The Best War Narratives Go Beyond Brute Force

The Best War Narratives Go Beyond Brute Force

Kerry Greenwood on Lindy Cameron’s Redback

By Kerry Greenwood | September 21, 2020

In Vigdis Hjorth's Norway, Perfect Happiness Amounts to Complacency

In Vigdis Hjorth's Norway, Perfect Happiness Amounts to Complacency

Charlotte Barslund on "A Social Democracy Fraying at the Edges"

By Charlotte Barslund | September 21, 2020

Susan Burton on Saying the Thing She Was Most<br> Scared to Say

Susan Burton on Saying the Thing She Was Most
Scared to Say

From the Bookable Podcast with Author Amanda Stern

By Bookable | September 21, 2020

"Guilt."

A Poem by Victoria Chang, from Obit

By Victoria Chang | September 21, 2020

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 21, 2020

On Enheduanna, the First Poet to Ascribe Her Own Name to Her Works

On Enheduanna, the First Poet to Ascribe Her Own Name to Her Works

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 21, 2020

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Is America Due for a Reboot?

By Keen On | September 21, 2020

Language Keepers: On the Fight to Save the Karuk Language

By Emergence Magazine | September 21, 2020

When the Dead Come Calling by Helen Sedgwick, Read by Julie Maisey

By Behind the Mic | September 21, 2020

The Moral (and Financial) Hazards of Charging the Sick for Health Care

The Moral (and Financial) Hazards of Charging the Sick for Health Care

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | September 21, 2020

Character-Building: On Past Traumas and a Future for the Stage

Character-Building: On Past Traumas and a Future for the Stage

Dan O'Brien Knows That Every Family is Unhappy in Its Own Way

By Dan O'Brien | September 18, 2020

Ayad Akhtar on Why Literature Isn't Just a 'Bleeding-Heart Liberal' Preoccupation

Ayad Akhtar on Why Literature Isn't Just a 'Bleeding-Heart Liberal' Preoccupation

This Week on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | September 18, 2020

On Land Ethics and One of the Last Heaths in Northern Europe

On Land Ethics and One of the Last Heaths in Northern Europe

Why Robert Michael Pyle Is Haunted by a Field of Heather

By Robert Michael Pyle | September 18, 2020

Moving Through Books and Books That Move Us

Moving Through Books and Books That Move Us

Caryl Pagel on Essays That Invite Reader Participation

By Caryl Pagel | September 18, 2020

Can America's Governors Save Our System of Democracy?

Can America's Governors Save Our System of Democracy?

Saladin Ambar on Where Power Lies in These United States

By Saladin Ambar | September 18, 2020

Lit Hub Recommends: <em>Nice White Parents</em>, <em>The Princess Bride</em> LIVE, and Samantha Crain

Lit Hub Recommends: Nice White Parents, The Princess Bride LIVE, and Samantha Crain

Also, Sing Some '80s Songs to Your Dog!

By Literary Hub | September 18, 2020

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