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    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Ahmad Almallah is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  November 2, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Jesse David Fox On Cheap Laughs

    By The Maris Review  November 2, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  November 2, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Shir Alon and Joseph Farag on Palestinian Literature

    By Fiction Non Fiction  November 2, 2023
    Read Smart

    Jeremy Eichler on How Music Carries Memory

    By Read Smart  November 2, 2023
    Palestine

    A Palestinian Meditation in a Time of Annihilation

    By Fady Joudah  November 1, 2023
    On Translation

    Consider the Words: On Translating Infinite Jest into Farsi

    By Moeen Farrokhi  November 1, 2023
    Artificial Intelligence

    “AI, Ain’t I A Woman?” On the Blindness and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence

    By Joy Buolamwini  November 1, 2023
    Early Russian Literature

    How a 17th Century Priest Invented the Russian Novel

    By Irina Zhorov  November 1, 2023
    Cundill History Prize

    Six Former Winners of the Cundill History Prize Reflect on What the Future Holds

    By Literary Hub  November 1, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Ghosts, Specters, and Hauntings: 7 New Poetry Books to Read in November

    By David Woo  November 1, 2023
    What to Watch

    What to Read Before and After Seeing Orlando, My Political Biography

    By Literary Hub  November 1, 2023
    Dracula

    Silvia Garcia-Moreno on Dracula’s Depictions and Descendants

    By Silvia Moreno-Garcia  October 31, 2023
    Ghosts!

    On The Many Hauntings of Langston Hughes

    By Nick Ripatrazone  October 31, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Dancing with the Goddess and Drawing Down the Moon: A Reading List for Modern Witches

    By Diana Helmuth  October 31, 2023
    Monsters

    “A monster can look like whatever it wants”: On the Allure of Literary Monsters

    By Adrian Van Young  October 31, 2023
    Animals

    The Scariest, Creepiest, and Most Frightening Animals in Fiction

    By Justin C Key  October 31, 2023
    Fear

    What Are Thriller Writers Truly Afraid Of?

    By Danielle Trussoni  October 31, 2023
    Horror

    Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

    By Tyler Malone  October 31, 2023
    Horror

    “Leisure, Labor, Reticence, Violence”: What Horror Films Can Teach Us About Poetry

    By Justin Phillip Reed  October 31, 2023
    Keen On

    Anand Varma on the World’s Invisible Wonders

    By Keen On  October 31, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 14 Best Book Covers of October

    By Emily Temple  October 30, 2023
    Espionage

    Spying is Lying: How David Cornwell Became John Le Carré

    By Adam Sisman  October 30, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Tim O’Brien on Letting the World Decide What He’ll Read Next

    By Literary Hub  October 30, 2023
    AI

    Can a Computer Write Like Eudora Welty?

    By Randy Sparkman  October 30, 2023
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