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Happy 100th Birthday, Shirley Jackson!

Happy 100th Birthday, Shirley Jackson!

Seven Pieces Celebrating a Spooky Century

By Literary Hub | December 14, 2016

A Literary Round Table With Michelle Latiolais

A Literary Round Table With Michelle Latiolais

Something Between a Lit Celebrity Roast and a Best Case Post-Reading Q&A Session

By Literary Hub | December 14, 2016

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Did America Just Elect Baron Munchausen?

On the Appeal of Fantasists, Storytellers, and Liars

By Tobias Carroll | December 14, 2016

Claire Messud on Philsophy, Tragicomedy, and Dog Indigestion

Claire Messud on Philsophy, Tragicomedy, and Dog Indigestion

A Q&A Inspired by Messud's Essay "Going to the Dogs"

By Paige Jarvis | December 14, 2016

Watch Shirley Hazzard's Brilliance in Action

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Goodbye to One of our greatest novelists

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LitHub Daily: December 13, 2016

LitHub Daily: December 13, 2016

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By Lit Hub Daily | December 13, 2016

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Life in Interesting Times: What Orwell Can (and Can't) Teach Us

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On Failing to Write for the Internet

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How Nostalgia Corrupts Politics and Pop Culture

How Nostalgia Corrupts Politics and Pop Culture

On Donald Trump, Stranger Things, and Longing for an Imaginary Past

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Five Books Making News This Week: Flavors, Falling-Outs, and Felines

Five Books Making News This Week: Flavors, Falling-Outs, and Felines

Sarah Lohman, Alex Beam, Michael Tisserand, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | December 13, 2016

Even Bob Dylan Doesn't Think His Songs Are Literature

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Just Like Shakespeare, Apparently

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LitHub Daily: December 12, 2016

LitHub Daily: December 12, 2016

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What Really Goes on With Those <em>New York Review of Books</em> Personals

What Really Goes on With Those New York Review of Books Personals

A Work of Speculative Fiction by Jonathan Baumbach

By Jonathan Baumbach | December 12, 2016

Sex, Politics, and Coming of Age in the Clinton Years

Sex, Politics, and Coming of Age in the Clinton Years

Taylor Larsen and Annie DeWitt on Fitting Fiction into the News

By Literary Hub | December 12, 2016

Let Grace Paley Inspire Your Creativity and Activism in 2017

Let Grace Paley Inspire Your Creativity and Activism in 2017

"You have to make music of it somehow."

By Emily Temple | December 12, 2016

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