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    Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 21, 2020
    The History of Literature

    On Enheduanna, the First Poet to Ascribe Her Own Name to Her Works

    By History of Literature  September 21, 2020
    Keen On

    Is America Due for a Reboot?

    By Keen On  September 21, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    Language Keepers: On the Fight to Save the Karuk Language

    By Emergence Magazine  September 21, 2020
    New Books Network

    The Moral (and Financial) Hazards of Charging the Sick for Health Care

    By New Books Network  September 21, 2020
    The Hub

    $3.2 million worth of rare stolen books have been found under a house in rural Romania.

    By Corinne Segal  September 18, 2020
    The Hub

    The first reviews of Their Eyes Were Watching God ranged from positive to hostile.

    By Book Marks  September 18, 2020
    The Hub

    These are the best reviewed books of the week.

    By Book Marks  September 18, 2020
    The Hub

    Here’s the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 18, 2020
    On Race

    I spoke with a friend of Robert and Mabel Williams about Negroes With Guns and BLM.

    By Aaron Robertson  September 18, 2020
    Theater

    Character-Building: On Past Traumas and a Future for the Stage

    By Dan O'Brien  September 18, 2020
    The Literary Life

    Ayad Akhtar on Why Literature Isn’t Just a ‘Bleeding-Heart Liberal’ Preoccupation

    By The Literary Life  September 18, 2020
    Nature

    On Land Ethics and One of the Last Heaths in Northern Europe

    By Robert Michael Pyle  September 18, 2020
    Reading Lists

    Moving Through Books and Books That Move Us

    By Caryl Pagel  September 18, 2020
    Democracy

    Can America’s Governors Save Our System of Democracy?

    By Saladin Ambar  September 18, 2020
    Reading Lists

    Lit Hub Recommends: Nice White Parents, The Princess Bride LIVE, and Samantha Crain

    By Literary Hub  September 18, 2020
    Energy

    ‘We’re Looking at a New Cold War’: A Conversation with Daniel Yergin

    By Bill Cohan  September 18, 2020
    New Books Network

    Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?

    By New Books Network  September 18, 2020
    Teaching

    On Creating Family in the Poetry Classroom

    By Literary Hub  September 18, 2020
    Love and Romance

    Let’s Rethink How We Talk About Love, Intimacy, and the Absence of Desire

    By Angela Chen  September 18, 2020
    Keen On

    Following the Dirty Money That Floods the Global Economy

    By Keen On  September 18, 2020
    The Hub

    Bryan Washington’s Lot has won the NYPL’s Young Lions Fiction Award.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Here’s the longlist for this year’s National Book Award for Nonfiction.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 17, 2020
    The Hub

    An Australian bookstore will stop stocking books by J.K. Rowling.

    By Corinne Segal  September 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Absolute snack Stanley Tucci is writing a memoir about his life as a foodie.

    By Emily Temple  September 17, 2020
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