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Roberto Bolano
Seven Novels That Explore Friendship In All Its Messy, Complex Beauty
Jeremy Gordon Recommends Yukio Mishima, Elena Ferrante, Daniel Clowes, and More
By
Jeremy Gordon
| March 6, 2025
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
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
Roberto Bolaño’s bank heist plan involves five poets.
By
James Folta
| August 22, 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
Haunted by the Question: What It Means To “Become” a Writer
Efrén Ordóñez Garza on Writing as Practice, Lifestyle, and Identity
By
Efrén Ordóñez Garza
| July 24, 2023
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
The Complicated Afterlives of
Roberto Bolaño
By
Aaron Shulman
| July 17, 2023
The Search for the Funniest Crime Novel Ever Written
By
Dwyer Murphy
| July 25, 2022
Rabih Alameddine Asks His MFA Students for
Their
Favorite Novels of the Year
By
Rabih Alameddine
| December 17, 2021
Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange
Francine Prose Reads Bolaño, Erpenbeck, Tutuola, and More
By
Francine Prose
| November 29, 2021
Hello darkness, my old friend: 8 of the best sunsets in literature.
By
Katie Yee
| November 8, 2021
Roberto Bolaño's best advice for writing short stories is . . . pretty wild.
By
Emily Temple
| July 14, 2021
A Spaniard, a Frenchman, and Several Dead Russians: What I Owe Roberto Bolaño
Chris Power on the Deep, Dark Influences Behind His Debut Novel
By
Chris Power
| May 4, 2021
At New Directions University: Literary and Life Lessons from an Iconic Publisher
Mark Haber Traces an Indispensable Influence on His Reading
and Writing Life
By
Mark Haber
| March 17, 2021
15 new books to hunker down with.
By
Katie Yee
| February 16, 2021
Cowboy Graves
Roberto Bolaño, trans., Natasha Wimmer
By
Lit Hub Excerpts
| February 16, 2021
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November 4, 2025
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
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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…"