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    How Janet Malcolm Created Her Own Personal Archive

    By Eve Sneider  January 18, 2023
    Origin Stories

    Satyrs and Poets and Jazzmen and Muses: Anne Waldman on Life at Bennington in the Early 1960s

    By Anne Waldman  January 18, 2023
    Otherppl

    Bruce Wagner on Oral Histories and Our Culture’s Obsession with Fame

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 18, 2023
    new books tuesday

    18 new books to pick up at your local indie.

    By Katie Yee  January 17, 2023
    What to Watch

    Here’s Your 2023 Literary Film and TV Preview

    By Emily Temple  January 17, 2023
    Craft of Writing

    Dan Kois on Youthful Nostalgia and Rediscovering the Craft of Fiction

    By Erica Eisdorfer  January 17, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Kathryn Ma on Writing (Un)Reliable Optimistic Narrators

    By Jane Ciabattari  January 17, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Does Edith Wharton Hate Us?

    By History of Literature  January 17, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

    By Toni Morrison  January 13, 2023
    What to Watch

    An Extraordinary Partnership: Turn Every Page Illustrates the Rare Ideal of Artistic Collaboration

    By Michelle Nijhuis  January 13, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  January 13, 2023
    Behind the Mic

    Author Brad Meltzer in Conversation with Golden Voice Narrator Scott Brick

    By Behind the Mic   January 13, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 12, 2023
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    Life Advice for Book Lovers: Feeling Stuck and Facing the Sacrifices We Make for Family

    By Dorothea   January 12, 2023
    Most Anticipated

    Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2023

    By Literary Hub  January 12, 2023
    Theology

    That Which Calls Us: On Writing About God’s Word

    By Z.L. Nickels  January 12, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What An Yu is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  January 12, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Why Dan Kois Created a Laurie Colwin-Esque Character in His New Novel

    By The Maris Review  January 12, 2023
    In Memoriam

    Russell Banks on the Time He Fled Bread Loaf with Nelson Algren

    By Adam Colman  January 11, 2023
    Otherppl

    Kashana Cauley: “I Tell Jokes About Things That I Am Angry About.”

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 11, 2023
    In Memoriam

    “Just Fade to White, Dear.” Aminatta Forna Remembers Fay Weldon

    By Aminatta Forna  January 10, 2023
    Novels

    Suzanne Berne Asks Us, Why Write a Novel, Why Read a Novel, and Why Now?

    By Suzanne Berne  January 10, 2023
    Diaries

    “What Excuse Do I Have for Having Written Nothing Yet Today? None.” Glimpses Into Kafka’s Workshop

    By Ross Benjamin  January 10, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  January 10, 2023
    Write-minded

    Andrew Limbong Wonders If We Should Be Worried About the State of Reading

    By Write-minded   January 10, 2023
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