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Amitava Kumar on the Importance of Being an Amateur

Amitava Kumar on the Importance of Being an Amateur

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 22, 2024

Sally Franson and Emily Nussbaum on Reality TV

Sally Franson and Emily Nussbaum on Reality TV

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 18, 2024

Politics and Grace in Early Modern Literature

Politics and Grace in Early Modern Literature

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 18, 2024

Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “State of Paradise”

By Jane Ciabattari | July 16, 2024

Patrick Radden Keefe on His Abiding Preoccupations

Patrick Radden Keefe on His Abiding Preoccupations

On Sun Valley Writers’ Conference’s Beyond the Page

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | July 16, 2024

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Barrie Miskin on Plumbing Dark Places

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

By I'm a Writer But | July 16, 2024

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Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships

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Robert Petkoff on Finding the Narrative Voice

By Behind the Mic | July 12, 2024

Phil Elwood on Doing PR for All the Worst Humans

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 11, 2024

A Painful, Urgent Reimagining: Emily van Duyne on Writing a New History of Sylvia Plath’s Last Years

A Painful, Urgent Reimagining: Emily van Duyne on Writing a New History of Sylvia Plath’s Last Years

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By Sarah Viren | July 10, 2024

Christina Sharpe on John Keene’s <em>Counternarratives</em>

Christina Sharpe on John Keene’s Counternarratives

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 10, 2024

Kevin Barry on Reimagining the Novel: “You Can’t Be Afraid to Go Nuts on the Page”

Kevin Barry on Reimagining the Novel: “You Can’t Be Afraid to Go Nuts on the Page”

Dan Sheehan talks to the author of “The Heart in Winter” about doomed romances in the Mountain West

By Dan Sheehan | July 9, 2024

Why Did Taffy Brodesser-Akner Go to a Psychic to Fix Her Writer's Block?

Why Did Taffy Brodesser-Akner Go to a Psychic to Fix Her Writer's Block?

The Author of “Long Island Compromise” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | July 9, 2024

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

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Christine Smallwood on Going Back to the Text

Christine Smallwood on Going Back to the Text

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By The Critic and Her Publics | July 9, 2024

Emma Copley Eisenberg on the Setting of Her Debut Novel

Emma Copley Eisenberg on the Setting of Her Debut Novel

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