• In Conversation

    On Poetry

    Poets Jennifer Michael Hecht and Matthew Zapruder on Wonder, the Secular Sacred, and the Surprising Power of “Once Upon a Time”

    By Matthew Zapruder  April 5, 2023
    Talk Easy

    “I’m Pretty Keen on Fact.” Margaret Atwood on the Questions We Must Ask Ourselves

    By Talk Easy  April 4, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Charles Frazier on How the Past Converses With the Present

    By Jane Ciabattari  April 4, 2023
    Write-minded

    Heather Bourbeau on the Themed Poetry Collection

    By Memoir Nation   April 4, 2023
    So Many Damn Books

    Kelly Link on Short Stories Cannibalizing Her Novel Ideas

    By So Many Damn Books  April 4, 2023
    First Draft

    Clint Smith: “What Does it Mean to Carry Wonder and Despair in Your Body at the Same Time?”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 3, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Who Was the Man Behind Oscar Wilde’s Downfall?

    By History of Literature  April 3, 2023
    Author Interviews

    How Octavia Butler’s Kindred Became a Novel

    By Michael Silverblatt  March 31, 2023
    New Books Network

    Leslye Penelope on the Historic 1919 Trial That Fueled Her New Magical Heist Novel

    By New Books Network  March 31, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Idra Novey: I Didn’t Want to Write an Obituary for Appalachia

    By The Maris Review  March 30, 2023
    Otherppl

    “Suicidal Thinking is Just Another Kind of Addictive Thinking.” Clancy Martin on Healing Addiction and Suicidal Ideation

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 30, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Literature of QAnon: From 4chan to January 6, Will Sommer on Reading the Authors of Conspiracy Theories

    By Fiction Non Fiction  March 30, 2023
    Literary Criticism

    Allegra Hyde Offers an Existential Pitch for Saving the Planet

    By Keen On  March 30, 2023
    Keen On

    Nicole Chung Tells a Personal Story of Family, Class, Anger, and Grief in an Unequal America

    By Keen On  March 30, 2023
    Damian Barr's Literary Salon

    Kelly Link Reads from Her New Short Story Collection White Cat, Black Dog

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  March 29, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong

    By Tara Conklin  March 29, 2023
    Thresholds

    Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on the Double-Edged Sword of Being “the First”

    By Thresholds   March 29, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Divine Poetry: Katherine Rundell Shines a Light on John Donne

    By Malcolm Borthwick  March 29, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Kelly Link Can’t Write Narrative Before 3pm: And Other Tips For Purposeful Writing

    By Literary Hub  March 28, 2023
    Otherppl

    Could You Forgive Someone for Murder? Alex Mar on the Court Case That Inspired Her Book

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 28, 2023
    Write-minded

    Madelaine Lucas on the Literature of Longing 

    By Memoir Nation   March 28, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Laura Spence-Ash on Crafting an Epic Family Saga

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 28, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Ethan Chatagnier on Bending Genre and Communicating with Aliens

    By I'm a Writer But   March 28, 2023
    First Draft

    Robert Lopez on Life Before We’re Born and Why Memory is Like a Failed Method Actor

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 27, 2023
    Keen On

    Stephanie Marie Thornton Imagines the Lost Words Between Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Visionary Daughter Mary Shelley

    By Keen On  March 27, 2023
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