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To the Manor Born: On the Rise of Fred C. Trump, Homebuilder

To the Manor Born: On the Rise of Fred C. Trump, Homebuilder

Son of Immigrants, Mogul of Queens

By Thomas J. Campanella | October 3, 2019

Can Language Be Understood as a Spiritual Medium?

Can Language Be Understood as a Spiritual Medium?

Virginia Woolf, Anne Carson, and the Use of Form to
Investigate Truth and Death

By Johanna Skibsrud | October 3, 2019

The Lives of the Editors, from Big Press to Indie

The Lives of the Editors, from Big Press to Indie

With Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 3, 2019

Jerome Robbins: Letters From a Young Artist Trying to Make It In New York

Jerome Robbins: Letters From a Young Artist Trying to Make It In New York

When a Dance Icon Could Barely Land An Audition

By Jerome Robbins | October 3, 2019

On a Progressive Platform for New African Literature

On a Progressive Platform for New African Literature

Anne-Christine d’Adesky Talks to Otosirieze Obi-Young,
Deputy Editor of Brittle Paper

By Anne-christine d’Adesky | October 3, 2019

The Best of the University Press: Recommendations for Smarter Reading

The Best of the University Press: Recommendations for Smarter Reading

In Honor of University Press Week

By Literary Hub | October 3, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

'Columbine,' A Poem by Javier Zamora

By Javier Zamora | October 3, 2019

Tatiana Schlossberg Wants You to Be Less Serious About Climate Change

By Just the Right Book | October 3, 2019

Lacy Johnson: Men in Power and the
Lies They Tell

By Lacy M. Johnson | October 2, 2019

Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds

Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds

Lev Grossman on the History of Cartography in Sci Fi,
Fantasy, and More

By Lev Grossman | October 2, 2019

Sigrid Undset's Doomed Flâneuse is<br> a Cautionary Tale

Sigrid Undset's Doomed Flâneuse is
a Cautionary Tale

Lauren Elkin on Jenny, a Novel of Rome

By Lauren Elkin | October 2, 2019

Min Jin Lee: On Speaking<br> and Power

Min Jin Lee: On Speaking
and Power

The Korean-American Author on Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers' Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | October 2, 2019

On the Courage and Complexity of Olga Tokarczuk

On the Courage and Complexity of Olga Tokarczuk

Jacek Dehnel Considers the Work of the Great Polish Novelist

By Jacek Dehnel | October 2, 2019

Feeling Lucky? A Brief History of Gambling with Dice

Feeling Lucky? A Brief History of Gambling with Dice

On Our Obsession with Probability

By Ian Stewart | October 2, 2019

12 Books You Should Read<br> This October

12 Books You Should Read
This October

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | October 2, 2019

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Spooky Book Predictions 4 U

By Emily Temple | October 2, 2019

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