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On the Difficulty of Translating British Humor Into American Comedy 

On the Difficulty of Translating British Humor Into American Comedy 

Can Iconic British Rom-Com Four Weddings and a Funeral Work As American TV?

By Alessandro Tersigni | August 1, 2019

Never Again What? On the Hard Questions Primo Levi's Still Asking

Never Again What? On the Hard Questions Primo Levi's Still Asking

The Necessity of Revisiting His Classic If This Is a Man

By Giacomo Lichtner | July 31, 2019

When Novelists Become Method Actors

When Novelists Become Method Actors

Leland Cheuk on Comedy, Immersive Research, and the Underrated Value of Experience in 2019

By Leland Cheuk | July 31, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

The Best Writing at the Site in July

By Emily Firetog | July 31, 2019

Eclipsed, a Wandering Reading Series, Finds a Home

Eclipsed, a Wandering Reading Series, Finds a Home

On the Many Lives of a Literary Event

By Janelle Greco | July 31, 2019

The Late-Capitalist Privileges of<br> Being an Art Monster

The Late-Capitalist Privileges of
Being an Art Monster

Sarah Elaine Smith on Working a Tech Job While Trying to Make Art

By Sarah Elaine Smith | July 31, 2019

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Of Poetry and Pilgrimage: Queer Writers Staying Hopeful in Madrid

By Anna Hundert | July 31, 2019

Sujata Massey on Her New Novel, The Satapur Moonstone

By Reading Women | July 31, 2019

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Hartford, Connecticut

By Michele Herrmann | July 31, 2019

J. Ryan Stradal on Following the Enthusiasm

J. Ryan Stradal on Following the Enthusiasm

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | July 31, 2019

<em>So Many Damn Books</em> on Their Summer Reading

So Many Damn Books on Their Summer Reading

Drew Broussard and Christopher Hermelin on
Lonesome Dove and the West

By So Many Damn Books | July 31, 2019

Finding Photos of My Grandfather in a Japanese Internment Camp

Finding Photos of My Grandfather in a Japanese Internment Camp

Brandon Shimoda on Seeking Ancestral Connections Through Remnants on the Wall at Fort Missoula

By Brandon Shimoda | July 30, 2019

The Books That Bear the Weight<br> of the Living

The Books That Bear the Weight
of the Living

Angelique Stevens on What Her Mom's Books Truly Meant

By Angelique Stevens | July 30, 2019

A Brief and Awful History <br>of the Lobotomy

A Brief and Awful History
of the Lobotomy

Groundbreaking Discoveries... But at What Cost?

By Andrew Scull | July 30, 2019

What Happens When Satanists Try to Build a Public Monument?

What Happens When Satanists Try to Build a Public Monument?

For Some Residents in Belle Plaine, MN,
Religious Freedom Has Its Limits

By Jay Wexler | July 30, 2019

A.E. Stallings: 'I'm Optimistic About Poetry, but That's Maybe the Only Thing'

A.E. Stallings: 'I'm Optimistic About Poetry, but That's Maybe the Only Thing'

The Author of Like in Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | July 30, 2019

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