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Four Stories of God by Joy Williams
3 A noted humanist was invited to take part in a discussion about the dangers and opportunities that would arise if intelligent life forms on other planets were discovered. His remarks, though no one...
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The Uncanny Magic of Joy Williams, in a Single Paragraph
I have tried and failed on numerous occasions to write something extensive and exhaustive about the fiction of Joy Williams: a body of work that has been unspeakably instructive to me as reader,...
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Joy Williams on the Grim Magic of Karen Russell’s Stories
There is a loneliness that must be particular to monsters, I think, the feeling that each is the only child of a species. And now that loneliness was over. * “Start with a mustard seed of irrelevant...
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Remembering Denis Johnson: “Anything is Possible and It Could Be Extraordinary”
On May 24, 2017, Denis Johnson, one of the great writers of his generation, died. We asked a few of his colleagues, friends, and former students to share their thoughts on what he meant both to the...
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The Most Anthologized Short Stories of All Time
Anthologies are strange beasts. They are sometimes ludicrous, often ugly, and almost uniformly tyrannical. They have stories sticking out in odd places; they have holes in their sides. Those that claim...
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11 Very Short Stories You Must Read Immediately
This weekend, Lydia Davis—crowned master of the very short story, not to mention a preeminent translator of classic French literature—turns 70. Davis didn’t invent flash fiction, but she is certainly...
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Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?
This weekend, everyone you know was reading “Cat Person,” a short story written by Kristen Roupenian and published in this week’s New Yorker. The story, which is about a young woman who has a...
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Why We Love Weird Fairy Tales
For many readers, fairy tales serve as an introduction to storytelling. Perhaps that’s through short tales or fables recited by a parent as a child falls asleep; perhaps it’s through one of the...
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Sad Books that Will Rip Your Soul to Pieces
I learned my lesson with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried. A few days before having surgery that would render him immobile for weeks, my father requested that I lend him some books to read. I...
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Four Stories of God by Joy Williams
3 A noted humanist was invited to take part in a discussion about the dangers and opportunities that would arise if intelligent life forms on other planets were discovered. His remarks, though no one...
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The Uncanny Magic of Joy Williams, in a Single Paragraph
I have tried and failed on numerous occasions to write something extensive and exhaustive about the fiction of Joy Williams: a body of work that has been unspeakably instructive to me as reader,...
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Remembering Denis Johnson: “Anything is Possible and It Could Be Extraordinary”
On May 24, 2017, Denis Johnson, one of the great writers of his generation, died. We asked a few of his colleagues, friends, and former students to share their thoughts on what he meant both to the...
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The Most Anthologized Short Stories of All Time
Anthologies are strange beasts. They are sometimes ludicrous, often ugly, and almost uniformly tyrannical. They have stories sticking out in odd places; they have holes in their sides. Those that claim...
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11 Very Short Stories You Must Read Immediately
This weekend, Lydia Davis—crowned master of the very short story, not to mention a preeminent translator of classic French literature—turns 70. Davis didn’t invent flash fiction, but she is certainly...
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Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?
This weekend, everyone you know was reading “Cat Person,” a short story written by Kristen Roupenian and published in this week’s New Yorker. The story, which is about a young woman who has a...
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15 of the Creepiest Children in Literature
Let’s face it: children can be pretty scary. Think about it: they’re like regular humans, only tiny, with slightly out-of-proportion heads and T-Rex arms. (Your kid is great, though.) Of course, some...
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The Changeling
Enter to win one of five signed copies of The Changeling by emailing giveaway@lithub.com. __________________________________ There was a young woman sitting in the bar. Her name was Pearl. She was...
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