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On Discovering Real Mothers on the Page

Pamela Erens, Rivka Glachen, Julia Fierro, and writing about motherhood

May 6, 2016  By Jordan Rosenfeld   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Health  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
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Why Does Literature Hate Babies?

On the Sometimes Reciprocal Hostility Between Writing and Children

May 6, 2016  By Rivka Galchen   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism 
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Why Writers Shouldn’t Boycott North Carolina

Protest Should Be in the Trenches, Not From Afar

May 6, 2016  By Lucy Kogler   Posted In  News and Culture  Politics 
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Tyehimba Jess on Excavating Popular Music Through Poetry

Exploring the Sustenance of Song and Historical Clapbacks

May 5, 2016  By Adam Fitzgerald   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Fiction and Poetry  In Conversation  Music  News and Culture  Poem 
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The Assistants

Camille Perri

“You’ve probably heard of my former boss. And even if you haven’t heard of him, he has influenced you, I promise.”

May 5, 2016  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel 
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Matthew Griffin: Notes from My Book Tour

In Which the Author Gapes at Former Bachelor Jake Pavelka and Discovers an Ancient Twig House

May 5, 2016  By Matthew Griffin   Posted In  News and Culture  Travel 
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Love is Boring and Hard to Write About, And Yet…

Lydia Millet on Why Hate Is Juicy and Love Is Dry

May 5, 2016  By Lydia Millet   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism 
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The 10 Russian Literary Heroines You Should Know

And Why Russian Women Know Better Than to Expect a Happily-Ever-After

May 5, 2016  By Guillermo Erades   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  On Translation  Reading Lists 
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On the $50K Acid Trip That Inspired the Grateful Dead’s “Black Peter”

From Buzz Poole's 33 1/3 Take on Workingman's Dead

May 5, 2016  By Buzz Poole   Posted In  Music  News and Culture 
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What is the Writer’s Place in a Violent World?

Before we describe, we must first be willing to look

May 5, 2016  By Maaza Mengiste   Posted In  News and Culture  Politics 
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In the Unlikely Event

Judy Blume

“In the departure lounge at Newark Airport Ruby was nodding off. She’d been up since 5 a.m., finishing her last-minute packing before rushing into Manhattan for the radio show. The ice cream soda at Hanson’s felt like eons ago.”

May 4, 2016  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel 
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How Judy Blume Changed My Life

Lily King on the Book That Got Her Through Her Parents' Divorce

May 4, 2016  By Lily King   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism 
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On the Quest to Write in a Third Language

Amara Lakhous Dreams of Green Cheese and Being Reborn into New York City

May 4, 2016  By Amara Lakhous   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  News and Culture  On Translation  Travel 
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Writers, The Loneliest Artists of All

Michele Filgate on Solitude, Melissa Broder, and Olivia Laing

May 4, 2016  By Michele Filgate   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism 
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Andrew Solomon on Global Terrorism, Travel Writing, and Empathy

The Second Part of the PEN President's Conversation with Paul Holdengraber

May 4, 2016  By Literary Hub   Posted In  A Phone Call From Paul  Lit Hub Radio 
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The Free Market Isn’t Really Free

Robert B. Reich on Power, Big Banks, and Democracy

May 4, 2016  By Robert B. Reich   Posted In  News and Culture  Politics 
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back from the self-chamberbox

4 New Poems by Brenda Shaughnessy

May 4, 2016  By Brenda Shaughnessy   Posted In  Fiction and Poetry  Poem 
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