Dorothy Parker on the Art of Her Old Pal James Thurber

Dorothy Parker on the Art of Her Old Pal James Thurber

"A Thurber must be seen to be believed—there is no use trying to tell the plot of it."

By Dorothy Parker | August 22, 2019

J.M.G. Le Clézio on the Expansive, Immersive Quality of Great Poetry

J.M.G. Le Clézio on the Expansive, Immersive Quality of Great Poetry

“The poem carries us towards other regions on earth, northwards.”

By J. M. G. Le Clézio | August 22, 2019

Jess Row and Timothy Yu on Whiteness and Writing About Race

Jess Row and Timothy Yu on Whiteness and Writing About Race

Part One of Two: With Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 22, 2019

Lara Vapnyar on the Book That Made Her Weep For Hours

Lara Vapnyar on the Book That Made Her Weep For Hours

On Margarita Khemlin's Novel Klotsvog

By Lara Vapnyar | August 22, 2019

The Feints and Jabs of Polari, <br> Britain's Gay Slang

The Feints and Jabs of Polari,
Britain's Gay Slang

On a Classic Argot of Gossip and Drag

By Paul Baker | August 22, 2019

Oyinkan Braithwaite on Making Murder Fun

Oyinkan Braithwaite on Making Murder Fun

The Author of My Sister, the Serial Killer on The Maris Review

By The Maris Review | August 22, 2019

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Rich Cohen on the First Gangster of New York City

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'Late Capitalism,' a Prose Poem by Alissa Quart

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Is a Good Book a Good Book No Matter How Old You Are?

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Jay Parini on the Art of Inventing Real Life

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From Gender to Counterculture, Dive into the Best of Fall

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For Wittgenstein, Philosophy Had to Be as Complicated as the Knots it Unties

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Making Sense of Nonsense, From Bertrand Russell to the Existentialists

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On Victor Hugo's Posthumous Career as a Religious Prophet

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How The Author of Les Misérables Became a Fixture of Cao Dai

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Hans Christian Andersen, Original Literary Softboi

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Bookish Ambition! Awkward Gentleness! Goth Sexiness! He Had It All

By Boze Herrington | August 21, 2019

The Political Chaos and Unexpected Activism of the Post-Civil War Era

The Political Chaos and Unexpected Activism of the Post-Civil War Era

Charles Postel on the Temperance Crusade That Galvanized the American Women's Movement

By Charles Postel | August 21, 2019

Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Politics

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These Books Are Ready for 2020, Even If We're Not

By Literary Hub | August 21, 2019

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