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5 Books Making News This Week: Songs, Short Stories, and Sophocles

5 Books Making News This Week: Songs, Short Stories, and Sophocles

Wayne Flynt, Haruki Murakami, Colm Tóibín, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | May 16, 2017

The Fine Art of Cheating in Baseball

The Fine Art of Cheating in Baseball

Remembering Red Faber, One of the Last Great Spitballers

By Terry McDermott | May 15, 2017

A Literary Party Institution, Both Cheeky and Sacred

A Literary Party Institution, Both Cheeky and Sacred

A Report From One Story's 15th Anniversary Debutante Ball

By Kyle Lucia Wu | May 15, 2017

The Canonization of Dylan Thomas

The Canonization of Dylan Thomas

On the Legacy of Literary Afterlives

By Bernard Schwartz | May 15, 2017

What is Money, Anyway?

What is Money, Anyway?

On Lenin, KimYe, and Gold-Plated Toilets

By Pascal Bruckner | May 15, 2017

In Motherhood, I Became a Fire-breathing Female Monster

In Motherhood, I Became a Fire-breathing Female Monster

On Fierce Love, Disability, and Chimeras

By Marianne Leone | May 12, 2017

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A Mother and her Trans Son on Finding Their New Middle Ground

By Donald Collins and Mary Collins | May 12, 2017

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

By Emily Temple | May 12, 2017

On Oaxaca, Early Pregnancy, and Motherlands

By Sarah Menkedick | May 12, 2017

Writing About Charlie Brown Feels Like Writing About Myself

Writing About Charlie Brown Feels Like Writing About Myself

Chuck Klosterman on the Enduring Appeal of The Peanuts

By Chuck Klosterman | May 12, 2017

The Boxer and The Professor: Friendships of the Lost Generation

The Boxer and The Professor: Friendships of the Lost Generation

On Café Life with Hemingway and Dos Passos

By James McGrath Morris | May 11, 2017

Boxing Through Trauma During the Afghan Civil War

Boxing Through Trauma During the Afghan Civil War

“The doctor said I had seen too many bad things”

By Qais Akbar Omar | May 11, 2017

Attending a Literary Award Ceremony Held in An Alternate Universe

Attending a Literary Award Ceremony Held in An Alternate Universe

On Lizard Aliens and Gothic Fairies at Norwescon

By Claudia Casper | May 11, 2017

Watch Three Recent Whiting Award-Winning Poets Read From Their Work

Watch Three Recent Whiting Award-Winning Poets Read From Their Work

Layli Long Soldier, Safiya Sinclair, and Latasha N. Nevada Diggs

By Literary Hub | May 11, 2017

How I Learned to Cook in a Kitchen With No Electricity or Running Water

How I Learned to Cook in a Kitchen With No Electricity or Running Water

"I felt safe here, in our vegetable kingdom"

By Amy Thielen | May 9, 2017

Revealing the Unwritten Obstacles Faced by Academics of Color

Revealing the Unwritten Obstacles Faced by Academics of Color

How Dr. Patricia Matthew is Bringing Exclusionary Practices into the Light

By Lakshmi Ramgopal | May 9, 2017

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