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    Kate Daniels Talks Poetry and Psychoanalysis

    By Keen On  December 21, 2021
    Keen On

    Dorit Geva on Viktor Orbán’s “Ordonationalist” Hungary

    By Keen On  December 21, 2021
    The Hub

    Eve Babitz, artist and muse of Los Angeles, has died at 78.

    By Walker Caplan  December 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Please enjoy this absolutely ripped Alexander Skarsgård in The Northman trailer.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are the winners of the 2021 Hugo Awards.

    By Walker Caplan  December 20, 2021
    Writer's Homes

    Ginsberg, Didion, Sontag: Inside the Apartments of New York City Literary Legends, c. 1995

    By Dominique Nabokov  December 20, 2021
    Childhood

    Orhan Pamuk on a Lost Pool, and the World Beneath Its Surface

    By Orhan Pamuk  December 20, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

    By Literary Hub  December 20, 2021
    Historical Fiction

    Why You Shouldn’t Read Historical Fiction to Learn History

    By Juhea Kim  December 20, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Phil Klay on Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic, Conservative, and Curmudgeonly Ways

    By History of Literature  December 20, 2021
    Adaptations

    On the Most Adapted Ghost Story of All Time

    By Adam Scovell  December 20, 2021
    Freeman's

    Zahia Rahmani on Discovering Ursula K. Le Guin in 2021

    By Zahia Rahmani  December 20, 2021
    Keen On

    Dr. Eric Topol on Ground Truths and COVID-19

    By Keen On  December 20, 2021
    Emergence Magazine

    Tristan McConnell on the Long, Ongoing History of Turkana

    By Emergence Magazine  December 20, 2021
    Keen On

    Rob Goodman on the Pursuit of Eloquence

    By Keen On  December 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Politics and Prose employees moved to unionize—then the store owners hired an anti-union law firm.

    By Walker Caplan  December 17, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Literary Film and Television of the Year

    By Emily Temple  December 17, 2021
    Movies

    In Licorice Pizza, Everyone is Pretending to Be a Grown-Up. Especially the Grown-Ups.

    By Olivia Rutigliano  December 17, 2021
    Freeman's

    Rabih Alameddine Asks His MFA Students for Their Favorite Novels of the Year

    By Rabih Alameddine  December 17, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Transit Books

    By Corinne Segal  December 17, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Tiphanie Yanique on Breaking the Rules of Form

    By Tiphanie Yanique  December 17, 2021
    Classics

    On the Enduring Appeal of Xenophon’s Anabasis

    By Shane Brennan  December 17, 2021
    Open Source

    “Why Are the Democrats So Glum?” Mark Blyth on the Current Political Landscape

    By Open Source  December 17, 2021
    The Hub

    Inside Yu and Me Books, Manhattan’s first Asian American woman-owned bookstore/café.

    By Katie Yee  December 16, 2021
    The Hub

    “COVID is not a writer’s residency”: Amanda Gorman on creating during the pandemic.

    By Walker Caplan  December 16, 2021
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