In Memoriam

How Did Elizabeth Wurtzel Survive Us?

Lynn Steger Strong: "We ask them to flay themselves open and we celebrate it."

 
By Lynn Steger Strong  December 31, 2019
In Memoriam

Notable Literary Deaths in 2019

By Emily Temple  December 20, 2019
In Memoriam

Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

By Sheryl Cotleur  December 20, 2019
In Memoriam

On Brian Doyle’s Mystical, Genre-Exploding Work

By David James Duncan  December 3, 2019
In Memoriam

Remembering Stephen Dixon: Writer, Teacher, Friend

By Kristopher Jansma  November 7, 2019
In Memoriam

Elizabeth McCracken: Remembering Susan Kamil, Friend and Editor

By Elizabeth McCracken  September 16, 2019
In Memoriam

On the Rare Decency of
Susan Kamil

By John Freeman  September 16, 2019
In Memoriam

Mourning Paule Marshall, the Foremother Who Didn’t Always Love Me Back

By Rosamond S. King  September 9, 2019
In Memoriam

Charles Johnson Remembers the Great Paule Marshall

By Charles Johnson  September 5, 2019
In Memoriam

Remembering Edmund Morris, a great American biographer.

By Kerri Arsenault  May 29, 2019
In Memoriam

Edward Carey remembers writer and translator Sergio Claudio Perroni.

By Edward Carey  May 28, 2019
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Binyavanga Wainaina

By Literary Hub  May 24, 2019
In Memoriam

Billy Kahora on Binyavanga Wainaina’s Groundbreaking Work

By Billy Kahora  May 24, 2019
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Stanley Plumly

By Literary Hub  May 9, 2019
In Memoriam

‘Is This a Poem?!’ Remembering Linda Gregg

By Timothy Liu  March 25, 2019
In Memoriam

‘Asking for Directions’ A Poem by Linda Gregg

By Linda Gregg  March 25, 2019
In Memoriam

Poet W.S. Merwin Dies at 91

By Corinne Segal  March 15, 2019
Essay

Luke Perry, Dylan McKay, and the Myth of the ‘Bad Boy’

By Lynn Steger Strong  March 8, 2019
Feature

How Mary Oliver Helped Me to Breathe Again

By Brandon Taylor  January 18, 2019
In Memoriam

“Helmet, Kid, Bike.” Remembering Claudio López de Lamadrid

By Miguel Aguilar  January 18, 2019
In Memoriam

Poet Mary Oliver Dies at 83

By Corinne Segal  January 17, 2019
Excerpts

Gabriel García Márquez Remembers His Dearest Friend, Julio Cortázar

By Gabriel García Márquez  January 8, 2019
Feature

Notable Literary Deaths in 2018

By Emily Temple  December 21, 2018
History

It’s Been 25 Years Since Kurt Cobain’s Last Rites, Nirvana’s Unplugged Show

By Lynn Crosbie  December 14, 2018
In Memoriam

Remembering Stan Lee, and the World He Created

By Literary Hub  November 14, 2018
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