If Language is a Weapon, Now is the Time to Deploy It

If Language is a Weapon, Now is the Time to Deploy It

Lydia Millet on the Corruption of Discourse and the
Fight Against Propaganda

By Lydia Millet | May 12, 2020

Letter From a Bookstore Turning Five During a Pandemic

Letter From a Bookstore Turning Five During a Pandemic

A Birthday Report from Little City Books, Hoboken

By Kate Jacobs | May 12, 2020

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Ivy Pochoda, Tracy O’Neill, Jenny Zhang, and More

By Teddy Wayne | May 12, 2020

Bill McKibben on Listening—and Giving Voice to—the Youth

Bill McKibben on Listening—and Giving Voice to—the Youth

From the Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengraber

By The Quarantine Tapes | May 12, 2020

When Dreams of Perfection Brush Up Against Human Limits

When Dreams of Perfection Brush Up Against Human Limits

The School That Optimizes Golf Performance

By Brett Cyrgalis | May 12, 2020

Two Poems by Joseph Brodsky

Two Poems by Joseph Brodsky

From Collected Poems, 1968-1996

By Joseph Brodsky | May 12, 2020

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Rediscovering Lou Gehrig's
Lost Memoir

By Alan D. Gaff | May 12, 2020

Alexander Chee and Rebecca Solnit on Planting Seeds and Activism

By Bookable | May 12, 2020

John Elkington: No, the Pandemic is Not a Black Swan Event

By Keen On | May 12, 2020

<em>Literary Disco</em> Get Deeper and Deeper Into <em>Middlemarch</em>

Literary Disco Get Deeper and Deeper Into Middlemarch

From our Special Quarantine Series on the George Eliot Classic

By Literary Disco | May 12, 2020

Personal Space: Maggie Downs Thought No One Wanted to Read About Grief

Personal Space: Maggie Downs Thought No One Wanted to Read About Grief

The Author of Braver Than You Think Talks to Sari Botton

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 11, 2020

<em>Behind the Mic</em>: On <em>Clap When You Land</em> by Elizabeth Acevedo, Read by the Author and Melania-Luisa Marte

Behind the Mic: On Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, Read by the Author and Melania-Luisa Marte

Jo Reed and Emily Connelly Discuss This Outstanding Novel-in-Verse

By Behind the Mic | May 11, 2020

Lydia Millet Wonders Why We're Not Panicking More

Lydia Millet Wonders Why We're Not Panicking More

The Author of A Children's Bible Talks to Kristin Iversen About
End Times, Smug Liberals, and Good Teens

By Kristin Iversen | May 11, 2020

How Will Restaurants Reinvent Themselves Post-Lockdown?

How Will Restaurants Reinvent Themselves Post-Lockdown?

A Conversation with Critic and Restaurant Historian William Sitwell

By Kerri Arsenault | May 11, 2020

The Unlikely Optimism of Viktor Frankl

The Unlikely Optimism of Viktor Frankl

The Concentration Camp Survivor Advocated a New Kind of Therapy

By Franz Vesely | May 11, 2020

Sara Mesa's Novels of Ambiguous, Twisted Power

Sara Mesa's Novels of Ambiguous, Twisted Power

Katie Whittemore Interviews the Author of Four by Four

By Katie Whittemore | May 11, 2020

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