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Rebecca Lehmann on Anne Boleyn, Trump, and Treason

Rebecca Lehmann on Anne Boleyn, Trump, and Treason

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 14, 2026

A New Language: On Primo Levi’s Translation of Kafka

A New Language: On Primo Levi’s Translation of Kafka

Maïa Hruska Considers the Act of Writing and Translating After Auschwitz

By Maïa Hruska | May 13, 2026

On the Death of Branwell Brontë and the Shadow of Grief It Cast Upon His Literary Family

On the Death of Branwell Brontë and the Shadow of Grief It Cast Upon His Literary Family

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By Deborah Lutz | May 12, 2026

Lori Carlson-Hijuelos on Honoring Her Husband’s Literary Legacy

Lori Carlson-Hijuelos on Honoring Her Husband’s Literary Legacy

“It has been more than a writing exercise for me. It has been an unexpected pilgrimage to the heart of our union.”

By Lori Carlson-Hijuelos | May 12, 2026

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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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