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When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States

When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States

According to H. L. Mencken, Anyway

By Liesl Olson | September 18, 2017

Writing My Trauma With a Little Help From a Jason Bourne Car Chase

Writing My Trauma With a Little Help From a Jason Bourne Car Chase

Winnie M. Li on What Writers Can Take from the Big Screen

By Winnie M. Li | September 18, 2017

From High School to Vietnam, Waiting for the Fight to Begin

From High School to Vietnam, Waiting for the Fight to Begin

Echo Company Waits for War, on the Eve of the Tet Offensive

By Doug Stanton | September 18, 2017

American Xenophobia: Each Generation Must Write the Wrongs of History

American Xenophobia: Each Generation Must Write the Wrongs of History

Veronica Esposito on the Legacy and Lessons of Japanese Internment

By Veronica Esposito | September 18, 2017

Evil Enters From the Left: On Pantomime and the Classic Stage

Evil Enters From the Left: On Pantomime and the Classic Stage

Elly Griffiths Remembers Learning the Feel of Real Drama

By Elly Griffiths | September 18, 2017

Lit Hub Weekly: September 11 - 15, 2017

Lit Hub Weekly: September 11 - 15, 2017

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | September 16, 2017

Best Reviewed
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  • London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
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Why Send Whale Song Into Space?

By Margret Grebowicz | September 15, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: September 15, 2017

By Lit Hub Daily | September 15, 2017

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on How to Write and How to Read

By Emily Temple | September 15, 2017

A Journey to the Heart of Old Japan

A Journey to the Heart of Old Japan

Kenny Fries Seeks Some Peace Alongside All the Gods on the Island

By Kenny Fries | September 15, 2017

The German-Jewish Refugees Who Created <em>Curious George</em>

The German-Jewish Refugees Who Created Curious George

"Theirs Was a Life of Exile and, Thereafter, Self-Invention"

By Nicholas Delbanco | September 15, 2017

To Heal or To Hurt? On Being a Military Medic in Iraq

To Heal or To Hurt? On Being a Military Medic in Iraq

Jon Kerstetter Makes Impossible Decisions in the Iraqi Desert

By Jon Kerstetter | September 15, 2017

Writing Between Countries and Across Borders: A Conversation

Writing Between Countries and Across Borders: A Conversation

Jamaica Kincaid, Marlon James, Valeria Luiselli, and Others

By Literary Hub | September 15, 2017

To Abolish the Chinese Language: On a Century of Reformist Rhetoric

To Abolish the Chinese Language: On a Century of Reformist Rhetoric

Thomas S. Mullaney on Theories of Chinese Modernization

By Thomas S. Mullaney | September 15, 2017

Hiroshima, the Holocaust, and the Meaning of

Hiroshima, the Holocaust, and the Meaning of "Survivor"

“There is No Payment That Could Begin to Make Up for Any of It”

By Elizabeth Rosner | September 15, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: September 14, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: September 14, 2017

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | September 14, 2017

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