Beyond One-Note Nastiness: On Getting Inside the Head of a Despicable Character

Beyond One-Note Nastiness: On Getting Inside the Head of a Despicable Character

Shannon Bowring Shares Her Experience With Writing From an Antagonist’s Point of View

By Shannon Bowring | October 8, 2025

A Cross-Genre Trek: How Translation Improved My Debut Novel

A Cross-Genre Trek: How Translation Improved My Debut Novel

Laura Venita Green Explores How Learning Italian Has Made Her English Writing Better

By Laura Venita Green | October 8, 2025

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Hope

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Hope

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | October 8, 2025

Why We Write the Extra Details

Why We Write the Extra Details

Kate Cayley on the Intersection of Politics, Art, and the Private Self

By Kate Cayley | October 7, 2025

Patricia Smith on How a Poet Ages

Patricia Smith on How a Poet Ages

Growing Older and Forging Connection Through Poetry

By Patricia Smith | October 6, 2025

What Time Provides: Mining the Creative Unconscious For Inspiration

What Time Provides: Mining the Creative Unconscious For Inspiration

Victoria Redel on Taking Decades to Return To a Once-Abandoned Story

By Victoria Redel | October 6, 2025

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How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing 

By Michelle Gurule | October 6, 2025

“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

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Kwame Alexander on Saying Yes!

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Ada Limón on Opening Awareness

Ada Limón on Opening Awareness

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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The Art of Board Books and Psychedelic Magazines on The Lit Hub Podcast

The Art of Board Books and Psychedelic Magazines on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Hillary Brenhouse, Jon Klassen, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 3, 2025

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

Sarah Viren Talks to the Translator of Laura Vazquez‘s “The Endless Week”

By Sarah Viren | October 3, 2025

Sarah Mesle on the Power of Picturing Your Desired Reader

Sarah Mesle on the Power of Picturing Your Desired Reader

“Who is your girl? Where is she going?”

By Sarah Mesle | October 3, 2025

Am I the Asshole For Being Sick to Death of All the Mediocre Speculative Fiction Out There?

Am I the Asshole For Being Sick to Death of All the Mediocre Speculative Fiction Out There?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 2, 2025

Lily King on Campus Novels, Time Jumps, and Having Fun While Writing

Lily King on Campus Novels, Time Jumps, and Having Fun While Writing

Emma Straub Talks to the Author of “Heart the Lover”

By Emma Straub | October 2, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anton Hur Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anton Hur Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Han Kang, Irenosen Okojie, Siang Lu, and Others

By Diana Arterian | October 2, 2025

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