advice From Adrienne Rich

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Greg Iles: In Praise of Larry McMurtry (Postmodernists, Not So Much)

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The Author of the Natchez Burning Trilogy on the Books in His Life

By Literary Hub | March 27, 2017

In Which Jonathan Lethem and Heidi Julavits Talk About Movies

In Which Jonathan Lethem and Heidi Julavits Talk About Movies

Part of The Criterion Channel's Adventures in Moviegoing series

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2017

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