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On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

“It is a bummer to me that Proust occupies such a rarefied, even elitist, realm in the culture.”

By Bryan Alistair Charles | October 7, 2025

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The Critic and Her Publics">Shame and English Translation on The Critic and Her Publics

a week-long season on translation continues

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 27, 2025

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a week-long season on translation begins

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 25, 2025

Campus Repression and Remixing Proust (lol): This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Campus Repression and Remixing Proust (lol): This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Huda Fakhreddine Talks to Dan Sheehan and More

By The Lit Hub Podcast | September 20, 2024

Helen Sword on the Physicality of Language

Helen Sword on the Physicality of Language

“Because I can no longer ignore my body while I’m writing, I have learned to trust its wisdom.”

By Helen Sword | February 10, 2023

What Would Marcel Proust’s Instagram Grid Look Like?

What Would Marcel Proust’s Instagram Grid Look Like?

Meredith Westgate Wonders About the Role of Memory in the Age of Social Media

By Meredith Westgate | September 1, 2021

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A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

By Walker Caplan | July 7, 2021

Dhalgren">Unmoored in a City of Ruins: On the Revelatory Power of Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren

By Joss Lake | June 22, 2021

Why AI Can’t Properly Translate Proust—Yet

By Michael Wooldridge | January 20, 2021

In Which Jonathan Lethem Possibly Overthinks Our Interview Questions

In Which Jonathan Lethem Possibly Overthinks Our Interview Questions

BONUS: On the Importance of Not Writing

By Literary Hub | November 10, 2020

Marcel Proust Was Almost Impossible to Edit

Marcel Proust Was Almost Impossible to Edit

The Prisoner">Carol Clark on the Challenges of Editing and Translating The Prisoner

By Carol Clark | January 8, 2019

Creating the Cafe Society I Always Dreamed Of

Creating the Cafe Society I Always Dreamed Of

On Starting a Literary Salon in New York City

By Iris Martin Cohen | April 12, 2018

A Journey Through Havana's Clandestine Book World

A Journey Through Havana's Clandestine Book World

Visiting Cuba's Hidden Library of Babel

By Ruben Gallo | December 21, 2017

Really, Here's Why You Should Read Proust

Really, Here's Why You Should Read Proust

Marcel Proust's Biographer Makes the Case

By William C. Carter | July 11, 2016

Guy Gavriel Kay: 5 Books in My Life

Guy Gavriel Kay: 5 Books in My Life

Someday I'll Read Proust...

By Guy Gavriel Kay | May 24, 2016

No More Dead Mothers: Reading, Writing, and Grieving

No More Dead Mothers: Reading, Writing, and Grieving

After Three Novels, Hannah Gersen Gets Through the Loss of Her Mother

By Hannah Gersen | May 6, 2016