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On <em>Not</em> Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

On Not Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

Erika Swyler on the Autobiographical Truths of Fiction

By Erika Swyler | May 3, 2019

<em>Finnegan's Wake</em> at 80: <br>In Defense of the Difficult

Finnegan's Wake at 80:
In Defense of the Difficult

On the Pleasure of Annotating One of Literature's
Most Challenging Works

By Susie Lopez | May 3, 2019

5 Books You May Have <br>Missed in April

5 Books You May Have
Missed in April

From 4D Casinos to Fake Witches in Postbellum Georgia

By Bethanne Patrick | May 3, 2019

Mary Karr Thought Her Whiting Award Call Was a Prank and Hung Up

Mary Karr Thought Her Whiting Award Call Was a Prank and Hung Up

On the Life-Changing Award She Won 30 Years Ago

By Mary Karr | May 3, 2019

Poetry, Like Witchcraft and Magick, is an Act of Transformation

Poetry, Like Witchcraft and Magick, is an Act of Transformation

in a very literal sense."">"When I say my poems worked as spells, I mean it
in a very literal sense."

By Janaka Stucky | May 3, 2019

My Husband, My Job, Myself: A Story of Three Marriages

My Husband, My Job, Myself: A Story of Three Marriages

Sejal Shah and a Theory of Three Rings

By Sejal Shah | May 3, 2019

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Lit Hub Daily: May 2, 2019

By Lit Hub Daily | May 2, 2019

Mira Jacob Talks to Maris About the Denial of Evil, "Good" Trump Voters, and More

By The Maris Review | May 2, 2019

George and Paula Saunders Talk Empathy and the 2020 Democratic Candidates

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 2, 2019

Miriam Toews on What Forgiveness Means in the #MeToo Era

Miriam Toews on What Forgiveness Means in the #MeToo Era

The Author of Women Talking in Conversation with Hannah Lillith Assadi

By Hannah Lillith Assadi | May 2, 2019

Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

On the Novel Great Expectations

By Eileen Myles | May 2, 2019

From Sally Rooney to John Cheever, 6 Unforgettable Fictional Vacations

From Sally Rooney to John Cheever, 6 Unforgettable Fictional Vacations

Chip Cheek Recommends Some Vicarious Travel

By Chip Cheek | May 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

May Books Bring You Joy (See What I Did There?)

By Emily Temple | May 2, 2019

Who Do We Become When We Survive Our Pain?

Who Do We Become When We Survive Our Pain?

Karen Havelin: "Having a body is not for the faint of heart."

By Karen Havelin | May 2, 2019

Through Films for Black Audiences, Ousmane Sembene Spoke to All

Through Films for Black Audiences, Ousmane Sembene Spoke to All

Mateo Askaripour on the "Father of African Cinema"

By Mateo Askaripour | May 2, 2019

Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith <br>on Their Literary Influences

Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith
on Their Literary Influences

A Conversation with the Special Honorees at the Lambda Literary Awards

By William Johnson | May 2, 2019

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