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Why the American Labor Movement Matters: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Why the American Labor Movement Matters: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Jonny Diamond in Conversation with Kim Kelly

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 11, 2024

Postmodern genius Robert Coover has died at age 92.

Postmodern genius Robert Coover has died at age 92.

By Emily Temple | October 7, 2024

Open House

Open House

Robert Coover

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 22, 2023

One great short story to read today: Robert Coover's

One great short story to read today: Robert Coover's "The Babysitter."

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2023

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

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

The Thrill of Agony, the Victory of Defeat

By Sam Lipsyte | September 6, 2022

Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel"> Stories vs Ideas: <br

Stories vs Ideas: <br

Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel">

Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel">Stories vs Ideas:
Finding Something Deeply Personal in the Philosophical Novel

David Hollander on Fiction as an Alternative to Silence

By David Hollander | January 13, 2022

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Books of the Week

The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg

By Anne Sebba | June 8, 2021

Art Spiegelman and Robert Coover have collaborated (over Zoom!) on a new illustrated dystopian story.

By Emily Temple | March 9, 2021

From Pick-Up and Pynchon to a Lifetime in Publishing

By Literary Hub | July 29, 2019

On the Destabilizing Brilliance of Robert Coover's

On the Destabilizing Brilliance of Robert Coover's "The Babysitter"

Or, How to Accept the Pain of Not Knowing

By Emily Temple | February 4, 2019

Robert Coover's Long Lost Seussian Satire of American Politics

Robert Coover's Long Lost Seussian Satire of American Politics

The Cat in the Hat for President (would be better than what we have now)">The Cat in the Hat for President (would be better than what we have now)

By Robert Coover | April 10, 2018

"Fear is Good Quality Control." Colson Whitehead on the Writer's Life

"I'd rather have a fucked-up paragraph than no paragraph at all."

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2018

"The Fallguy's Faith"

Robert Coover

By Lit Hub Excerpts | February 12, 2018

The Brunist Day of Wrath

The Brunist Day of Wrath

Robert Coover

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 29, 2017

Read 10 of the Best Stories Ever Published in <em

Playboy">Read 10 of the Best Stories Ever Published in Playboy

From J.G. Ballard to Gabriel García Márquez to Bharati Mukherjee

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2017

Fact, Fiction, and When a Novel Crosses the Line

Fact, Fiction, and When a Novel Crosses the Line

Joanna Scott on the Illusive Boundaries of Truth and Literature

By Joanna Scott | August 15, 2017