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Five Books That Show What Life Is Really Like In the Middle East

Five Books That Show What Life Is Really Like In the Middle East

Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor Recommend Hisham Matar, Naguib Mahfouz, and More

By Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor | July 21, 2023

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NY Times reporter.">Jack Kerouac fetishized the white working class almost as much as a NY Times reporter.

By Jonny Diamond | February 16, 2022

Let it snow: 6 of the best descriptions of winter weather in literature.

Let it snow: 6 of the best descriptions of winter weather in literature.

By Katie Yee | December 10, 2021

The Underappreciated Art (and Hard Work) of Making Snow

The Underappreciated Art (and Hard Work) of Making Snow

Christopher Cox Talks to the Snow Champions of Telluride

By Christopher Cox | July 28, 2021

“Via Negativa”

“Via Negativa”

A Poem by Sydney Lea

By Sydney Lea | April 27, 2021

'Many Haws, Cold Toes.' And Other Arcane Ways of Saying It's Going to Snow a Lot

'Many Haws, Cold Toes.' And Other Arcane Ways of Saying It's Going to Snow a Lot

We Should All Talk About the Weather Like This

By Sally Coulthard | December 17, 2020

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Snow by John Banville, Read by John Lee">Snow by John Banville, Read by John Lee

By Behind the Mic | November 6, 2020

Into the World">When the Baby Penguins Come
Into the World

By Lindsay McCrae | November 21, 2019

A Fleeting Resource: In Praise of the Deep Cold

By Miranda Weiss | December 4, 2017

The Search for a Lost Self in the Far North

The Search for a Lost Self in the Far North

Sallie Tisdale Wanders Out Onto the Ice

By Sallie Tisdale | May 4, 2017

Blair Braverman is Obsessed with the Things That Scare Her Most

Blair Braverman is Obsessed with the Things That Scare Her Most

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube">Gemma de Choisy Heads North to Visit the Author of Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube

By Gemma de Choisy | August 12, 2016

James Joyce's

James Joyce's "The Dead"

Old Books for Cold Weather

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 30, 2015

"The First Snowfall" by Guy de Maupassant

Old Books for Cold Weather

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 29, 2015

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Frankenstein">Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Old Books for Cold Weather

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 28, 2015

Winter's Tale"> An Ode to Cold and Snow: Scenes from <em

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Winter's Tale">An Ode to Cold and Snow: Scenes from Winter's Tale

Incantations of Ice from Mark Helprin's Odd Epic of the North

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 22, 2015