Writing a Novel to Encounter Other Versions of Myself

Writing a Novel to Encounter Other Versions of Myself

Rebecca Sacks on Imagining the Roads Her Life Might Have Taken

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On the Joys of Food-Centered Fiction

On the Joys of Food-Centered Fiction

"I had never considered that food could be a tool of so much more than mere sophistication."

By Michelle Wildgen | August 1, 2023

Jimin Han on Filling Narrative Blank Spaces With Memory and Imagination

Jimin Han on Filling Narrative Blank Spaces With Memory and Imagination

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Apology

By Jane Ciabattari | August 1, 2023

Ann Patchett on Grabbing Galleys and Getting Drafts Done

Ann Patchett on Grabbing Galleys and Getting Drafts Done

The Author of Tom Lake Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

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The Universe is an Unreliable Narrator: Mindy Mejia Litsplains Physics

The Universe is an Unreliable Narrator: Mindy Mejia Litsplains Physics

"I learned how to tell a story from the first and greatest storyteller of all."

By Mindy Mejia | August 1, 2023

Contemporary Jobs in Contemporary Poetry: 7 New Books to Read in August

Contemporary Jobs in Contemporary Poetry: 7 New Books to Read in August

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25 Years of the Baillie Gifford Prize

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How Exile Allowed Shastri Akella to Write a Queer Novel

How Exile Allowed Shastri Akella to Write a Queer Novel

On Queerness in the Mahabharata and Hiking the Himalayas for Inspiration

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How the Bush Administration Hid the Dangers Posed by Climate Change

How the Bush Administration Hid the Dangers Posed by Climate Change

David Lipsky on the Manipulation of Language Behind Climate Change Denialism

By David Lipsky | July 31, 2023

Pankaj Mishra on the Eternal Present of Amit Chaudhuri's <em>The Immortals</em>

Pankaj Mishra on the Eternal Present of Amit Chaudhuri's The Immortals

"The novel instead seems to be seeking the unknown, a strange experience of fascination beyond language and representation."

By Pankaj Mishra | July 31, 2023

Steroids, Fake Tans, and Muscle: Inside the World of Bodybuilding

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Roy A. Meals on Artificially-Enhanced Feats of the Human Body

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The Booker Revisited: Caroline Blackwood's Darkly Humorous <em>Great Granny Webster</em>

The Booker Revisited: Caroline Blackwood's Darkly Humorous Great Granny Webster

Lucy Scholes Considers Another Contender of Years Past

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Warren Zanes on Why Springsteen's <em>Nebraska</em> Matters So Much

Warren Zanes on Why Springsteen's Nebraska Matters So Much

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The History of Literature Puts Langston Hughes in Context

The History of Literature Puts Langston Hughes in Context

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