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The Two Books That Saved My Young Life

The Two Books That Saved My Young Life

Keah Brown on Sarah Dessen, Toni Morrison, and Coming Back from the Brink

By Keah Brown | December 8, 2016

Trevor Noah on Growing Up in South Africa Under Apartheid

Trevor Noah on Growing Up in South Africa Under Apartheid

"Where most children are proof of their parents’ love, I was the proof of their criminality."

By Trevor Noah | December 2, 2016

When Your Characters Live Inside Your Childhood Home

When Your Characters Live Inside Your Childhood Home

Sara Schaff on Revisiting the House She Grew Up in Through Fiction

By Sara Schaff | November 9, 2016

The Many Ways in Which the Heart Can Break

The Many Ways in Which the Heart Can Break

Aminatta Forna Visits the Museum of Broken Relationships

By Aminatta Forna | November 8, 2016

Fascism and Its Echoes, and the Othering of the Mentally Ill

Fascism and Its Echoes, and the Othering of the Mentally Ill

Holly Müller Examines Her Family's Past, to Understand the Present

By Holly Muller | November 7, 2016

The Novel My Wife Will Never Read

The Novel My Wife Will Never Read

Eugene Mirabelli on the Loss of his Wife and Renato After Alba

By Eugene Mirabelli | November 4, 2016

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How I Helped Tell a Soldier's Story

By Jane Bernstein | October 28, 2016

Stop Stereotyping Lexicographers!

By John Simpson | October 24, 2016

Ghost Songs

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 19, 2016

Postcards to a Younger, Much Better Novelist

Postcards to a Younger, Much Better Novelist

Derek Palacio Shares Early Correspondence with his wife, Claire Vaye Watkins

By Derek Palacio | October 17, 2016

There's Still No Word for 'Memoir' in German Publishing

There's Still No Word for 'Memoir' in German Publishing

The Buchpreis, the Book Blogger, and Other Hot Topics Heading to Frankfurt...

By Tara Bray Smith | October 17, 2016

How I Came to Love Bob Dylan

How I Came to Love Bob Dylan

From Scratchy Records to Dubious (Trash-Digging) Sightings

By Patrick Ryan | October 14, 2016

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The College Years

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The College Years

"I was benefiting from a history that had come to negate my history"

By Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o | October 12, 2016

Growing Up Under the Russians

Growing Up Under the Russians

Durs Grünbein Remembers a Childhood Under Occupation

By Durs Grünbein | October 12, 2016

Gloria Naylor: Mama Day, Mama Night, Bigger than Life

Gloria Naylor: Mama Day, Mama Night, Bigger than Life

Julia Alvarez Remembers the Author of The Women of Brewster Place

By Julia Alvarez | October 5, 2016

To Leave Your Mother Tongue is to Love It More

To Leave Your Mother Tongue is to Love It More

Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough on Her Mother Tongue and Another

By Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough | October 4, 2016

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