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<em>Behind the Mic</em>: On <em>King and the Dragonflies</em> by Kacen Callender, Read by Ron Butler

Behind the Mic: On King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender, Read by Ron Butler

Jo Reed and Emily Connelly Discuss a Spectacular Performance of a Heartbreaking—and Hopeful—Children’s Audiobook

By Behind the Mic | March 18, 2020

What China's Literary Community is Reading During the Coronavirus Pandemic

What China's Literary Community is Reading During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Lu Xun, Michael Ondaatje, and More

By Na Zhong | March 17, 2020

Great American Radicals: How Would Dorothy Day Vote<br> in 2020?

Great American Radicals: How Would Dorothy Day Vote
in 2020?

John Loughery on the Iconic Activist's Life and Legacy

By Jonny Diamond | March 17, 2020

What Six-Toed Cats Tell Us About Genetic Development

What Six-Toed Cats Tell Us About Genetic Development

Neil Shubin on What We Can Learn from Mutations

By Neil Shubin | March 17, 2020

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

"I regard such things as premature impertinences."

By Emily Temple | March 17, 2020

Sure, Plot is Good, But Have You Tried Talking About<br> Story Shape?

Sure, Plot is Good, But Have You Tried Talking About
Story Shape?

Joseph Scapellato's Twist on Story Plotting

By Joseph Scapellato | March 17, 2020

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Talking to Poets About Their Love of Crossword Puzzles

By Adrienne Raphel | March 17, 2020

The Death of the Exemplary Working-Class Citizen

By Eduardo Porter | March 17, 2020

The Worst Part of Sickness is Not Knowing Where It
Comes From

By Sue William Silverman | March 17, 2020

Two Poems by Lawrence Joseph

Two Poems by Lawrence Joseph

From A Certain Clarity: Selected Poems

By Lawrence Joseph | March 17, 2020

Frank McCourt on Telling the Underlying Story

Frank McCourt on Telling the Underlying Story

From Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers' Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | March 17, 2020

<em>Behind the Mic</em>: On <em>Me and White Supremacy</em> by Layla F. Saad, Read by the Author

Behind the Mic: On Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad, Read by the Author

Jo Reed and Emily Connelly Discuss Our Relationship with White Privilege

By Behind the Mic | March 17, 2020

<em>LIC Reading Series Podcast</em>: Megan Abbott, Julie Buntin, and Sarah Gerard

LIC Reading Series Podcast: Megan Abbott, Julie Buntin, and Sarah Gerard

Onstage Conversations From the LIC Reading Series

By LIC Reading Series | March 17, 2020

Editor's Note: Literary Community in a Time of Global Pandemic

Editor's Note: Literary Community in a Time of Global Pandemic

Lit Hub Editor Jonny Diamond on Art in a Time of Crisis

By Jonny Diamond | March 16, 2020

What Happens to Writing When We Stop Pretending Anything Makes Sense?

What Happens to Writing When We Stop Pretending Anything Makes Sense?

Ysabelle Cheung on Coronavirus, Hong Kong, and Fragmentation

By Ysabelle Cheung | March 16, 2020

Stay Home, They Told Us... Diary of an Italian Editor

Stay Home, They Told Us... Diary of an Italian Editor

Sara Reggiani on Life in Quarantine

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