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How Viking Introduced John Steinbeck, James Joyce and More to American Readers

How Viking Introduced John Steinbeck, James Joyce and More to American Readers

Paul Slovak on Pascal Covici, the Editor Who Nurtured Some of the Most Iconic Names in Literature

By Paul Slovak | September 16, 2025

Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

Jonathan Parks-Ramage Explores Brilliantly Bad Fetes in Books by Edward St. Aubyn, Raven Leilani, Deborah Eisenberg, and Others

By Jonathan Parks-Ramage | June 10, 2025

Literary Locomotives: Nine Books Set on Trains That Show How They Changed the World

Literary Locomotives: Nine Books Set on Trains That Show How They Changed the World

Emma Donoghue Recommends Émile Zola, Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Ethel Lina White, and More

By Emma Donoghue | March 18, 2025

How Writing About Climate Change Can Become a Form of Escapism

How Writing About Climate Change Can Become a Form of Escapism

Deborah Willis on the Existential Contradictions of Writing While Our Planet Is Imperiled

By Deborah Willis | June 15, 2023

Literary Friends to Enemies: Why Graham Greene Hated Anthony Burgess

Literary Friends to Enemies: Why Graham Greene Hated Anthony Burgess

Michael Mewshaw on the Animosity Between Two Giants of 20th-Century British Literature

By Michael Mewshaw | June 9, 2023

Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

Jo Baker Recommends Jill Paton Walsh, Graham Greene, and More

By Jo Baker | May 10, 2023

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Douglas Stuart on Masculinity and the Long Literary Tradition of the Gang Novel

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 4, 2022

The End of the Affair">Laura Marsh on the Enduring Appeal of Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair

By History of Literature | August 23, 2021

Inside the Mind—and Heart—of the Other Woman: On Thought-Provoking Infidelity Narratives

By Katherine Ashenburg | August 5, 2021

Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

Thomas Swick on the Importance of the “Ceremonial Gate”

By Thomas Swick | June 23, 2021

World War II"> Bombs and Books: On Graham Greene’s Life During <br

Bombs and Books: On Graham Greene’s Life During <br

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Richard Greene Charts How a Great Writer Navigated a Period of Destructive Tumult

By Richard Greene | January 13, 2021

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When "Serious" Writers Write Books For Kids

Dabbled in Children's Lit">A New York City Book Collection Highlights Authors Who
Dabbled in Children's Lit

By Rebecca Rego Barry | April 17, 2020

Lit Hub Recommends: Quarantine Edition

Lit Hub Recommends: Quarantine Edition

Watch The Godfather trilogy, learn guitar, and make pancakes.

By Literary Hub | April 10, 2020

When Novelists Become Method Actors

When Novelists Become Method Actors

Leland Cheuk on Comedy, Immersive Research, and the Underrated Value of Experience in 2019

By Leland Cheuk | July 31, 2019

Kay Eldredge Salter: My Husband's Choice to Be a Writer Was the Hardest of His Life

Kay Eldredge Salter: My Husband's Choice to Be a Writer Was the Hardest of His Life

On the Notes and Drafts of James Salter

By Kay Eldredge Salter | November 13, 2018

Searching for Graham Greene's Havana

Searching for Graham Greene's Havana

Our Man in Havana to the Floridita and Other Haunts">Sarah Rainsford Follows Our Man in Havana to the Floridita and Other Haunts

By Sarah Rainsford | October 29, 2018

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