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Inside San Francisco's Plague-Ravaged Chinatown, c. 1900

Inside San Francisco's Plague-Ravaged Chinatown, c. 1900

A City on the Edge

By Julia Flynn Siler | May 15, 2019

On Translating Mario Levrero, <br>The Kafka of Uruguay

On Translating Mario Levrero,
The Kafka of Uruguay

“It’s a mistake to expect literature to come only from literary sources.”

By Annie McDermott | May 15, 2019

The Bay Area Book Festival in Three Acts

The Bay Area Book Festival in Three Acts

Jane Ciabattari Reports From the Best Fest in the West

By Jane Ciabattari | May 15, 2019

Lydia Fitzpatrick on the Imaginary Louisiana Town of Her Novel's Setting

Lydia Fitzpatrick on the Imaginary Louisiana Town of Her Novel's Setting

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 15, 2019

Bruce Smith on Poetry in Prison and the Poetic Task of Demystification

Bruce Smith on Poetry in Prison and the Poetic Task of Demystification

The Author of Spill in Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | May 15, 2019

<em>Reading Women</em> Talk Biculturalism, <em>The Mango Bride</em>, and More

Reading Women Talk Biculturalism, The Mango Bride, and More

With Kendra Winchester and Sachi Argabright

By Reading Women | May 15, 2019

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Gabriel García Márquez on
Life in 1950s Paris

By Gabriel García Márquez | May 14, 2019

When to Write It, When to Walk Away: On the Problem of Too Much Metaphor

By Jessica Francis Kane | May 14, 2019

Behind the Book Dedications: "A Private Moment in a Public Object"

By Julia Carpenter | May 14, 2019

Uncovering the Secret History of a WWII-Era Brooklyn Spy

Uncovering the Secret History of a WWII-Era Brooklyn Spy

How to Reconstruct a Life with the Public Record

By David A. Taylor | May 14, 2019

Pico Iyer on Decolonizing<br> Travel Writing

Pico Iyer on Decolonizing
Travel Writing

On The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | May 14, 2019

Eve Ensler: Imagining an Apology From<br> My Abusive Father

Eve Ensler: Imagining an Apology From
My Abusive Father

the words to me."">"I am done waiting. My father is long dead. He will never say
the words to me."

By V (formerly Eve Ensler) | May 14, 2019

Hugh Ryan on the Long, Meandering Path to <br>Finishing His Book

Hugh Ryan on the Long, Meandering Path to
Finishing His Book

With Julia Pistell, Tod Goldberg, and Rider Strong on Literary Disco

By Literary Disco | May 14, 2019

Erin Somers on Rich Kids, Melancholy, Slapstick, and More

Erin Somers on Rich Kids, Melancholy, Slapstick, and More

In Conversation on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | May 14, 2019

Lit Hub Daily: May 13, 2019

Lit Hub Daily: May 13, 2019

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | May 13, 2019

Do... Nothing? Maddie Crum on Myths of Self, Help,<br> and Self-Help

Do... Nothing? Maddie Crum on Myths of Self, Help,
and Self-Help

Let the Studied Indifference Flow Through You

By Maddie Crum | May 13, 2019

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