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Literary Hoax is the Most Underappreciated Genre

Literary Hoax is the Most Underappreciated Genre

From James Macpherson to Lee Israel to JT LeRoy, It's All Good

By J.W. McCormack | October 30, 2018

The Radical Moralist:  On Lionel Trilling's Literary Criticism

The Radical Moralist: On Lionel Trilling's Literary Criticism

Writing in the Cusp of the Victorian and Modern

By Adam Kirsch | October 30, 2018

Meet National Book Award Finalist Leslie Connor

Meet National Book Award Finalist Leslie Connor

The Author of The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle on Short Sentences
and Dedicated Daydreaming

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2018

Meet National Book Award Finalist Christopher Paul Curtis

Meet National Book Award Finalist Christopher Paul Curtis

The Author of The Journey of Little Charlie on Writer's Block and Coaching in the Minor Leagues

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: October 29, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: October 29, 2018

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By Lit Hub Daily | October 29, 2018

Searching for Graham Greene's Havana

Searching for Graham Greene's Havana

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By Sarah Rainsford | October 29, 2018

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The Thin Line Between Liberalism and Totalitarianism

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The Souls of Latarian Milton

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When Young Black Boys Come to a Crossroads

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In Gratitude for the Fierce Women of the World

In Gratitude for the Fierce Women of the World

Laird Hunt on the Women at the Center of His Novels

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Meet National Book Award Finalists M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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The Authors of The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge on Twin Peaks, Boris Pasternak, and Vladimir Lenin

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Lit Hub Weekly: October 22 - 26, 2018

Lit Hub Weekly: October 22 - 26, 2018

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Lit Hub Daily: October 26, 2018

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It's What You Want, What You Really Really Want

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