The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024

The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024

Including Alice Munro, Keanu Reeves, and Nicholas Sparks's Chicken Salad

By Literary Hub | December 24, 2024

New Media, Old Anxieties: <br>Why is “Brain Rot” the Word of the Year?

New Media, Old Anxieties:
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Josh Abbey Considers “Savage Torpor” and Other Nice Things

By Josh Abbey | December 20, 2024

The Thick Muddy Soil of Language: On Mosab Abu Toha’s <em>Forest of Noise</em>

The Thick Muddy Soil of Language: On Mosab Abu Toha’s Forest of Noise

Abdelrahman ElGendy Considers a New Collection by the Acclaimed Palestinian Poet

By Abdelrahman ElGendy | December 20, 2024

“We Need to Be Rigorous in Defending Our Experiences of Art.” Chris Knapp Talks to Andrew Martin

“We Need to Be Rigorous in Defending Our Experiences of Art.” Chris Knapp Talks to Andrew Martin

The Author of “States of Emergency” on Creating Realistic Relationships and the Idea of Universality

By Andrew Martin | December 20, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rosa Alcalá Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rosa Alcalá Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Dante, Myriam Moscona, Tilsa Otta, and Others

By Diana Arterian | December 20, 2024

On Henry James and the Enduring Lessons of Love

On Henry James and the Enduring Lessons of Love

Katherine J. Chen Rediscovers James (and Falls in Love)

By Katherine J. Chen | December 19, 2024

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Journalists Tetyana Ogarkova and Volodymyr Yermolenko on Trump and Ukraine

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

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“What Zarqaʾ al-Yamama Didn’t Say,” a Poem by Mohamed Abdelbari

“What Zarqaʾ al-Yamama Didn’t Say,” a Poem by Mohamed Abdelbari

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Let’s Not Forget Charles Dickens’s Other Christmas Ghost Stories!

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Here Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2024!

Here Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2024!

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The Ultimate Best Books of 2024 List

Reading All the Lists So You Don’t Have To Since 2017

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The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2024

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2024

“He has chosen to be a farm stand that serves salty, fatty, sugary pseudo-thinking.”

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Betsy Fagin on the Undivided Self, Mystical Verse, and Reimagining Hemingway and Kerouac

Betsy Fagin on the Undivided Self, Mystical Verse, and Reimagining Hemingway and Kerouac

The Author of “Self-driving” in Conversation with Peter Mishler

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