“The Best Story I’ve Ever Written is the One I’m Going to Write Next.” Jack Driscoll on His Stylistic Expansion

“The Best Story I’ve Ever Written is the One I’m Going to Write Next.” Jack Driscoll on His Stylistic Expansion

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 9, 2023

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 4, 2023

Peter Orner on Looking for “Solace in Remembering” and His Pursuit of Chronology

Peter Orner on Looking for “Solace in Remembering” and His Pursuit of Chronology

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 3, 2023

Namwali Serpell on the “Uncanny Rhythm” of Poetry and Grief

Namwali Serpell on the “Uncanny Rhythm” of Poetry and Grief

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 19, 2022

Elizabeth Strout: How Her Imagination as a Child Has Steered Her Writing Career

Elizabeth Strout: How Her Imagination as a Child Has Steered Her Writing Career

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 12, 2022

“She Could Already Feel Herself as Being Part of the Next World.” Morowa Yejidé on the Interplay Between Life and Death

“She Could Already Feel Herself as Being Part of the Next World.” Morowa Yejidé on the Interplay Between Life and Death

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 5, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Elizabeth McCracken on Grieving Her Mother Through Writing

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 28, 2022

Omer Friedlander on Listening to Your Characters

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 21, 2022

Ross Gay: “It’s Never Been the Institutions, It’s Always Been Our Neighbor.”

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 14, 2022

Tracy K. Smith on Pursuing a Reconfiguration of the American Imagination

Tracy K. Smith on Pursuing a Reconfiguration of the American Imagination

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 7, 2022

“How Do They Explain Themselves to Themselves?” Stacey D’Erasmo on Writing a Financial Crime Novel

“How Do They Explain Themselves to Themselves?” Stacey D’Erasmo on Writing a Financial Crime Novel

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 31, 2022

“You Find a Way to Be Distinctive.” George Saunders on His Writerly Evolution

“You Find a Way to Be Distinctive.” George Saunders on His Writerly Evolution

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 24, 2022

Andrea Barrett on Needing Stories to Weave Together the “Jumble of Perceptions”

Andrea Barrett on Needing Stories to Weave Together the “Jumble of Perceptions”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 17, 2022

Remembering the Late Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Poet Kevin McIlvoy

Remembering the Late Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Poet Kevin McIlvoy

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 11, 2022

Katie Runde on Trusting the Reader Will Extrapolate

Katie Runde on Trusting the Reader Will Extrapolate

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 3, 2022

Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page

Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 26, 2022

Page 8 of 16

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member