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The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

Iris Origo on Why We Try Anyway

By Iris Origo | October 15, 2019

A Household of Minor Things: <br> The Collections of Robert Duncan and Jess

A Household of Minor Things:
The Collections of Robert Duncan and Jess

An Elaborate Home Interior Inspired by 19th-Century Romanticism

By Tara McDowell | October 15, 2019

Johan Harstad's Summer of Porn and Philosophy

Johan Harstad's Summer of Porn and Philosophy

On the Things You Find in the Trash

By Johan Harstad | October 15, 2019

Alix Ohlin on the Question That Inspired Her New Novel

Alix Ohlin on the Question That Inspired Her New Novel

The Author of Dual Citizens on First Draft

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 15, 2019

“How It Felt” <br> A Poem by Sharon Olds

“How It Felt”
A Poem by Sharon Olds

From the Collection Arias

By Sharon Olds | October 15, 2019

<em>Behind the Mic</em>: On <em>Red at the Bone</em> by Jacqueline Woodson, Read by the Author and Others

Behind the Mic: On Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, Read by the Author and Others

Michele Cobb and Jo Reed Discuss the Highly Anticipated Adult Fiction Novel

By Behind the Mic | October 14, 2019

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Who Has the Right to Write About Hurricane Katrina?

By Maggie Neil | October 11, 2019

The Irish Clan That Was "Virtually Deleted from History"

By Tim Robinson | October 11, 2019

On the Front lines of Indigenous Activism

By Jasilyn Charger | October 11, 2019

In the Age of Political Thugs

In the Age of Political Thugs

Sonya Bilocerkowycz, from Ukraine to Putin to Trump and Back Again

By Sonya Bilocerkowycz | October 11, 2019

On the Activism of Marlon Brando, Before the Fame

On the Activism of Marlon Brando, Before the Fame

Agitprop, Israel, and the Shape of the World After WWII

By William J. Mann | October 11, 2019

On Coming of Age in a Discount Supermarket

On Coming of Age in a Discount Supermarket

Michael Jaime-Becerra Considers the Important Time He Spent in a Viva Mart

By Michael Jaime-Becerra | October 11, 2019

Scott Galloway: Tech Companies Should Be Broken Up

Scott Galloway: Tech Companies Should Be Broken Up

The Bestselling Author and Business Professor
Talks to Andrew on Keen On

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Lit Hub Recommends: Stevie Nicks, Aimee Bender, and <em>The Yellow House</em>

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Also, Netflix's first original German-language series.

By Literary Hub | October 11, 2019

Meg Cabot on Her Unlikely Path to Hollywood

Meg Cabot on Her Unlikely Path to Hollywood

The No Judgments Novelist on The Literary Life
with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | October 11, 2019

Nobel Prize-Winner Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with John Freeman

Nobel Prize-Winner Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with John Freeman

The Newly Minted Laureate and Author of Flights

By John Freeman | October 10, 2019

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