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What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

Ilan Stavans on Belonging, Bookishness, and Memory

By Ilan Stavans | July 9, 2021

You Want Me to Read <em>What</em>?

You Want Me to Read What?

The Book Dreams Podcast Competes for Off-the-Wall Reading Recs

By Book Dreams | July 9, 2021

Dana Spiotta on the Inevitable Reckonings of Generation X

Dana Spiotta on the Inevitable Reckonings of Generation X

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 8, 2021

Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This July

Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This July

Bookstores From Around the Country Pick Their Favorites

By Literary Hub | July 8, 2021

In Praise of the Great Rats in Literature. Literally.

In Praise of the Great Rats in Literature. Literally.

Austin Ratner on the Most Maligned Animal in the History of Art

By Austin Ratner | July 8, 2021

21 new books to keep your summer reading going strong.

21 new books to keep your summer reading going strong.

By Katie Yee | July 7, 2021

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On the Paradox of the Holocaust in W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants

By Lit Century | July 7, 2021

On the Power of the “Unlinked” Story Collection

By Chris Stuck | July 7, 2021

How Many “Types” of Stories Are There? And Can They Save Us?

By David Chrisinger | July 7, 2021

Surviving Tough Love: Growing Up as the Child of Chinese Immigrants

Surviving Tough Love: Growing Up as the Child of Chinese Immigrants

Elina Zhang on the Lessons of Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things

By Elina Zhang | July 7, 2021

<em>Reading Women</em> Recommends Books by Palestinian Women

Reading Women Recommends Books by Palestinian Women

Kendra and Sumaiyya Welcome Special Guest Yara Yaghi

By Reading Women | July 7, 2021

Highlights (and lowlights) from Lucy Ellmann’s bizarre Twitter “essay” about crap.

Highlights (and lowlights) from Lucy Ellmann’s bizarre Twitter “essay” about crap.

By Jonny Diamond | July 6, 2021

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021, Part Two

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021, Part Two

222 Books We Want to Read Before 2022

By Literary Hub | July 6, 2021

On E.M. Forster’s <em>Maurice</em> and the Urgency of Expanding Queer Genealogies

On E.M. Forster’s Maurice and the Urgency of Expanding Queer Genealogies

William di Canzio on the Personal and Literary Inspirations
Behind His Novel

By William di Canzio | July 6, 2021

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi Discuss the Memoir of an Extraordinary Life

By Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi | July 6, 2021

Claudia Laitano on the Life and Legacy of Machado de Assis

Claudia Laitano on the Life and Legacy of Machado de Assis

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 6, 2021

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