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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

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On the $50K Acid Trip That Inspired the Grateful Dead’s “Black Peter”

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What is the Writer’s Place in a Violent World?

Before we describe, we must first be willing to look

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“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

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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

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

“We each carried a plastic grocery bag and a club. Karinger’s was an old 3-wood—so old, it was actually made out of wood, except for a little metal plate across the top of the head that had the number 3 painted on it in red.”

May 3, 2016  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Fiction and Poetry  Short Story 
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Adam Haslett on Exploring Intimacy Through Fictional Characters

May 3, 2016  By Adam Haslett   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism 
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"Delillo's work is made of stealthy blessings"

May 3, 2016  By Jennifer Egan   Posted In  Events  News and Culture 
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Don DeLillo on the Life of a Book

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May 3, 2016  By Don DeLillo   Posted In  Events  News and Culture 
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On Don DeLillo’s Deep Italian-American Roots

On the Rich Artful Paranoia of the Son of a Jesuit

May 3, 2016  By Nick Ripatrazone   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism 
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Ken Pisani on Writing Across Disciplines

May 3, 2016  By Ken Pisani   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism 
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