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The Narrative Pleasures of Social Discomfort: A Reading List of School Reunion Stories

The Narrative Pleasures of Social Discomfort: A Reading List of School Reunion Stories

Elise Juska Recommends Mary McCarthy, Sam Lipsyte, Philip Roth, and More

By Elise Juska | May 29, 2024

The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

Jonathan Wells Recommends Sam Lipsyte, E.L. Doctorow, Vivian Gornick, and More

By Jonathan Wells | December 14, 2023

One great short story to read today: </br>Sam Lipsyte's

One great short story to read today:
Sam Lipsyte's "The Dungeon Master."

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2023

“Don’t Think About a Career. Just Think About the Next Sentence.” Sam Lipsyte Against Literary Forecasting

“Don’t Think About a Career. Just Think About the Next Sentence.” Sam Lipsyte Against Literary Forecasting

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | January 25, 2023

“I Don’t Want to Be That Kind of Writer...” Sam Lipsyte on Eliminating the Desire to Imitate Other Writers

“I Don’t Want to Be That Kind of Writer...” Sam Lipsyte on Eliminating the Desire to Imitate Other Writers

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 14, 2022

Sam Lipsyte on the What and the How of Writing

Sam Lipsyte on the What and the How of Writing

“Style is your filter on all of this... how it summons language in you, how life comes to be alive on the page.”

By Sam Lipsyte | December 9, 2022

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17 new books to invigorate your December reading.

By Katie Yee | December 6, 2022

Back to School for Everyone: Sports and Contemporary Writing with Sam Lipsyte

By Sam Lipsyte | September 6, 2022

Emma Cline recommends a novel with a "mind bogglingly good" sex scene.

By Book Marks | August 31, 2020

Sam Lipsyte: How Do You Fit It All Into a Novel?

Sam Lipsyte: How Do You Fit It All Into a Novel?

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 6, 2019

Sam Lipsyte on Cults, Wellness and Cutting Through the Dumb Noise

Sam Lipsyte on Cults, Wellness and Cutting Through the Dumb Noise

The Author of Hark in Conversation with Annie DeWitt

By Annie DeWitt | February 1, 2019

Sam Lipsyte on the Key to Writing:

Sam Lipsyte on the Key to Writing: "It All Has to Be the Good Part."

On Writer's Block, His Old Man Name, and Why Anyone Would Read Your Work

By Sam Lipsyte | January 17, 2019

Sam Lipsyte, Karen Thompson Walker, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

Sam Lipsyte, Karen Thompson Walker, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | January 8, 2019

13 Books You Should Read This January

13 Books You Should Read This January

Recommended Reading From Lit Hub Contributors

By Literary Hub | January 2, 2019

Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2019

Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2019

What We're Looking Forward to, the First Half and Then Some

By Emily Temple | December 28, 2018

The Gordon Lish Lineage of Jewish American Writing

The Gordon Lish Lineage of Jewish American Writing

The Editor's Most Significant Achievement is One We Scarcely Talk About

By Josh Lambert | September 25, 2018