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How Curtis Sittenfeld's

How Curtis Sittenfeld's "American Wife" Imbues Even Its Ugliest Characters with Nuance

Jessica Stanley on Political Fiction, Conservative Characters, and Curiosity

By Jessica Stanley | May 28, 2025

Writing the Wind: Capturing the Sensation of Life's Many Storms

Writing the Wind: Capturing the Sensation of Life's Many Storms

"All storms are alike yet each speaks to us in its particularity."

By Catherine Bush | May 28, 2025

20 Years of <em>Getting Lost</em>: Rebecca Solnit on the Creative Process of Finding Yourself

20 Years of Getting Lost: Rebecca Solnit on the Creative Process of Finding Yourself

“All of us are continually gathering ideas, stories, glimpses, encounters that we can sift through to find constellations of meaning."

By Rebecca Solnit | May 27, 2025

Crafting from of a Creator's Rib: Nicola Dinan on Writing Characters Based on Herself

Crafting from of a Creator's Rib: Nicola Dinan on Writing Characters Based on Herself

The Author of "Disappoint Me" Reflects on Readers Seeing Her and Themselves in Fiction's Mirror

By Nicola Dinan | May 27, 2025

Spring Ulmer on Political Poetry, Personification, and Translating as Gardening

Spring Ulmer on Political Poetry, Personification, and Translating as Gardening

The Author of "Phantom Number: An Abecedarium for April" in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | May 27, 2025

Vauhini Vara on Where Self Meets Technology

Vauhini Vara on Where Self Meets Technology

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | May 26, 2025

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Alison Bechdel Is Reading Now, and Next

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Fred Lunzer on the Impact of Contemporary Problems on Literary and Science Fiction

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Donal Ryan on Embracing the Evolution of Language While Preserving Its Essence

Donal Ryan on Embracing the Evolution of Language While Preserving Its Essence

"There should always be a hint of beauty in its use, even in the mundane and numberless everyday exchanges that fill our existence."

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The Fact and the Fiction of Philly: Writing Place From Research, Memory and Intuition

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Naomi Xu Elegant Offers Some Tips For Navigating the Tension Between Truth and Imagination

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Richard Bausch Thinks You Can Never Permanently Ruin a Piece of Writing (And Other Tidbits)

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The Author of "The Fate of Others" Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 20, 2025

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Adam Roberts Recommends Culinary Moments from Nora Ephron, Charles Dickens, Bryan Washington, and More

By Adam Roberts | May 20, 2025

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

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