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Mark Haber
Diverting Diversions: Mark Haber on Distractions, Literary Digressions, and the Possibilities of Fiction
Brian Castleberry in Conversation with the Author of “Lesser Ruins”
By
Brian Castleberry
| November 22, 2024
Mark Haber on the Beauty of Digression
"I want the words to erupt, the sentences to flower and the ideas to go places I hadn’t expected."
By
Mark Haber
| October 11, 2024
Margaret Atwood’s poems! Spamalot! Marie Curie! 25 new books out today.
By
Gabrielle Bellot
| October 8, 2024
The Annotated Nightstand: What Garth Greenwell Is Reading Now, and Next
Featuring Mark Haber, Noor Naga, Mavis Gallant, and Others
By
Diana Arterian
| September 27, 2024
7 great love stories for cynics.
By
Emily Temple
| February 12, 2024
“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review
A Lit Mag Embraces Colorful Design and Literary Translation
By
Mark Haber
| November 21, 2023
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By
Literary Hub
| June 24, 2022
This is the most niche book recommendation I've ever made.
By
Emily Temple
| June 14, 2022
At New Directions University: Literary and Life Lessons from an Iconic Publisher
By
Mark Haber
| March 17, 2021
Mark Haber on Writing As a Way of Asking Questions
The Author of
Reinhardt's Garden
in Conversation with Galit Gottlieb on the New Books Network
By
New Books Network
| May 8, 2020
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers
Thomas Chatterton Williams, Jeannie Vanasco, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire
By
Teddy Wayne
| October 8, 2019
The Writer You've Never Heard of That Made My Book Possible
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By
Mark Haber
| September 27, 2019
Antiracism for babies, spiritual noirs, and magical realism: the week in book deals.
By
Emily Temple
| August 30, 2019
9 Unexpected Mother's Day Gifts
Book Recommendations from Houston's Brazos Bookstore
By
Literary Hub
| May 7, 2018
We Need the Lives of Others Now More Than Ever
On the Expansive Reading and Insights of Tony Judt
By
Veronica Esposito
| May 23, 2017
César Aira Makes the Impossible Possible
Mark Haber on the Newly Translated
Ema the Captive
By
Mark Haber
| December 6, 2016
7 Novels That Explore Motherhood's Complexities
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by
Donna Freitas
To Break Up with Friends, or to Murder Them: 5 Novels Featuring Fatal Friendship Failings
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by
Jenna Satterthwaite
The Trauma Behind the "Good Old Days": Christina Henry on the Dark Trap of Nostalgia in Fiction
November 4, 2025
by
Christina Henry
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"