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The five kinds of party girls you find in literature.

The five kinds of party girls you find in literature.

(A taxonomy.)

By Brittany Allen | March 31, 2025

Seven Novels That Explore Friendship In All Its Messy, Complex Beauty

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

Writers I Have Met; Or, On Learning That Cormac McCarthy Was a Creep

Writers I Have Met; Or, On Learning That Cormac McCarthy Was a Creep

Nathan Deuel Wonders What We Really Need From Our Literary Heroes

By Nathan Deuel | December 11, 2024

Find your next great read with a few simple—and delightfully weird—questions.

Find your next great read with a few simple—and delightfully weird—questions.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 8, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Natalie Eilbert is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Natalie Eilbert is Reading Now and Next

Monica Youn, Mary Gaitskill, Patrick Radden Keefe, and More

By Diana Arterian | May 17, 2023

Emma Cline: No One Captures Memory Like Mary Gaitskill

Emma Cline: No One Captures Memory Like Mary Gaitskill

The Guest Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire">The Author of The Guest Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 16, 2023

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Read Mary Gaitskill's sequel (of sorts) to her classic short story "Secretary."

By Emily Temple | March 20, 2023

Midnights song.">What you should read next, based on your favorite Midnights song.

By Katie Yee | October 25, 2022

From Nabokov to Erdrich: Reading Complex Portraits of Criminality

By Rebecca Bernard | August 29, 2022

Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

“Politics is how we fight it out on the ground.”

By Mary Gaitskill | August 19, 2022

Secretary 20 Years Later, Post-#MeToo">Watching <emSecretary 20 Years Later, Post-#MeToo">

Secretary 20 Years Later, Post-#MeToo">Watching Secretary 20 Years Later, Post-#MeToo

Emily Kenway on the Hollywoodization of Predation

By Emily Kenway | March 23, 2022

The 36 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2021

The 36 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2021

Timeless Reading Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

By Emily Temple | December 27, 2021

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

Veronica Tries to Honor the World">How the Author of Veronica Tries to Honor the World

By Mary Gaitskill | October 22, 2021

Writer’s Block? Maggie Shipstead Befriends It Instead of Fighting It

Writer’s Block? Maggie Shipstead Befriends It Instead of Fighting It

Great Circle Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire">The Author of Great Circle Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 7, 2021

Agaat">Mary Gaitskill on Love, Violence, and Submission in <emAgaat">

Agaat">Mary Gaitskill on Love, Violence, and Submission in Agaat

A Novel of Apartheid-Era South Africa

By Mary Gaitskill | December 11, 2020

43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language

43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language

From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian

By Emily Temple | August 19, 2020

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