How Do You Write One of Humanity’s Most Intimate Moments?

Toward a Unified Literary Theory of the Kiss

February 14, 2018  By Brian Turner   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Literary Criticism 
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Kafka Was a Terrible Boyfriend

Read Franz Kafka's "Love Letters" to Felice Bauer

February 14, 2018  By Eleanor Bass   Posted In  Features  History  News and Culture 
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30 of the Worst Couples in Literature

Turns Out Lots of People Could Write a Bad Romance (Happy Valentine's!)

February 14, 2018  By Literary Hub   Posted In  Features  Reading Lists 
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How Medieval Storytellers Shape Our Understanding of Romance

Matters of the Heart, from Arthurian Legend to Tristan and Isolde

February 14, 2018  By Marilyn Yalom   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  History  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
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Discovering China’s 16 Million Comrade Wives

On Expectation and Sexuality in the World's Most Populous Country

February 14, 2018  By Roseann Lake   Posted In  Features  News and Culture  Politics 
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Finding Yourself as a Writer in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

Remembering Amelia Blanquera's Writing, Research, and Curiosity

February 14, 2018  By Amelia Blanquera   Posted In  Features  Memoir  News and Culture  Travel 
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Lit Hub Daily: February 13, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

February 13, 2018  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Features 
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The Exiles of Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

The Call Me Zebra Author Excavates Her Buried Selves

February 13, 2018  By Zahra Hankir   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation 
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When You Have to Kill the Perfect Book Cover

Sara Wood on Designing Joseph Cassara's The House of Impossible Beauties

February 13, 2018  By Sara Wood   Posted In  Design  Features  News and Culture 
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New Poetry by Indigenous Women

Introducing a Series Curated by Natalie Diaz

February 13, 2018  By Literary Hub   Posted In  Features  Fiction and Poetry  Poem 
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5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Introducing the Lit Hub Authors Questionnaire

February 13, 2018  By Teddy Wayne   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation 
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On the Very Contemporary Art of Flash Fiction

"To Be Brief Takes Time"

February 13, 2018  By John Dufresne   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism 
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“Soldiers”

Scott O'Connor

“My dad and his friends spent Saturdays drinking.”

February 13, 2018  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  Short Stories  Short Story 
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Lit Hub Daily: February 12, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

February 12, 2018  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Features 
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Judy Blume’s Advice for Aspiring Writers

The Queen of Kid Lit Turns 80 Today

February 12, 2018  By Emily Temple   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features 
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The Surprising, Unorthodox Media Criticism of High Maintenance

What HBO's Show about a Weed Delivery Guy Says about Ethics in Journalism

February 12, 2018  By Eric Thurm   Posted In  Features  Film and TV  News and Culture 
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Every Publication is a Kind of Death

Patrick Nathan on the Beautiful Morbidity of Language

February 12, 2018  By Patrick Nathan   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism 
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Why I’ll Never Stop Reading “Junk” Fiction

Ben Dolnick on Being Shamed for Loving Genre Novels

February 12, 2018  By Ben Dolnick   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features 
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The Horse: Beloved Metaphor of Your Favorite 19th-Century Novelists

How One Animal Came to Symbolize Love and Broken Marriages

February 12, 2018  By Ulrich Raulff   Posted In  Features  History  Nature  News and Culture 
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