Eric Puchner on Humor, Craft, and Creating “Perfect Ambivalence” on the Page

Eric Puchner on Humor, Craft, and Creating “Perfect Ambivalence” on the Page

The Author of “Dream State” in Conversation with Jessie Gaynor

By Jessie Gaynor | July 31, 2025

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villians: Jessie Gaynor on <em>Moby-Dick</em>’s Captain Ahab.

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villians: Jessie Gaynor on Moby-Dick’s Captain Ahab.

By Jessie Gaynor | March 11, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Wings in Time</em> by Callie Garnett

A Small Press Book We Love:
Wings in Time by Callie Garnett

By Jessie Gaynor | March 10, 2025

I asked ChatGPT to write its own versions of iconic poems, and they are... not great!

I asked ChatGPT to write its own versions of iconic poems, and they are... not great!

By Jessie Gaynor | November 18, 2024

And the winner of the 2024 Booker Prize is . . .

And the winner of the 2024 Booker Prize is . . .

By Jessie Gaynor | November 12, 2024

Find your next great read with a few simple—and delightfully weird—questions.

Find your next great read with a few simple—and delightfully weird—questions.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 8, 2024

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Jessie Gaynor on Rereading The Corrections While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

By Jessie Gaynor | May 21, 2024

Pitches to save your literary website.

By Jessie Gaynor | May 3, 2024

The ten cringiest things in poetry.

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The Pleasures of a Pessimistic Literary Escape: Jessie Gaynor on Edith Wharton’s <em>The Glimpses of the Moon</em>

The Pleasures of a Pessimistic Literary Escape: Jessie Gaynor on Edith Wharton’s The Glimpses of the Moon

"Even when writing an escapist romance, Wharton is inescapably herself"

By Jessie Gaynor | October 11, 2023

Florida public schools have

Florida public schools have "effectively banned" AP Psychology.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 4, 2023

Classic children's books, rewritten for <em>The Federalist</em>.

Classic children's books, rewritten for The Federalist.

By Jessie Gaynor | July 13, 2023

Jessie Gaynor on Finding the <em>Why</em>

Jessie Gaynor on Finding the Why

“A love of the micro need not preclude attention to the macro.”

By Jessie Gaynor | June 23, 2023

Apple will finally stop ducking up all your expletive-laced text messages.

Apple will finally stop ducking up all your expletive-laced text messages.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 8, 2023

The case against criticizing books (specifically mine).

The case against criticizing books (specifically mine).

By Jessie Gaynor | May 31, 2023

A Texas school found the most horrifying way to use public domain Winnie-the-Pooh.

A Texas school found the most horrifying way to use public domain Winnie-the-Pooh.

By Jessie Gaynor | May 30, 2023

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