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    By David Shields  February 2, 2016
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    The Staff Shelf: The Mysterious Bookshop

    By Interview with a Bookstore  February 2, 2016
    Essay

    Emotional Truths and Historical Lies in the Shadow of the Great War

    By Andrea Molesini  February 1, 2016
    What to Read

    Interview with a Bookstore: The Mysterious Bookshop

    By Interview with a Bookstore  February 1, 2016
    Politics

    Deciphering a Trump-Free Debate

    By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  February 1, 2016
    Op-Ed

    Donald Trump, All-American Know-Nothing Nativist

    By David L. Ulin  February 1, 2016
    Essay

    “Mom, I’m Taking Opiates Again, I’m Fine.”

    By Amy Long  January 29, 2016
    What to Read

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    By Zinzi Clemmons  January 29, 2016
    Excerpts

    Bookshelf

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 28, 2016
    Essay

    In Praise of the DIY Book Party

    By Alison Kinney  January 28, 2016
    Biography

    Janet Malcolm: Biased, Mean, and Brilliant

    By Bridget Read  January 26, 2016
    History

    Travels to Nowhere

    By Lit Hub Photography  January 26, 2016
    What to Read

    The Staff Shelf: Third Place Books

    By Interview with a Bookstore  January 26, 2016
    Essay

    A Day in the Life of a West Virginia Coal Miner

    By James Green  January 25, 2016
    Essay

    A Novel of Putin’s Russia That Got Its Writer Beaten Up

    By Will Evans  January 25, 2016
    What to Read

    Interview with a Bookstore: Third Place Books

    By Interview with a Bookstore  January 25, 2016
    Essay

    Writing While Black

    By Morgan Jerkins  January 22, 2016
    Essay

    Are the Kids All Right?

    By Moira Weigel  January 22, 2016
    Excerpts

    Ostend: Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth, and the Summer Before the Dark

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 22, 2016
    Excerpts

    A Very Odd Night in a Possibly Fake North Korean Village

    By Magnus Bartas and Fredrik Ekman  January 21, 2016
    News

    David L. Ulin, Lisa Levy, and Others To Join Lit Hub’s Masthead

    By Literary Hub  January 20, 2016
    History

    There’s No Place For Joy in Today’s Moscow

    By Sergei Lebedev  January 20, 2016
    Conversations

    Librarian Confidential: Stephanie Anderson

    By Literary Hub  January 20, 2016
    Events

    The Democrats’ Secret Debating Society, Part IV

    By Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf  January 20, 2016
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