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“A story needs a single thing, a single detail that sings or does something mysterious. But if you think about this too much, the idea you have for that single thing fades away or seem preposterous.” Colm Tóibín discusses his new collection, The News From Dublin. | Lit Hub In Conversation
The very important history of the very important pickle: “Whether it’s through jokes, viral trends, or tongue-in-cheek pickle merchandise, pickles have become a lighthearted emblem of American wit and whimsy.” | Lit Hub Food
“When one writes very quietly, writes themselves into the quiet, writes and writes into the long nights of questioning with a muted mouth, becoming quieter, quieter still.” Read from Mariella Mehr’s Nightmare of the Embryos, translated by Caroline Froh. | Lit Hub Fiction
THE REVOLUTIONARY IMPACT OF THE DARK
In her latest poetry collection, Aimee Nezhukumatathil plumbs the depths of nighttime, crafting a series of nocturnes that explore the magic, sensuality, and life that emerge as the rest of the world goes to bed.
D.S. Waldman considers the imperfection of elegies: “This poem I've been trying to write—the lake, the pills, the last time I saw my brother alive—is maybe the same poem I’m always trying to write.” | Poetry
