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The Author Who Didn't Care to Be Remembered

The Author Who Didn't Care to Be Remembered

On the Curious Case of Ann Petry

By Jean-Christophe Cloutier | October 4, 2019

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Mieko Kawakami Considers the Work of One of the World's Great Novelists

By Mieko Kawakami | October 3, 2019

Can Language Be Understood as a Spiritual Medium?

Can Language Be Understood as a Spiritual Medium?

Virginia Woolf, Anne Carson, and the Use of Form to
Investigate Truth and Death

By Johanna Skibsrud | October 3, 2019

Sigrid Undset's Doomed Flâneuse is<br> a Cautionary Tale

Sigrid Undset's Doomed Flâneuse is
a Cautionary Tale

Lauren Elkin on Jenny, a Novel of Rome

By Lauren Elkin | October 2, 2019

On the Courage and Complexity of Olga Tokarczuk

On the Courage and Complexity of Olga Tokarczuk

Jacek Dehnel Considers the Work of the Great Polish Novelist

By Jacek Dehnel | October 2, 2019

On the Irreconcilable Temptations of Anne Carson

On the Irreconcilable Temptations of Anne Carson

Karen Solie Considers One of Canada's Great Writers,
Just in Time for Nobel Season

By Karen Solie | October 1, 2019

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Ocean Vuong: The 10 Books
I Needed to Write My Novel

By Ocean Vuong | October 1, 2019

On Monsieur Bovary, One of Literature's Most Necessary Characters

By Alberto Manguel | October 1, 2019

Cornel West on the Revolutionary Politics of the Foundry Theatre

By Cornel West | October 1, 2019

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

Thoughts on One of Norway's Great Writers, Just in Time
for Nobel Season

By Karl Ove Knausgaard | September 30, 2019

Lauren Groff on the Forgotten Genius of Nancy Hale

Lauren Groff on the Forgotten Genius of Nancy Hale

"The paradox is that one has to read the stories to understand how wrong we have been"

By Lauren Groff | September 30, 2019

When Will Ben Lerner Admit He's a Novelist?

When Will Ben Lerner Admit He's a Novelist?

The Topeka School as Gateway Book

By Emily Temple | September 30, 2019

On Patrick White, Australia’s Great Unread Novelist

On Patrick White, Australia’s Great Unread Novelist

Madeleine Watts Wonders If Any of Us Can Go Home Again

By Madeleine Watts | September 30, 2019

In Search of a Black Odysseus: My Father's Journey Home

In Search of a Black Odysseus: My Father's Journey Home

Maya Phillips on Wandering Through a Fallen Kingdom

By Maya Phillips | September 30, 2019

The Writer You've Never Heard of That Made My Book Possible

The Writer You've Never Heard of That Made My Book Possible

Mark Haber on the Life and Writing of Mila Menendez Krause

By Mark Haber | September 27, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

The Best Writing at the Site in September

By Literary Hub | September 27, 2019

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