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Sophomore Slump? 6 Novels that Disprove an Old Cliché

Sophomore Slump? 6 Novels that Disprove an Old Cliché

Second Books Can’t All Be Bad!

By Kevin Powers | May 17, 2018

The Return of Socialism in America?

The Return of Socialism in America?

Fiction/Non/Fiction # 17: Dana Goldstein and Thomas Frank

By Literary Hub | May 17, 2018

The Water War That Polarized 1920s California

The Water War That Polarized 1920s California

When a "Scofflaw Carnival" Occupied the L.A. Aqueduct

By Gary Krist | May 17, 2018

The Woman Bringing the Bronx its First Book Festival

The Woman Bringing the Bronx its First Book Festival

Meet Saraciea Fennell, the Person Who Started it All

By Matt Grant | May 17, 2018

Celebrating the Art of the Book Cover

Celebrating the Art of the Book Cover

Peter Mendelsund, Jaya Miceli, Oliver Munday, Helen Yentus, and 100 Beautiful Books

By Literary Hub | May 17, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: May 16, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: May 16, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | May 16, 2018

Best Reviewed
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Announcing the 2018 O. Henry Prize Stories

By Literary Hub | May 16, 2018

How to Run Storytime Without Boring Everyone to Death

By Kristen Arnett | May 16, 2018

Rereading Little Women in its 150th Anniversary Year

By Rebecca Foster | May 16, 2018

Tom Wolfe on the Writer's Hippocratic Oath:

Tom Wolfe on the Writer's Hippocratic Oath: "First, Entertain."

John Freeman's 2004 Interview with the Legendary Writer

By John Freeman | May 16, 2018

On David Foster Wallace, Georg Cantor, and Infinity

On David Foster Wallace, Georg Cantor, and Infinity

The Difficulty of Writing About Abstract Mathematical Ideas

By Jim Holt | May 16, 2018

I Forgot, Like You, To Die: 12 Palestinian Writers Respond to the Ongoing Nakba

I Forgot, Like You, To Die: 12 Palestinian Writers Respond to the Ongoing Nakba

"Gaza makes an audacious claim on life; its people continue to resist."

By Literary Hub | May 16, 2018

The Art of the Moving Book Cover

The Art of the Moving Book Cover

Michael Salu on Building a Dynamic Visual Identity for Books Online

By Michael Salu | May 16, 2018

Palestinian Resistance: An Icon for Those Who Long to Live Free

Palestinian Resistance: An Icon for Those Who Long to Live Free

"We Have Only Ourselves and People of Conscience to Effectuate Our Own Liberation"

By Susan Abulhawa | May 16, 2018

On Soseki's Bitingly Critical Novel, <em>I Am a Cat</em>

On Soseki's Bitingly Critical Novel, I Am a Cat

A Comic Evocation of the Author's Deep Pessimism about His Own Humanity

By John Nathan | May 16, 2018

Tom Wolfe has Died at 87

Tom Wolfe has Died at 87

RIP a Giant of American Letters

By Emily Temple | May 15, 2018

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