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A Kafkaesque List of Things Described as Kafkaesque

A Kafkaesque List of Things Described as Kafkaesque

"Slept, awoke, slept, awoke, miserable life."

By Emily Temple | June 3, 2019

The Dark Side of the <br>Chinese Dream

The Dark Side of the
Chinese Dream

Ma Jian on the Short Path from Utopia to Dystopia

By Ma Jian | June 3, 2019

Philippe Petit Meditates on His Life Walking the High Wire

Philippe Petit Meditates on His Life Walking the High Wire

Glimpses of the Finite and Infinite, As Translated by Paul Auster

By Philippe Petit | June 3, 2019

New York City in the 1930s, As Seen Through the Lens of Berenice Abbott

New York City in the 1930s, As Seen Through the Lens of Berenice Abbott

From a New Compilation of Her Work

By Berenice Abbott | June 3, 2019

What It's Like to Teach Writing When Everyone's a Writer

What It's Like to Teach Writing When Everyone's a Writer

Janet Burroway Revisits Her Classic Book for Creative Writing Students

By Janet Burroway | June 3, 2019

'Parlor Music,' <br>A Poem by Devin Johnston

'Parlor Music,'
A Poem by Devin Johnston

From the Collection Mosses and Lichens

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On the Existential Fear of Losing Your Online Persona

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How Ayn Rand Became the Spirit of Our Time

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Why I Had to Grow Up Before I Could Appreciate Alice Munro

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Ece Temelkuran's 7 Taxonomies of Global Populism

Ece Temelkuran's 7 Taxonomies of Global Populism

The Author of How to Lose a Country in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 31, 2019

Why Would Anyone Choose to Run 100 Miles Through the Desert?

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Adharanand Finn on Striving for the Edges of Human Endurance

By Adharanand Finn | May 31, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

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Were Libraries Borges's Universe or the Other Way Around?

Were Libraries Borges's Universe or the Other Way Around?

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The Radical Bookseller: Toward a Green New Deal in Publishing

The Radical Bookseller: Toward a Green New Deal in Publishing

Lucy Kogler Has a Modest Proposal

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Albert Woodfox on 43 Years in Solitary Confinement for a Crime He Didn't Commit

Albert Woodfox on 43 Years in Solitary Confinement for a Crime He Didn't Commit

The Author of Solitary on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

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The Unlikely Winner of the World's Toughest Horse Race

The Unlikely Winner of the World's Toughest Horse Race

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