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On Narrative Medicine and Finding a New Language For Illness

On Narrative Medicine and Finding a New Language For Illness

Marcus Creaghan Considers the Ways We Describe Pain

By Marcus Creaghan | September 3, 2019

Where Was My Hero’s Journey?, My <em>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl</em>?

Where Was My Hero’s Journey?, My Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl?

Janet Fitch on Finding a Real Coming-of-Age Tale

By Janet Fitch | September 3, 2019

Kevin McIlvoy on Writing About Listening

Kevin McIlvoy on Writing About Listening

The Author of At the Gate of All Wonder on First Draft

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 3, 2019

“Sent to the Monk” <br> A Poem by Mary Ruefle

“Sent to the Monk”
A Poem by Mary Ruefle

From Dunce

By Mary Ruefle | September 1, 2019

Good Sentences Are Why <br>We Read

Good Sentences Are Why
We Read

Joe Moran (and Other Writers) on the Basic Building Blocks of Writing

By Joe Moran | August 30, 2019

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Geminis are so easy to pick for this month.

By Emily Temple | August 30, 2019

Best Reviewed
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Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

By Emily Firetog | August 30, 2019

My Child Lives On in My Imperfect Memories

By Naja Marie Aidt | August 30, 2019

What John Stuart Mill Can Teach Us About Democracy

By Keen On | August 30, 2019

The Day My Mother Vanished<br> as a Child

The Day My Mother Vanished
as a Child

Laura Cumming on the Mysterious Kidnapping
of a Three-Year-Old Girl

By Laura Cumming | August 30, 2019

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in New Orleans

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in New Orleans

Walk in Faulkner's Footsteps and Discover the City's Newest Voices

By Colleen Rothman | August 30, 2019

Where the Amateur Reader Ends, and the Professional Critic Begins

Where the Amateur Reader Ends, and the Professional Critic Begins

Tom Lutz on Where the Love of Books Can Lead

By Tom Lutz | August 30, 2019

The Sealey Challenge: An Expansive Way of Reading Poetry

The Sealey Challenge: An Expansive Way of Reading Poetry

On Reading 31 Books in 31 Days

By Laura Buccieri | August 30, 2019

Ayşe Papatya Bucak on Researching Her Own Past

Ayşe Papatya Bucak on Researching Her Own Past

The Trojan War Museum Author on The Literary Life
with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | August 30, 2019

The 12 Best Book Covers<br> of August

The 12 Best Book Covers
of August

Or, Fun with Text and Cutouts

By Emily Temple | August 29, 2019

The Virtues of the Semicolon; or, Rebellious Punctuation

The Virtues of the Semicolon; or, Rebellious Punctuation

It Cares Not for Your Rules

By Cecelia Watson | August 29, 2019

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