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Why Does Literature Hate Babies?

Why Does Literature Hate Babies?

On the Sometimes Reciprocal Hostility Between Writing and Children

By Rivka Galchen | May 6, 2016

Tyehimba Jess on Excavating Popular Music Through Poetry

Tyehimba Jess on Excavating Popular Music Through Poetry

Exploring the Sustenance of Song and Historical Clapbacks

By Adam Fitzgerald | May 5, 2016

Love is Boring and Hard to Write About, And Yet...

Love is Boring and Hard to Write About, And Yet...

Lydia Millet on Why Hate Is Juicy and Love Is Dry

By Lydia Millet | May 5, 2016

The 10 Russian Literary Heroines You Should Know

The 10 Russian Literary Heroines You Should Know

And Why Russian Women Know Better Than to Expect a Happily-Ever-After

By Guillermo Erades | May 5, 2016

How Judy Blume Changed My Life

How Judy Blume Changed My Life

Lily King on the Book That Got Her Through Her Parents' Divorce

By Lily King | May 4, 2016

On the Quest to Write in a Third Language

On the Quest to Write in a Third Language

Amara Lakhous Dreams of Green Cheese and Being Reborn into New York City

By Amara Lakhous | May 4, 2016

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Writers, The Loneliest Artists of All

By Michele Filgate | May 4, 2016

The Perpetual Solitude of the Writer

By Adam Haslett | May 3, 2016

On Don DeLillo's Deep Italian-American Roots

By Nick Ripatrazone | May 3, 2016

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Ken Pisani on Writing Across Disciplines

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The Dove's Necklace

The Dove's Necklace

Raja Alem, trans. by Katharine Halls and Adam Talib

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 2, 2016

On Bad B&Bs, Writing As a Single-Parent, and the Presidential Elections

On Bad B&Bs, Writing As a Single-Parent, and the Presidential Elections

Talking with Lydia Millet, in Advance of Her New Novel

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How Billy Joel Taught Me To Write

How Billy Joel Taught Me To Write

Benjamin Wood Offers a Thoughtful and Irony-Free Appreciation of the Piano Man

By Benjamin Wood | May 2, 2016

Why Are There So Many Novels About Famous Writers?

Why Are There So Many Novels About Famous Writers?

Heller McAlpin Analyzes a Recent Surge in Biographical Fiction

By Heller McAlpin | April 29, 2016

Interview with a Gatekeeper: New Directions' Declan Spring

Interview with a Gatekeeper: New Directions' Declan Spring

On the Wonderful Past, and Bright Future of James Laughlin's Legendary Press

By Kerri Arsenault | April 29, 2016

Infiltrating Literature's Secret Societies

Infiltrating Literature's Secret Societies

Tobias Carroll on Our Fascination with All-Powerful, Unseen Institutions

By Tobias Carroll | April 29, 2016

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