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Writer, Farmer, Literary Misfit: In Memory of the Late Stanley Crawford

Writer, Farmer, Literary Misfit: In Memory of the Late Stanley Crawford

Alex Trimble Young Remembers a Writer of “Unbrandable” Books

By Alex Trimble Young | March 25, 2024

James Frankie Thomas on Discovering His Trans Identity While Writing Fiction

James Frankie Thomas on Discovering His Trans Identity While Writing Fiction

"It’s both mystical and humiliating how your novel can know things before you yourself know them."

By James Frankie Thomas | September 13, 2023

Funny Books for an Unfunny World: A Reading List

Funny Books for an Unfunny World: A Reading List

Dennard Dayle on the Books That Embrace “Maniacal Laughter”

By Dennard Dayle | May 23, 2022

Battle Royale: 6 Books That Take on the Rich World of Wrestling

Battle Royale: 6 Books That Take on the Rich World of Wrestling

Gene Kwak Recommends Chapbooks, Novels, and Nonfiction

By Gene Kwak | October 25, 2021

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

Brad Kessler on Settler Narratives and the Violence That Haunts American Land and Literature

By Brad Kessler | October 20, 2021

The Bell in the Lake

The Bell in the Lake

Lars Mytting

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 2, 2020

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By Emily Temple | May 18, 2018

Remembering Publisher Peter Mayer

Remembering Publisher Peter Mayer

Friends and colleagues share memories of former Penguin CEO and publisher of Overlook Press

By Literary Hub | May 18, 2018

Do We Even Need Men?

Do We Even Need Men?

John Launer on One of Evolution's Greatest Unanswered Questions

By John Launer | April 24, 2018

A Virtuoso Graphic Novel, Painted While in Hiding From the Nazis

A Virtuoso Graphic Novel, Painted While in Hiding From the Nazis

From Charlotte Salomon's Life? Or Theatre?

By Literary Hub | December 1, 2017

For the First Time On Its Own, Hans Christian Andersen's Adult Novel

For the First Time On Its Own, Hans Christian Andersen's Adult Novel

You Definitely Do Not Want to Mess with The Ice Virgin

By Hans Christian Andersen | June 21, 2017

On <em>Dracula's</em> Lost Icelandic Sister Text

On Dracula's Lost Icelandic Sister Text

How a Supposed Translation Proved to Be Much More

By Hans Corneel de Roos | February 6, 2017