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Jess Walter on Writing About Hope (Without Losing His Literary Cool)

Jess Walter on Writing About Hope (Without Losing His Literary Cool)

From Micro, a Podcast for Short But Powerful Writing

By Micro Podcast | October 20, 2022

“Eclectic, Refreshingly Wild, and Important.” Exploring the Archives of America’s Best Literary Journals

“Eclectic, Refreshingly Wild, and Important.” Exploring the Archives of America’s Best Literary Journals

Introducing a New Column in Which Nick Ripatrazone Reveals Treasures From the Back Issue Vault

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 19, 2022

Telling Stories of the Trans Experience is More Important Than Ever

Telling Stories of the Trans Experience is More Important Than Ever

Veronica Esposito on Rhea Ewing’s Fine

By Veronica Esposito | October 19, 2022

A Million Voices: In the Praise of the Polyvocal Novel

A Million Voices: In the Praise of the Polyvocal Novel

Sara Lippmann Recommends Virginia Woolf, Bernadine Evaristo, Joshua Henkin, and More

By Sara Lippmann | October 19, 2022

George Saunders: Why the Revision Process is Critical for Building Fictional Worlds

George Saunders: Why the Revision Process is Critical for Building Fictional Worlds

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | October 19, 2022

George Saunders on Reading Chaotically and the Power of Generous Teachers

George Saunders on Reading Chaotically and the Power of Generous Teachers

The Author of Liberation Day Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | October 18, 2022

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Why We Should Reach Out When We’re Lonely—Even If No One Answers

By Ethan Chatagnier | October 18, 2022

13 new books to cling to this week.

By Katie Yee | October 18, 2022

Andrea Barrett on Needing Stories to Weave Together the “Jumble of Perceptions”

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 17, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new tiles by Leonard Cohen, Lydia Millet, Andrew Miller, and More

By Dan Sheehan | October 14, 2022

Life Advice for Book Lovers: On Dealing with Loss and Finding Community

Life Advice for Book Lovers: On Dealing with Loss and Finding Community

Book Recommendations to Help the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | October 14, 2022

75 Years of <em>Goodnight Moon</em>: Today’s Best Writers Reflect on a Children’s Classic

75 Years of Goodnight Moon: Today’s Best Writers Reflect on a Children’s Classic

Jess de Courcy Hinds on Margaret Wise Brown’s Beloved Book

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | October 14, 2022

Ling Ma: Why Every Story Comes From an Entry Point of Wish Fulfillment

Ling Ma: Why Every Story Comes From an Entry Point of Wish Fulfillment

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 13, 2022

A.M. Homes on Being—For Better or Worse—“a Very American Writer”

A.M. Homes on Being—For Better or Worse—“a Very American Writer”

The Author of The Unfolding in Conversation with Phil Klay

By Literary Hub | October 13, 2022

Poetry and Social Class: Robert Pinsky on His Many Readings of Robert Lowell

Poetry and Social Class: Robert Pinsky on His Many Readings of Robert Lowell

“A book I didn’t like, and for years ignored, had opened new possibilities for people I admired.”

By Robert Pinsky | October 13, 2022

Anxiety and Irresponsibility: What Is to Be Done About Literary Moralism?

Anxiety and Irresponsibility: What Is to Be Done About Literary Moralism?

A. Natasha Joukovsky on the Rampant Conflation of Fiction and History

By A. Natasha Joukovsky | October 13, 2022

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