How the Essay and the Novel Inform and Influence Each Other

How the Essay and the Novel Inform and Influence Each Other

Jane Smiley on the Many Stories of California, True and Fictional

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Is Ice America’s Most Literary Element?

Is Ice America’s Most Literary Element?

Amy Brady on a Particularly American Obsession

By Amy Brady | June 6, 2023

My Mother Was Also a First Mermaid of Color

My Mother Was Also a First Mermaid of Color

Anri Wheeler on the Importance (and Limits) of Representation

By Anri Wheeler | June 6, 2023

Hilton Als on Why Joan Didion and James Baldwin Stand Side-by-Side on His Bookshelf

Hilton Als on Why Joan Didion and James Baldwin Stand Side-by-Side on His Bookshelf

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

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It’s Okay to Have a Love/Hate Relationship With Your Writing

It’s Okay to Have a Love/Hate Relationship With Your Writing

Katie Williams Remembers Reading Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” and the Slog of Learning to Be a Writer

By Katie Williams | June 6, 2023

Andre Dubus III Beats Writer’s Block By Asking the Right Questions

Andre Dubus III Beats Writer’s Block By Asking the Right Questions

The Author of Such Kindness Answers the Lit Hub Questionnaire

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The Master, Margarita, and I: Paul Goldberg on the Third Rail of the Russian Classic

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An Introduction to Journey to the West, the 16th-Century Chinese Novel of Comic Mischief and Spirituality

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Is Shakespeare the Ultimate Dead White Male?

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Nicole Chung on Stories That Must Be Told

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Jon Michaud on the Best of New York City Distilled Into a Neighborhood Bar

Jon Michaud on the Best of New York City Distilled Into a Neighborhood Bar

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Meredith Small Explains How a 15th-Century Venetian Monk Mapped the World and Saw the Future

Meredith Small Explains How a 15th-Century Venetian Monk Mapped the World and Saw the Future

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Siena Sterling on Twisted Plots, Twisted People, and Twisted Writers Like Highsmith and Dostoevsky

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Jessi Kneeland on the Psychology and Spirituality of Escaping Body Self-Hatred

Jessi Kneeland on the Psychology and Spirituality of Escaping Body Self-Hatred

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 6, 2023

Umut Ozkirimli Offers a Leftist Alternative to So-Called Woke Politics.

Umut Ozkirimli Offers a Leftist Alternative to So-Called Woke Politics.

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What is An American Childhood? <br>A Photographic Study

What is An American Childhood?
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Todd Brewster’s Collection Looks At Life Through the Eyes of Children

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