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A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Duplex</em> by Kathryn Davis

A Small Press Book We Love:
Duplex by Kathryn Davis

By Emily Temple | March 20, 2025

Kathryn Davis Couldn’t Live Without Musicals and Writes Fiction Like a Piano Player (and Other Tidbits)

Kathryn Davis Couldn’t Live Without Musicals and Writes Fiction Like a Piano Player (and Other Tidbits)

The Author of “Versailles” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | November 11, 2024

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

Carolyn Kuebler Recommends Kathryn Davis, Linda Legarde Grover, Jon McGregor, and More

By Carolyn Kuebler | May 16, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kelly Link is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kelly Link is Reading Now and Next

“There are far too many good books in the world... But that’s a good thing, right?”

By Diana Arterian | February 15, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Renee Gladman is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Renee Gladman is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | May 4, 2022

The Bardo of Widowhood: Considering Kathryn Davis’s Meditations on Grief

The Bardo of Widowhood: Considering Kathryn Davis’s Meditations on Grief

Howard Norman Reads Aurelia, Aurélia

By Howard Norman | April 18, 2022

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By Teddy Wayne | March 8, 2022

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Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Anthony Domestico Offers a Close Reading of an Underappreciated Novelist

By Anthony Domestico | February 16, 2022

10 Books by Women You May Have Missed in August

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The 20 Best Novels of the Decade

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Here's where to start with the epic Graywolf Press backlist

Here's where to start with the epic Graywolf Press backlist

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2019

Kathryn Davis, T Kira Madden, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

Kathryn Davis, T Kira Madden, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | March 12, 2019

14 Books You Should Read This March

14 Books You Should Read This March

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By Literary Hub | March 4, 2019

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

In Like a Leo, Out Like an . . . Aries?

By Emily Temple | March 1, 2019

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