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Catharsis, Harpies, Harmatia, and More: Natasha Pulley on Her Favorite Greek Words

Catharsis, Harpies, Harmatia, and More: Natasha Pulley on Her Favorite Greek Words

The Author of “Hymn to Dionysus” Explores a Linguistic Venn Diagram of Meaning

By Natasha Pulley | March 19, 2025

Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Why She Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Why She Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”

From the Penguin Classics Collection “Twelve Stories by American Women”

By Literary Hub | March 19, 2025

The First Step in the Writing Process: Be Kind to Yourself

The First Step in the Writing Process: Be Kind to Yourself

Marcy Dermansky on the Different Paths, Practices and Strategies to a Complete Draft

By Marcy Dermansky | March 19, 2025

What the Work of Literary Production Reveals About the Resonance of History

What the Work of Literary Production Reveals About the Resonance of History

Stuart Nadler: “The work is everything, and the work is heartbreaking.”

By Stuart Nadler | March 19, 2025

Maya Binyam on the Harrowing Moment That Changed Her Life

Maya Binyam on the Harrowing Moment That Changed Her Life

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 19, 2025

Fictionalizing the Disenfranchisement and Desperation of the Vietnam War Generation

Fictionalizing the Disenfranchisement and Desperation of the Vietnam War Generation

Nicole Cuffy on Immersing Herself in a Hard Chapter of American History

By Nicole Cuffy | March 18, 2025

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Literary Locomotives: Nine Books Set on Trains That Show How They Changed the World

By Emma Donoghue | March 18, 2025

Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

By Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda | March 18, 2025

How Interviewing Celebrities Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

By Josh Duboff | March 18, 2025

“Never Boring, Never Easy.” How the Writing Life Goes on Amid the Chaos of Publishing

“Never Boring, Never Easy.” How the Writing Life Goes on Amid the Chaos of Publishing

Xhenet Aliu on Remembering Why We Write in the First Place

By Xhenet Aliu | March 18, 2025

A Cross-Generational Lesson in the Joy of Rejection

A Cross-Generational Lesson in the Joy of Rejection

Diana Wagman on Finding Her Grandfather’s Rejection Letters, and Submission as an Act of Hope

By Diana Wagman | March 17, 2025

How Visions of Freediving Helped Diane Mehta Finish Her Novel

How Visions of Freediving Helped Diane Mehta Finish Her Novel

The Author of "Happier Far" Reflects on Racism and the Religious Experience of Underwater Immersion

By Diane Mehta | March 17, 2025

Erika Krouse on Being (and Writing) the Underdog

Erika Krouse on Being (and Writing) the Underdog

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 17, 2025

Samina Ali on Writing to Save Your Life

Samina Ali on Writing to Save Your Life

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

By Memoir Nation | March 17, 2025

If Torrey Peters Wasn’t a Writer, She Would Build Saunas (and Other Literary Morsels)

If Torrey Peters Wasn’t a Writer, She Would Build Saunas (and Other Literary Morsels)

The Author of "Stag Dance" Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | March 14, 2025

Playing the End: Alice Austen on Writing Character Like an Actor

Playing the End: Alice Austen on Writing Character Like an Actor

“We all have layers; we are all actors playing our parts.”

By Alice Austen | March 14, 2025

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