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When My Authentic is Your Exotic

When My Authentic is Your Exotic

Soniah Kamal Considers Whether Or Not To Have a Mango in Her Novel

By Soniah Kamal | May 23, 2016

On the Art and Writing of the 1980s (And Against the 90s)

On the Art and Writing of the 1980s (And Against the 90s)

Dale Peck Considers a Decade and Its Fractured Antirealisms

By Dale Peck | May 23, 2016

Prelude to a Friendship:

Prelude to a Friendship: "Denise Was Near to the Bone"

Paul Lisicky Remembers the Moment He Met a Lifelong Friend

By Paul Lisicky | May 23, 2016

The Library the Gold Rush Built

The Library the Gold Rush Built

The 161 year old history of The Mechanics’ Institute of San Francisco

By Daniela Blei | May 23, 2016

Interview with a Bookstore:Galiano Island Books

Interview with a Bookstore:Galiano Island Books

Where Bookselling Runs in the Family

By Interview with a Bookstore | May 23, 2016

Garth Greenwell and Garrard Conley Are Going to North Carolina

Garth Greenwell and Garrard Conley Are Going to North Carolina

Against HB2, and in Support of Local Bookstores

By Garrard Conley and Garth Greenwell | May 20, 2016

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The Suicide Memoir: True Crime, Mystery, and Grief

By Candace Opper | May 20, 2016

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Emerging from the Ruins of An American Dynasty

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Announcing the 2016 O. Henry Prize Stories

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The Best Short Fiction of the Year

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Action: A Book About Sex

Action: A Book About Sex

Amy Rose Spiegel

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 19, 2016

What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?

What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?

Robin Wasserman on the Unstoppable Wave of "Girl"-Titled Books

By Robin Wasserman | May 18, 2016

10 Works of Fiction to Better Understand Brazil

10 Works of Fiction to Better Understand Brazil

A Country in Crisis, and Its Vital Literature

By Francesca Angiolillo | May 18, 2016

History Never Ends, It Just Gets Retold

History Never Ends, It Just Gets Retold

Janice P. Nimura On Meeting the Descendants of Her Subjects

By Janice P. Nimura | May 17, 2016

The Rise of the Chinese Hipster

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On a Generation Wenqing, aka "Cultured Youth"

By Rob Schmitz | May 17, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Mornings, Musicians, and Maternity

Five Books Making News This Week: Mornings, Musicians, and Maternity

Janine di Giovanni, Dylan Hicks, Pamela Erens, and More

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