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Aaron Robertson
Aaron Robertson is an editor at Literary Hub. He has written for The New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. His translation of Igiaba Scego's novel Beyond Babylon (Two Lines Press, 2019) was shortlisted for the PEN Translation Prize and Best Translated Book Award.


A writer’s retreat in Tokyo will treat you like a Real Author, deadlines, nosy editors, and all.

August 27, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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The Year Afropessimism Hit the Streets?:
A Conversation at the Edge of the World

Aaron Robertson Talks to Frank Wilderson III
August 27, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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An Illustrator Brings Realism into Octavia Butler’s Speculative Fiction

In Conversation with James E. Ransome on the New Edition of Kindred
August 27, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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I have more than 600 postcards from a guy who made them into a literary genre.

August 25, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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Vanity Fair’s new masthead includes Jesmyn Ward, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Kiese Laymon.

August 24, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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Four decades after her father, Lucy Ellmann has won the £10,000 James Tait Black prize.

August 21, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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A new fellowship will fund a year-long study of Octavia Butler’s work.

August 20, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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Want to throw a wrench in your reading habit? Read the fantastical life of a saint.

August 20, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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On Capitol Hill, an anonymous bookseller called out Amazon.

July 30, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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Here’s a novel idea: masks made of books.

July 30, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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Amid a virus surge and government repression, Hong Kong’s oldest bookstore is closing.

July 29, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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SFF authors are protesting Saudi Arabia’s cynical bid to host the 2022 WorldCon.

July 29, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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A stage adaptation of Between the World and Me is coming to HBO.

July 24, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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Mitch McConnell quoted Salman Rushdie in a confused defense of free speech and the rule of law.

July 23, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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From Hemingway-inspired fan fiction to pun-filled poems, a new language-generating AI does it all.

July 22, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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The BLM movement is inspiring a boom in diverse children’s literature.

July 21, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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A new emergency fund will help literary organizations hit hard by the pandemic.

July 17, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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Still stuck at home? Read these 7 books in which . . . very little happens.

July 16, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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After controversy, the National Book Critics Circle has announced its new board members.

July 15, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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All I want for Christmas is Mariah Carey’s memoir.

July 9, 2020  By Aaron Robertson
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