Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
Why “Writing” Has Nothing to Do With Being a “Writer”

Why “Writing” Has Nothing to Do With Being a “Writer”

Eduardo Halfon in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 9, 2022

A Strange and Uncomfortable Coupling: My Summer of Susan Faludi and Karl Ove Knausgaard

A Strange and Uncomfortable Coupling: My Summer of Susan Faludi and Karl Ove Knausgaard

Lynn Steger Strong on the Power of the Narratives We Build Around Narratives

By Lynn Steger Strong | November 8, 2022

On <em>Harold of the Purple Crayon</em> and the Value of an Imaginative Journey

On Harold of the Purple Crayon and the Value of an Imaginative Journey

Ross Ellenhorn Considers the Lessons and History of Crockett Johnson’s Classic

By Ross Ellenhorn | November 8, 2022

“Blown Apart by Love and Grief.” Catherine Newman in Conversation with Debra Jo Immergut

“Blown Apart by Love and Grief.” Catherine Newman in Conversation with Debra Jo Immergut

The Author of We All Want Impossible Things on Motivation, Fictionalizing Grief, and Balancing Writing While Parenting

By Debra Jo Immergut | November 8, 2022

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Writing Rap Music About Nabokov

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Writing Rap Music About Nabokov

This Week on Twitterverse, a Show About Tweets and the Writers Who Send Them

By Twitterverse | November 8, 2022

Ada Calhoun on the Satisfaction of Being a Ghostwriter “Fixer”

Ada Calhoun on the Satisfaction of Being a Ghostwriter “Fixer”

From Micro, a Podcast for Short But Powerful Writing

By Micro Podcast | November 8, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | November 8, 2022

Christina Cooke on Writing the Book She Was Looking For

By I'm a Writer But | November 8, 2022

The Art of Reading While Feeding (a Newborn)

By Alice Bloch | November 7, 2022

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

Introducing When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Laura van den Berg | November 7, 2022

Accidental Craft: On Discovering the Right Way (For Me) to Revise

Accidental Craft: On Discovering the Right Way (For Me) to Revise

Sorayya Khan Gets a Little Messy Finding the Shape of Her Work

By Sorayya Khan | November 7, 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

Steve Almond on the Writer’s Ego

Steve Almond on the Writer’s Ego

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | November 7, 2022

Want to Self-Publish Successfully? Write Fast, Leverage All Your Social Media Networks, and Prioritize Memorable Cover Art

Want to Self-Publish Successfully? Write Fast, Leverage All Your Social Media Networks, and Prioritize Memorable Cover Art

Travis Baldree in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 7, 2022

A Good Research Librarian Can Help You Find Information You Didn’t Even Know You Needed

A Good Research Librarian Can Help You Find Information You Didn’t Even Know You Needed

Sarah Shoemaker on Following Where the Research Leads

By Sarah Shoemaker | November 4, 2022

The Best American Novelist to Disappear (And Come Back) Twice

The Best American Novelist to Disappear (And Come Back) Twice

Helene Atwan on Working with Gayl Jones

By Helene Atwan | November 4, 2022

« First‹ Previous101102103104105106107108109Next ›Last »
Page 105 of 257
    • I’m 13 Years Late to The Amazing Spider-Man and I Have ThoughtsNovember 7, 2025 by Olivia Rutigliano
    • The Best Psychological Thrillers of November 2025November 7, 2025 by Molly Odintz
    • From Spies and Matrons to Miami Vice: A Short History of Women in Law EnforcementNovember 7, 2025 by Alie Dumas Heidt
    • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"
  • 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