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Emily Bell on What It Was Like to Edit Lucia Berlin

Emily Bell on What It Was Like to Edit Lucia Berlin

With Kendra Winchester and Autumn Privett on Reading Women

By Reading Women | May 8, 2019

Why Are American Men So<br> Obsessed with Steak?

Why Are American Men So
Obsessed with Steak?

Joshua Specht on Class, Gender, and the Consumption of Beef

By Joshua Specht | May 8, 2019

What Would It Mean to Live in <br>a World Without Stories?

What Would It Mean to Live in
a World Without Stories?

Alexis Wright on the Systemic Weaponization of Silence

By Alexis Wright | May 8, 2019

Existential Dread and the Art <br>of Boat-Building

Existential Dread and the Art
of Boat-Building

On Fatherhood and Large Projects That Make No Sense

By Jonathan Gornall | May 8, 2019

Damian Barr Moves From Memoir to Fiction and Finds Inspiration in a Real Life Crime

Damian Barr Moves From Memoir to Fiction and Finds Inspiration in a Real Life Crime

"You want the whole thing to be historic—but these stories are hideously contemporary."

By Daneet Steffens | May 8, 2019

We Have Always Loved<br> Ranking Things, Particularly American Presidents

We Have Always Loved
Ranking Things, Particularly American Presidents

Douglas Brinkley Offers a Brief History of Political Listicles

By Douglas Brinkley | May 8, 2019

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Kanako Nishi on Writing Gender, Power, and the Pain of Others

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On the Unsung Lives
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Rebecca Solnit on Setting <em>Cinderella</em> Free for Contemporary Readers

Rebecca Solnit on Setting Cinderella Free for Contemporary Readers

A Classic Fairytale Rebuilt as a Working Class Liberation Story

By Rebecca Solnit | May 7, 2019

Open Secrets at the PEN World Voices Festival

Open Secrets at the PEN World Voices Festival

Contemporary Writers on the Crucial Merging of the Personal and the Public in Literature and Politics

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Lit Hub Daily: May 7, 2019

Lit Hub Daily: May 7, 2019

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Secret Trysts and Lost Weekends at the Chateau Marmont

Secret Trysts and Lost Weekends at the Chateau Marmont

How a Run-Down Hollywood Hotel Achieved Legend Status

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On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

Patricia Dwyer Revisits the Spaces She Has Lost

By Patricia M. Dwyer | May 7, 2019

Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

What's Not to Love About Descriptions of Food and Strong Opinions About Poets?

By Gerður Kristný | May 7, 2019

On the Beauty of Defeat and the Future of Europe

On the Beauty of Defeat and the Future of Europe

Laurent Gaudé in Conversation with Aysegul Sert

By Aysegul Sert | May 7, 2019

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