Literature

The Key launched with an essay by the new magazine’s editor in chief Sara Yasin called “It’s Not Complicated.” The essay is part reflection, part media criticism, part thesis statement for the publication, and Yasin’s opening line rolls all of these themes into one, crisp sentence: “When you are in Palestine, you see things exactly

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Sarvat Hasin Recommends Elena Ferrante, Sharlene Teo, Maeve Binchy, and More Breakup culture is well trodden and established. When you announce to your friends that you are going through a romantic separation, people know what to do. Pints of ice cream and drinks and condolences are offered. Some will begin to take sides, to tear

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In A+ prank news, roughly 10,000 authors signed their names to a new anthology to protest AI theft of human creativity. The twist? The book, called Don’t Steal This Book, is…empty. But for a list of its contributing “authors.” As The Guardian reported this morning, copies of this infinite jest are being distributed at today’s

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In a patch of sunlight Verla sits on a wooden folding chair and waits. When the door opens she holds her breath. It is another girl who comes into the room. They lock eyes for an instant, then look away to the floor, the walls. Article continues after advertisement The girl moves stiffly in her

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Amazon has pulled out of sponsoring the Paris Book Fair, thanks to pressure from a booksellers’ association: Syndicat de la Librairie Française (SLF). The SLF, which represents independent bookstores all over France, announced plans to boycott the fest based on Amazon’s announced participation earlier this year. Citing the evil empire’s many negative effects on the

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Ada was twelve when her mother killed the dog. She was relieved when it died. It made her realize that life wasn’t for everyone. It was a golden retriever with soft curly hair. Her mother bought it after Ada’s father moved out, to replace him. She named it Faustus. It quickly became clear there was

I read a bunch of queer nonfiction last month, including All the Parts We Exile by Roza Nozari, a memoir by a queer Muslim immigrant in Canada. It follows her coming out, going back into the closet, and then finding a way to reconcile her sexuality and her cultural identity. It’s also about her relationship

Depending on your beliefs, the first review ever was either Adam telling Eve her leaf bra was shit or an ocean dwelling single cell organism telling another ocean dwelling single cell organism it didn’t like its whole vibe (and done via chemical signalling, the original social media). Later, an early insect might tell another early

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Navigating Structure, in Fiction and Nonfiction This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. The short answer to “How did you expand an article into a book?” is simply that I had such an abundant wealth of material, in a way the book was easier to write than it had been to pare

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THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1967, Alice B. Toklas dies.  If you’re done with the “men don’t read” discourse, try reading about Kristopher Jansma’s all-male book club instead. | Lit Hub Craft  On Ezra Pound, Mussolini’s biggest fan: “…Pound lauded Mussolini’s accomplishments—such as reducing crime and improving Italy’s road and railway networks—while

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