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Sue Miller Loves Jane Eyre For All the Wrong Reasons
Sue Miller’s novel, Monogamy, is out now, so we asked her a few questions about interviews, writing habits, and her favorite books. * Who do you most wish would read your book? Hmm. An odd question,...
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12 Books You Should Read in September
Sigrid Nunez, What Are You Going Through (Riverhead) Sigrid Nunez’s The Friend shot into bestseller-dom in 2018, one of the select few bestsellers that has, in my humble opinion, earned the stature...
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WATCH: Rhett Miller Covers the Great American Songbook
This episode continues our video series to benefit the wonderful Mighty Writers, a Philadelphia-based non-profit that teaches reading and writing to thousands of low-income and marginalized students...
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How Fiction Reckons with a World in Constant Crisis
Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, author of Likes, and Karen Russell, author of Sleep Donation, discuss isolation, the way fiction anticipates the future, and the role of the fantastic in subverting norms. *...
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Walter Mosley: When I’m Telling a Story I Imagine the Eavesdropper Over My...
Walter Mosley’s The Awkward Black Man is available now, so we asked him some questions about audience, interviews, and writing advice. * Who do you most wish would read your book? I once explained my...
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WATCH: Singer-Songwriter Erika Ender on Vulnerability and Hope in Tough Times
This episode continues our video series to benefit the wonderful Mighty Writers, a Philadelphia-based non-profit that teaches reading and writing to thousands of low-income and marginalized students...
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On Creating Family in the Poetry Classroom
Ibi Zoboi is a bestselling author and National Book Award finalist who has advocated for art programs for youth. Her most recent book, Punching the Air, is co-written with Yusef Salaam of the...
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Lit Hub Recommends: Nice White Parents, The Princess Bride LIVE, and Samantha...
I’ve been listening to Samantha Crain’s latest record, A Small Death, a lot over the last couple weeks, and it’s officially my transitional soundtrack from pandemic summer to doomsday fall (which is...
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WATCH: The Shortlist Announcement for the 2020 Cundill History Prize
Watch below as McGill University, in partnership with Literary Hub, History Extra, Literary Review of Canada, and History Hit, announce the shortlist for the Cundill History Prize. The prize, founded...
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WATCH: Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy on Musical Storytelling and Early Influences
This episode continues our video series to benefit the wonderful Mighty Writers, a Philadelphia-based non-profit that teaches reading and writing to thousands of low-income and marginalized students...
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On Planting Seeds, Excavating Language, and the Politics of Place
Kerri ní Dochartaigh is from the North West of Ireland but now lives in the middle, in an old stone railway cottage; the closest dwelling to Garriskil Bog. She writes about nature, literature and...
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WATCH: Singer-Songwriter Wrabel on Transformative Books and Supportive Teachers
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Literature for Justice: Seven Books that Rethink Mass Incarceration
In 2017, the National Book Foundation began the Literature for Justice program to highlight books that contribute to the dialogue around mass incarceration and justice. Since then, the need for those...
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What to Watch at the Brooklyn Book Festival
The Brooklyn Book Festival, launched in 2006, is New York City’s largest free festival that connects readers with local, national, and international writers over the course of a grand literary week....
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Kimberly’s Story, Part II: How to Live in San Francisco During a Pandemic
Kimberly, a young woman in San Francisco’s Mission District, continues telling her story of navigating life and work during the pandemic. You can read part one, here. This series is part of a project...
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Marilynne Robinson on Writing a Character Without a Carapace
This week on Well-Versed, Jonathan Galassi, publisher of FSG, talks with writer Marilynne Robinson about her new novel, Jack, returning to Gilead, her research on the segregation of St. Louis, and the...
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10 Books You Should Read in October
Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind (Ecco Press) Rumaan Alam’s third novel, Leave the World Behind, has been receiving a lot of buzz lately—and for good reason. This page-turning, atmospheric story is...
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Read from the 2020 Cundill History Prize Shortlist
On September 22nd, McGill University, in partnership with Literary Hub announced the shortlist for the Cundill History Prize. The prize, founded in 2008 by the late Peter Cundill, recognizes and awards...
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Lit Hub Recommends: Hocus Pocus, The Bachelorette, and Mr. Darcy.
Tis the only season I care about—Halloween. In my house, we’ve already carved one jack-o-lantern (it’s Optimus Prime), roasted pumpkin seeds, and watched Hocus Pocus. My son’s birthday is at the end...
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Ethan Hawke on performing Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.
Ethan Hawke, actor, novelist, and Generation X’s go-to movie-boyfriend, recorded a three-hour abridged version of Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead last month (You can buy tickets here). He shared some...
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