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I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 16, 2024

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

Jonny Diamond on the Timeless Genius of Canada’s Greatest Writer

By Jonny Diamond | May 16, 2024

Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory

Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 16, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Ms. Munro has created tales that limn entire lifetimes in a handful of pages.”

By Book Marks | May 16, 2024

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

Carolyn Kuebler Recommends Kathryn Davis, Linda Legarde Grover, Jon McGregor, and More

By Carolyn Kuebler | May 16, 2024

The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

Jordan Landsman Remembers the Writer Admired by Jorge Luis Borges, Alberto Manguel, and Others

By Jordan Landsman | May 16, 2024

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Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

By History of Literature | May 16, 2024

The Yinzers of Glasgow: On the Scottish Origins of Pittsburgh’s Unique Dialect

By Ed Simon | May 15, 2024

Sisterhood of the Traveling Stories: On the Literature of Fictional Sisters

By Kimberly King Parsons | May 15, 2024

A Quiet Roar: Wendy Doniger on Amit Chaudhuri’s <em>Freedom Song</em>

A Quiet Roar: Wendy Doniger on Amit Chaudhuri’s Freedom Song

“True freedom may lie in the art that can express, deeply embedded in ordinary family life, the political attachments that shape and misshape that life.”

By Wendy Doniger | May 15, 2024

The Cosmic Library on Short Story Institutions

The Cosmic Library on Short Story Institutions

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | May 15, 2024

Lauren Michele Jackson on the Collision of the Internet, Race, and Gender

Lauren Michele Jackson on the Collision of the Internet, Race, and Gender

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | May 14, 2024

Amitava Kumar on Denis Johnson’s <em>Train Dreams</em>

Amitava Kumar on Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams

In Conversation with Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | May 14, 2024

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

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

Featuring Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Noé Álvarez, Anna Dorn and More.

By Teddy Wayne | May 14, 2024

Claire Messud on Writing the Past That Lives Within Us

Claire Messud on Writing the Past That Lives Within Us

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “This Strange Eventful History”

By Jane Ciabattari | May 14, 2024

How Annie Ernaux Inspired Me to Tell My Own Abortion Story

How Annie Ernaux Inspired Me to Tell My Own Abortion Story

Colombe Schneck on Writing Against Shame and Solitude

By Colombe Schneck | May 14, 2024

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