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On the Particular Joys of Etymology and Polyglot Prose

On the Particular Joys of Etymology and Polyglot Prose

Geoffrey D. Morrison on Learning and Teaching Languages As a Fiction Writer

By Geoffrey D. Morrison | May 12, 2026

Lori Carlson-Hijuelos on Honoring Her Husband’s Literary Legacy

Lori Carlson-Hijuelos on Honoring Her Husband’s Literary Legacy

“It has been more than a writing exercise for me. It has been an unexpected pilgrimage to the heart of our union.”

By Lori Carlson-Hijuelos | May 12, 2026

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

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

Featuring Anna Konkle, Hafeez Lakhani, Harriet Clark and More

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Hannah Thurman on Writing a Family Drama Set in a Mental Hospital

Hannah Thurman on Writing a Family Drama Set in a Mental Hospital

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Mercy Hill

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How Middle Management Made the Modern World

How Middle Management Made the Modern World

Henry Snow on the Early Days of Worker Management as We Know It Today

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What We Talk About When We Talk About the Weather

What We Talk About When We Talk About the Weather

Ella Frances Sanders Explores Words About Weather

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Mysterious, Isolated and Seductive: The Map of Literary Islands That Inspired My Novel

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Christiana Spens: “Even when you have left an island, it lingers on in your imagination as a half-real and half-made-up place.”

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The Surprising Similarities Between the Kardashians and WWE

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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What Our Ideas About Ugliness Reveal About Our Anxieties Surrounding Gender

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By Stephanie Fairyington | May 8, 2026

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