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The Soul-Excavating Work of Louise Glück

The Soul-Excavating Work of Louise Glück

On the Poetry "More Intimate than Any Living Friend"

By Maureen N. McLane | October 16, 2020

The Delight of Daniel Mendelsohn

The Delight of Daniel Mendelsohn

James K.A. Smith on the Radical Interconnectedness of Three Rings

By James K.A. Smith | October 16, 2020

From Napoleon to Trump, on the <br>Tyrant As Troll

From Napoleon to Trump, on the
Tyrant As Troll

Liesl Schillinger Considers the Ways in Which History Repeats

By Liesl Schillinger | October 15, 2020

Every Mr. Darcy* Ranked

Every Mr. Darcy* Ranked

*That You Care About

By Emily Temple | October 15, 2020

In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

S. Kirk Walsh Looks Back at 33 Years of Writers in Public

By S. Kirk Walsh | October 14, 2020

How Audre Lorde's Experience of Breast Cancer Fortified Her Revolutionary Politics

How Audre Lorde's Experience of Breast Cancer Fortified Her Revolutionary Politics

Tracy K. Smith on The Cancer Journals

By Tracy K. Smith | October 14, 2020

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A Young John Berryman Writes R.P. Blackmur About His Favorite Poets

By John Berryman | October 14, 2020

Claire Messud in Praise of the Essays That Dwell in Uncertainty

By Claire Messud | October 13, 2020

On Eugenics and Queerness in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood

By Lit Century | October 13, 2020

10 Books You Should Read<br> in October

10 Books You Should Read
in October

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | October 13, 2020

On Edgar Allan Poe's Creepy Doppelgänger Story,

On Edgar Allan Poe's Creepy Doppelgänger Story, "William Wilson"

A Month of Edgar Allan Poe Continues on
The History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | October 12, 2020

5 Great Books You May Have Missed in September

5 Great Books You May Have Missed in September

Including Megan Gail Coles, Anja Kampmann, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | October 9, 2020

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

John Freeman on the Moral Power of Independent People

By John Freeman | October 6, 2020

Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?

Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?

Hayley Krischer on the Reluctance to Publish Stories of Unlovable Girls

By Hayley Krischer | October 6, 2020

Ishmael Reed: Mr. Miranda, <em>Hamilton</em> Left Out a Few Things

Ishmael Reed: Mr. Miranda, Hamilton Left Out a Few Things

A Critical Take on the Broadway Hit

By Ishmael Reed | October 6, 2020

Why is <em>The Known World</em> <br>So Good?

Why is The Known World
So Good?

Emily Temple on Edward P. Jones's Master Class in Time Management

By Emily Temple | October 5, 2020

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