Am I the Asshole For Absolutely Hating Literary Awards Season?

Am I the Asshole For Absolutely Hating Literary Awards Season?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

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How Writing Poetry Can Freeze Time

How Writing Poetry Can Freeze Time

Heidi Seaborn on Regrets and Becoming a Poet in Her Fifties

By Heidi Seaborn | September 18, 2025

Poet Margot Kahn on Why She Left One Particular Poem Out of Her Collection

Poet Margot Kahn on Why She Left One Particular Poem Out of Her Collection

“One of the poems I put in my stack involved my father’s dick.”

By Margot Kahn | September 18, 2025

The Fine Art of Defining a Diva

The Fine Art of Defining a Diva

Jerome Charyn Recommends Joyce Carol Oates, Josephine Baker, Allegra Kent, and More

By Jerome Charyn | September 17, 2025

Miriam Toews Pushes Against Silences

Miriam Toews Pushes Against Silences

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | September 17, 2025

Sasha Bonét on Black Motherhood, Fragmented Storytelling, and Untangling History

Sasha Bonét on Black Motherhood, Fragmented Storytelling, and Untangling History

G'Ra Asim Talks to the Author of “The Waterbearers”

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Angela Flournoy on Writing a Polyphonic Novel of Black Female Friendship

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Pain as Progress: On Bodybuilding, Poetry and Transformation

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“Rupture is a prerequisite for reparation. Hurting couldn’t be avoided. Hurting was the point.”

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Roxane Gay on Memoir as Manifesto

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Nini Berendt and Evanthia Bromiley on Debut Discovery

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Travel Writing, Well-Designed Classics, and Setting to Sea on the Lit Hub Podcast

Travel Writing, Well-Designed Classics, and Setting to Sea on the Lit Hub Podcast

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In Praise of Writing in Cemeteries

In Praise of Writing in Cemeteries

Darcie Dennigan on the Benefits of Unrouting Your Routines

By Darcie Dennigan | September 12, 2025

Sally Mann on the Crushing, Lifelong Reality of Artistic Rejection

Sally Mann on the Crushing, Lifelong Reality of Artistic Rejection

“Just my life’s work there that you’re tossing around like scrap paper.”

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Natalie Diaz: Seeing is Feeling in Mary Oliver’s Poetry

Natalie Diaz: Seeing is Feeling in Mary Oliver’s Poetry

On the Connection Between the Land and the Body in Oliver’s Work

By Natalie Diaz | September 11, 2025

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