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How My Grandmother's Cookbook Made Me a Writer

How My Grandmother's Cookbook Made Me a Writer

On Cooking, Rosh Hashanah, and Inhabiting a Fictive World

By Michelle Brafman | September 13, 2016

Bouchercon: Five Events to See This Week in New Orleans

Bouchercon: Five Events to See This Week in New Orleans

A preview of the Largest Mystery Fan Convention in the US

By Lisa Levy | September 13, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Families, Fetuses, and Foer

Five Books Making News This Week: Families, Fetuses, and Foer

John Freeman, Ian McEwan, Here I Am, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | September 13, 2016

On the Celibate Love Affair of Nora Ephron and Mike Nichols

On the Celibate Love Affair of Nora Ephron and Mike Nichols

Richard Cohen Remembers a Power Couple That Never Was

By Richard Cohen | September 12, 2016

Interview with a Bookstore: Biblioasis

Interview with a Bookstore: Biblioasis

The Bookstore Partner of Windsor, Ontario's Biblioasis Press

By Interview with a Bookstore | September 12, 2016

A Literary Long Weekend in Los Angeles

A Literary Long Weekend in Los Angeles

A Bookish Visit to the Land of Bukowski and Didion...

By Katie Orphan | September 9, 2016

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The Magic of Miyazaki's Literary Imagination

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 9, 2016

32 Imaginary Tennis Matches Paul Auster's Godson Would Like To See

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2016

Swimming in the Sink

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 8, 2016

How Being a Bookseller Made Me a Better Writer

How Being a Bookseller Made Me a Better Writer

Kea Wilson on Standing Face to Face with Actual Readers

By Kea Wilson | September 8, 2016

Lauren Collins Really Didn't Want to Write a Memoir

Lauren Collins Really Didn't Want to Write a Memoir

Stephanie LaCava Talks to the Author of When in French: Love in a Second Language

By Stephanie LaCava | September 8, 2016

Why You Should Hate Football (But Will Watch It Anyway)

Why You Should Hate Football (But Will Watch It Anyway)

12 Books to Explain a Nation's Obsessions

By Dwyer Murphy | September 8, 2016

When News of a Suicide Comes During Memoir Class

When News of a Suicide Comes During Memoir Class

Practicing Compassion in a Room Where Difficult Things are Shared

By Jamie-Lee Josselyn | September 8, 2016

Where Is Max Ritvo's Heaven?

Where Is Max Ritvo's Heaven?

On the Death of a Young Poet and the Limits of Imagination

By M. Sophia Newman | September 7, 2016

Hitler's Dog, and Other Problems of Historical Fiction

Hitler's Dog, and Other Problems of Historical Fiction

Peter Ho Davies on the challenges (and opportunities) of mining the past

By Peter Ho Davies | September 7, 2016

What Do Your Reading Habits Reveal About Your Personality?

What Do Your Reading Habits Reveal About Your Personality?

A Literary Questionnaire by Robert McCrum

By Literary Hub | September 6, 2016

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