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I Would Be Lost As a Writer If It Weren’t For Notebooks

I Would Be Lost As a Writer If It Weren’t For Notebooks

Cristina Henriquez on the Unexpected Power of Getting (and Almost Losing) a Notebook

By Cristina Henriquez | March 5, 2024

Brandi Wells on Their Muppet Baby Muses

Brandi Wells on Their Muppet Baby Muses

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | March 5, 2024

Sloane Crosley on Staying on the Side of the Living

Sloane Crosley on Staying on the Side of the Living

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 4, 2024

Javier Zamora on Strategies for Writing About Childhood Trauma

Javier Zamora on Strategies for Writing About Childhood Trauma

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

By Memoir Nation | March 4, 2024

Imagining a World Where Anti-Colonial Fantasy Lit Is the Norm, Not the Exception

Imagining a World Where Anti-Colonial Fantasy Lit Is the Norm, Not the Exception

Melissa Blair on Writing the Indigenous-Centered Book She Wanted as a Schoolchild

By Melissa Blair | March 1, 2024

The Art of the Mini Sales Pitch: How to Subtitle Your Book So People Will Read It

The Art of the Mini Sales Pitch: How to Subtitle Your Book So People Will Read It

Tajja Isen on Balancing the Demands of Marketing With Artistic Vision

By Tajja Isen | February 29, 2024

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Tessa Hadley on Ivan Turgenev’s First Love

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 28, 2024

Hannah Goldfield on the Joy of Describing Tastes

By The Critic and Her Publics | February 27, 2024

Martin MacInnes on Crafting Psychologically Rich Science Fiction

By Jane Ciabattari | February 27, 2024

The Sweetness at the Core: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the Positive, Humanizing Power of Fiction

The Sweetness at the Core: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the Positive, Humanizing Power of Fiction

Considering the Central Role of Community and Solidarity in Stories of Marginalization

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin | February 27, 2024

Kyle MacLachlan Keeps Himself Open

Kyle MacLachlan Keeps Himself Open

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | February 27, 2024

Want to Write Better? Consider Building Your Own Writing Desk

Want to Write Better? Consider Building Your Own Writing Desk

Devin Murphy on Woodworking, Writerly Angst, and Freeing Up the Energy to Compose

By Devin Murphy | February 26, 2024

Ethel Rohan on Recovering From a “Failed” First Novel

Ethel Rohan on Recovering From a “Failed” First Novel

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

By Memoir Nation | February 26, 2024

Matthew Salesses on the Possibilities of Climate Fiction

Matthew Salesses on the Possibilities of Climate Fiction

"If cli-fi acts as warning, and it is too late for warnings, what is the point? There must be another way."

By Matthew Salesses | February 23, 2024

Am I the Literary Assh*le? In Which Everyone Talks Sh*t About Everyone Else

Am I the Literary Assh*le? In Which Everyone Talks Sh*t About Everyone Else

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About (Very) Bad Literary Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | February 22, 2024

Leslie Jamison Writes Into the Trouble

Leslie Jamison Writes Into the Trouble

The Author of Splinters Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

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