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Why Short Stories?

Why Short Stories?

Jim Shepard on the White Hot Literary Center of America

By Emily Temple | August 1, 2017

Duke Ellington Really Just Wanted to Be a Writer

Duke Ellington Really Just Wanted to Be a Writer

On the Literary Sensibilities of a Great American Musician

By Brent Hayes Edwards | August 1, 2017

We Got Too Big For the World

We Got Too Big For the World

Paul Kingsnorth on Life in the End Times with the Cult of Growth

By Paul Kingsnorth | August 1, 2017

When Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Disappeared

When Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Disappeared

Life Imitated Art for the Author of The Little Prince

By Pierre Lassus | August 1, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Politics, Poets, and Performers

5 Books Making News This Week: Politics, Poets, and Performers

Joshua Green, Karin Roffman, Shawn Wen, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | August 1, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: July 31, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: July 31, 2017

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | July 31, 2017

Best Reviewed
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  • The Silver Book
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The Most Anthologized Essays of the Last 25 Years

By Emily Temple | July 31, 2017

Turning Away Refugees is an American Tradition

By Inara Verzemnieks | July 31, 2017

Sympathy for the Rich? A Conversation with Christopher Bollen

By Bethanne Patrick | July 31, 2017

Mental Illness is Not a Capital Crime

Mental Illness is Not a Capital Crime

On the Disproportionate Impact of Police Violence on Women of Color

By Andrea J. Ritchie | July 31, 2017

A Report from the First-Ever Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival

A Report from the First-Ever Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival

Than They Had in a Very Long Time."">"I Felt Like People Were Talking to Me More Directly
Than They Had in a Very Long Time."

By Kyle Lucia Wu | July 31, 2017

How a Novel is Like an Orchestra

How a Novel is Like an Orchestra

Nancy Zafris and Marcia Butler on Music, Math, and Stories

By Literary Hub | July 31, 2017

Lit Hub Weekly: July 24 - 28, 2017

Lit Hub Weekly: July 24 - 28, 2017

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | July 29, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: July 28, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: July 28, 2017

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | July 28, 2017

Trump's Shameful, Cruel Ban on People Like Me

Trump's Shameful, Cruel Ban on People Like Me

His Presidency Can Never Be Normalized, But My Shame Has Been

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 28, 2017

OJ Simpson is One-Man Book Industry

OJ Simpson is One-Man Book Industry

Everyone Who Knows the Man Seems to Think They Have a Book in Them

By Dwyer Murphy | July 28, 2017

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