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    Lidia Yuknavitch: The Time I Snuck Into Ken Kesey’s Fiction Class

    By Lidia Yuknavitch  October 17, 2017
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    On the Literary Wheelings and Dealings of Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain

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    “A Song for Robin” by Heather O’Neill

    By Heather O'Neill  October 17, 2017
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    Scary Literary Fiction for People Who Hate Horror

    By Emily Temple  October 17, 2017
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    Erika L. Sánchez on Borders, Bodies, and Writing Her Parents’ Stories

    By Safiya Sinclair  October 17, 2017
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    Biography

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    5 Great Books You May Have Missed in September

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    What Does Your Life Teach You About Becoming a Writer?

    By David Biespiel  October 16, 2017
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    14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors

    By Emily Temple  October 16, 2017
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    America, Land of the Refugee

    By Betsy Carter  October 16, 2017
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    On the First South Asian YA Novel: Born Confused 15 Years Later

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    Lit Hub Weekly: October 10 – 13, 2017

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    Lit Hub Daily: October 13, 2017

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    Cadaverous Yet Blazing: Elizabeth Hardwick’s Ode to Bartleby

    By Elizabeth Hardwick  October 13, 2017
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    The New Scream Queens

    By Nathan Scott McNamara  October 13, 2017
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    The Hidden Horror Inside Jane Austen’s Novels of Love

    By Mikaella Clements  October 13, 2017
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    Do Even Happy People Cheat?

    By Esther Perel  October 13, 2017
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