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Playlist for a Classic Novel: <em>Lolita</em>

Playlist for a Classic Novel: Lolita

10 Songs for Vladimir Nabokov's Brilliant Study of Obsession

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2017

There is Always War Somewhere: Memories of a WWII Childhood

There is Always War Somewhere: Memories of a WWII Childhood

Lore Segal Recalls Life as Refugee in Britain

By Lore Segal | May 31, 2017

Otis Redding Records an All-Time Great Song a Month Before His Death

Otis Redding Records an All-Time Great Song a Month Before His Death

The Story of an American Classic, "The Dock of the Bay"

By Jonathan Gould | May 31, 2017

What Abolishing the NEA Will Mean for Women Artists

What Abolishing the NEA Will Mean for Women Artists

"It’s hideous. We would be devastated."

By Tara Wanda Merrigan | May 31, 2017

When the Hometown You Wrote About Is Changed Forever By Disaster

When the Hometown You Wrote About Is Changed Forever By Disaster

Scott Gould Wonders If the Floodwaters Will Ever Recede

By Scott Gould | May 30, 2017

Sex, Memoir, and the Women of the Beat Generation

Sex, Memoir, and the Women of the Beat Generation

On Diane di Prima's Memoirs of a Beatnik

By Danielle Dumaine | May 30, 2017

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At the Cave Canem 20th-Anniversary Celebration

By Kyle Lucia Wu | May 30, 2017

The Literary World Says Goodbye To Denis Johnson

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2017

I Left the Worst Day of My Life Out of My Memoir

By Marcia Butler | May 26, 2017

Loving—And Leaving—Turkey in the Midst of Upheaval

Loving—And Leaving—Turkey in the Midst of Upheaval

Andrew Wessels on an Accidental Return Home

By Andrew Wessels | May 26, 2017

Celebrating Literary Contributions Beneath Countless Chandeliers

Celebrating Literary Contributions Beneath Countless Chandeliers

A Report from the Author's Guild Annual Gala
Honoring Toni Morrison and James Patterson

By Kyle Lucia Wu | May 26, 2017

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

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Colette, Homer, Margaret Atwood, Mary Beth Keane

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2017

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By Literary Hub | May 25, 2017

Seeking Refuge in Vinyl Records During China's Cultural Revolution

Seeking Refuge in Vinyl Records During China's Cultural Revolution

And the Bootleg Paganini Record That Instigated a Bloody Brawl

By Bei Dao | May 25, 2017

The Story of the Philosopher-Artist of L.A.

The Story of the Philosopher-Artist of L.A.

On the Life of Noah Purifoy, Keeper of the Watts Towers

By Kellie Jones | May 25, 2017

Remembering My Father Through My Favorite Beatles’ Song

Remembering My Father Through My Favorite Beatles’ Song

Elissa Schappell is Always Happy to Revisit the Octopus’s Garden

By Elissa Schappell | May 25, 2017

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