Leaving the Village: Xiaolu Guo on a Traumatic Uprooting

Leaving the Village: Xiaolu Guo on a Traumatic Uprooting

"That place made me a hard person, a stoic and even merciless person"

By Xiaolu Guo | March 28, 2017

The Return by Hisham Matar

The Return by Hisham Matar

"It took me time to understand the implications of Father’s actions"

By Literary Hub | March 24, 2017

Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole

Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole

"If I traveled to one of these distant Americas, I had to reimagine them"

By Literary Hub | March 24, 2017

How to Eat a Really Big Lunch with Jim Harrison

How to Eat a Really Big Lunch with Jim Harrison

Sharing Enchiladas with an Iconic Gourmand

By Peter Nowogrodzki | March 24, 2017

Unlearnable Lessons on My Father's Deathbed

Unlearnable Lessons on My Father's Deathbed

Marina Benjamin Considers the Reality of 'Second Childhood'

By Marina Benjamin | March 21, 2017

The Wild, Weird Criminal Side of Florida

The Wild, Weird Criminal Side of Florida

Dwyer Murphy Finds Blood, Guns, and Corpses at SleuthFest 2017

By Dwyer Murphy | March 20, 2017

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Writing on an Island at the End of the World

By Nell Stevens | March 17, 2017

When Your New York Apartment Has a Secret Literary Past

By Anna Pitoniak | March 13, 2017

When My Father Wasn't Driving Trucks, He Was Reading

By K. E. Semmel | March 10, 2017

Joshua Mohr: The Time I Robbed a Liquor Store

Joshua Mohr: The Time I Robbed a Liquor Store

On Confession, Guilt, and the Impossibility of Absolution

By Joshua Mohr | March 10, 2017

Finding a Room of One's Own on the Mexico City Metro

Finding a Room of One's Own on the Mexico City Metro

When I Ride the Women-Only Car, I Can Temporarily Forget My Body

By Madeleine Wattenbarger | March 8, 2017

How Postcards From My Mother Helped Me Survive Childhood

How Postcards From My Mother Helped Me Survive Childhood

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan on the Power of Small Rectangles

By Rowan Hisayo Buchanan | March 3, 2017

Dadland

Dadland

Keggie Carew

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 3, 2017

Kyoko Mori on Writing Through Deep Trauma

Kyoko Mori on Writing Through Deep Trauma

How a Celebrated Memoirist Works Through Childhood Wounds

By Melanie Brooks | March 2, 2017

A Brief Stop On the Road From Auschwitz

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Göran Rosenberg

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 1, 2017

Getting Lost Before the Internet

Getting Lost Before the Internet

Cara Hoffman on the Fine Art of Disappearing Into Athens

By Cara Hoffman | February 21, 2017

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