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    Haunted Houses

    As a Teacher of Gothic Lit, I Should Have Known Better Than to Move into a Haunted House

    By Emily Waples  May 23, 2019
    Memoirs

    Binyavanga Wainaina on His Childhood in the Infancy of the Kenyan Republic

    By Binyavanga Wainaina  May 23, 2019
    Profiles

    On Fact, Fiction, and Translating Lena Andersson

    By Saskia Vogel  May 23, 2019
    The Hub

    Marie Kondo is writing another book for you to throw out.

    By Emily Temple  May 22, 2019
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    Hilary Mantel’s final Thomas Cromwell novel finally has a pub date.

    By Emily Temple  May 22, 2019
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    Don Jr. sold a book and his agent/only friend is his lawyer.

    By Jessie Gaynor  May 22, 2019
    Book Tours

    Ann Beattie: What to Eat When Your Book Tour Comes to an End

    By Ann Beattie  May 22, 2019
    Reasons a Writer Should Move

    5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Baltimore

    By Danielle Evans  May 22, 2019
    Fathers and Daughters

    Kate Mulgrew on the Work of Waiting, in Acting and in Life

    By Kate Mulgrew  May 22, 2019
    History of Science

    Einstein and the Devastating Effects of WWI on Science

    By Matthew Stanley  May 22, 2019
    Radicalism

    On the Rebel Southern Daughter Who Fought to Expose White Supremacy

    By Jacquelyn Dowd Hall  May 22, 2019
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    UNHhhh. . . Trixie and Katya have sold an advice book for ladies!

    By Emily Temple  May 21, 2019
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    Cartoon Brexit villain Jacob Rees-Mogg’s book is getting roasted by critics.

    By Dan Sheehan  May 21, 2019
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    From Orwell to Knocked Up, why are so many abortion stories about… men?

    By Fran Bigman  May 21, 2019
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    Someone returned a library book in Ireland after 80 years

    By Corinne Segal  May 21, 2019
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    George R. R. Martin says there will be more unicorns in his ending to Game of Thrones.

    By Emily Temple  May 21, 2019
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    New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

    By Emily Temple  May 21, 2019
    Audiobooks

    Audiobooks: The Past, Present, and Future of Another Way to Read

    By James Tate Hill  May 21, 2019
    Science Rules!

    How Do We Reverse the Tide of an Anti-Science America?

    By Lee McIntyre  May 21, 2019
    Adaptations

    Anna Deavere Smith: Some Notes on Notes from the Field

    By Anna Deavere Smith  May 21, 2019
    On Race

    Ebony Thomas on Seeking the Fantastic When the World Tells You Not To

    By Ebony Elizabeth Thomas  May 21, 2019
    Interview with a Bookstore

    The Boston Bookstore with a Focus on Writers of Color

    By Interview with a Bookstore  May 21, 2019
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    Read more than 200 women on abortion and life in Alabama.

    By Corinne Segal  May 20, 2019
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    The five pieces Lit Hub readers loved last week…

    By Aaron Robertson  May 20, 2019
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    EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Paul Lisicky’s forthcoming memoir, Later.

    By Emily Firetog  May 20, 2019
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