Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Linda Grant: “We are all made up of private family legends, we are all novels in the making.”

By Linda Grant | November 13, 2024

Didion and Babitz! John Berger! Sylvia Plath! 24 new books out today.

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Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

“Books and stories can be a light that leads toward the pursuit of truth in what might be dark times.”

By W. Ralph Eubanks | November 12, 2024

The Poet of the Revolution: Read Newly Translated Work by One of Egypt’s Most Prominent Poets, Mostafa Ibrahim

The Poet of the Revolution: Read Newly Translated Work by One of Egypt’s Most Prominent Poets, Mostafa Ibrahim

The “Tofranil Poems,” Translated by Abdelrahman ElGendy

By Literary Hub | November 12, 2024

Marguerite Sheffer on Crafting a Collection of Century-Spanning Speculative Fiction

Marguerite Sheffer on Crafting a Collection of Century-Spanning Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Man in the Banana Trees”

By Jane Ciabattari | November 12, 2024

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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On Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

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On Poetry as Historical Record, the Legacy of Colonialism, and Depicting Disaster in Verse

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Megan Pinto on Moving With Language

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Elizabeth Rosner on Listening

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Six Writers on Procrastination

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How Miranda July, George Saunders, and More Think About Not-Writing

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Neal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History

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Eric Olson Talks to the Author of “Polostan”

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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“With this sly sleight of hand, Senna deftly scrambles hierarchies of race, class, and culture.”

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Maris Kreizman Finds Some Silver Linings

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