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    Criticism

    13 Common Mistakes in Book Reviewing and
    How to Avoid Them

    By Jay A. Fernandez  May 21, 2019
    Science Rules!

    How Do We Reverse the Tide of an Anti-Science America?

    By Lee McIntyre  May 21, 2019
    Adaptations

    Anna Deavere Smith: Some Notes on Notes from the Field

    By Anna Deavere Smith  May 21, 2019
    On Race

    Ebony Thomas on Seeking the Fantastic When the World Tells You Not To

    By Ebony Elizabeth Thomas  May 21, 2019
    What Should A Narrative Be?

    On Obliterating How Narrative Art Should Function

    By Will Vanderhyden  May 21, 2019
    Interview with a Bookstore

    The Boston Bookstore with a Focus on Writers of Color

    By Interview with a Bookstore  May 21, 2019
    Failed Books

    Trying to Figure Out Bruce Chatwin’s Unpublished
    Magnum Opus

    By Jeremy Klemin   May 20, 2019
    Poems

    ‘Camp Fire,’ A Poem by sam sax

    By Sam Sax  May 20, 2019
    Dog Stories

    Can You Have a Meaningful Long-Distance Relationship with a Dog?

    By Xuan Juliana Wang  May 20, 2019
    Politics

    In India, One Publisher’s High-Stakes Fight for a Caste-Free Society

    By Liesl Schwabe  May 20, 2019
    Singer Songwriters

    Ani DiFranco on Reproductive Freedom and Taking on the Patriarchy

    By Ani DiFranco  May 20, 2019
    Friendship

    Walking Through the Woods of Midtown with Jessica Francis Kane

    By Brian Gresko  May 20, 2019
    Power

    Lisa Lucas Talks Robert Caro and the Injustices of NYC Urban Planning

    By But That's Another Story  May 20, 2019
    Literary Oddities

    Flannery O’Connor’s Two Deepest Loves Were Mayonnaise and Her Mother

    By Caroline McCoy  May 17, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    The Ongoing Exile of the Undocumented

    By Oscar Villalon  May 17, 2019
    Lit Hub Radio

    Why Democracy Needs
    Team Human

    By Keen On  May 17, 2019
    The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

    Saskia Vogel Talks Sex, Travel, and More

    By The Literary Life  May 17, 2019
    British Art

    Anger and Art in a
    Dying Empire

    By Jonathan Jones  May 17, 2019
    LGBTQ History

    Moving Through New York’s Early 20th-Century Gay Spaces

    By George Chauncey  May 17, 2019
    Dark Timelines

    What to Know About Self-Managed Abortion Care

    By Robin Marty  May 17, 2019
    Diets

    On the Connection Between Gandhi’s Diet and His Politics

    By New Books Network  May 17, 2019
    Defying Genre

    Marlon James and Daniel José Older: Against Genre Snobbery

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 16, 2019
    Witches

    On a New Generation of Villainous Women, From Witches to Wicked Stepmothers

    By Alexis Gunderson  May 16, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

    By Caroline Fraser  May 16, 2019
    On Grief

    Sakia Vogel on Grief, Mary Gaitskill, and the City of Angels

    By Philip Teir  May 16, 2019
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