• Literary Criticism

    On Translation

    Every Writer Should Learn How to Translate

    By Kristen Renee Miller  March 20, 2023
    First Draft

    “Gray Area is What Novels Can Do That Twitter Cannot.” Rebecca Makkai on Incorporating #MeToo in Her New Novel

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 20, 2023
    Muses

    When the Muses Step Out of the Shadows: Reading the Women Who Enabled Greatness

    By Sophie Haydock  March 20, 2023
    The History of Literature

    A Deep-Dive on Catullus, the Roman Poet of Fierce Desire and Hatred

    By History of Literature  March 20, 2023
    What to Watch

    Lucky Hank is an Exhausted Academic Satire

    By Olivia Rutigliano  March 17, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Kate DiCamillo on Seeing Her Book, The Magician’s Elephant, Adapted for Film

    By Kate DiCamillo  March 17, 2023
    Irish Literature

    The Exile of Oscar Wilde, Dublin’s Charming Ghost

    By Alexander Poots  March 17, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Wizardry of Boz: A Brief History of Charles Dickens on Screen

    By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst  March 17, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  March 17, 2023
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  March 16, 2023
    Friendship

    Poetry in Three Dimensions: Sarah Ruhl on Bringing the Words of Max Ritvo to the Theater

    By Sarah Ruhl  March 16, 2023
    Just the Right Book

    Just the Right Book: What We’re Excited About This Week

    By Just the Right Book   March 16, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Editor-Turned-Author Jenny Jackson on the Other Side of the Editorial Process

    By The Maris Review  March 16, 2023
    Otherppl

    Gina Frangello on the Editorial Omniscient and Why We Should All Be Using it

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 16, 2023
    The Writing Life

    Ann Napolitano: Offer Yourself Grace When the Writing is Hard

    By Ann Napolitano  March 15, 2023
    What to Watch

    Skeletons in the Closet: On Mad Men and White America’s Willful Amnesia

    By Kelly Shetron  March 15, 2023
    In Memoriam

    “This Boy is Going to Be a Writer.” Remembering Paul La Farge’s Childhood

    By Wendy Walker  March 15, 2023
    Queer Literature

    Growing Up Queer: A Coming-of-Age Reading List

    By Richard Mirabella  March 15, 2023
    Jobs

    On Millennial Writers and the Need for New Narratives of Work

    By Bryony Lau  March 15, 2023
    Autofiction

    Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

    By DK Nnuro  March 15, 2023
    Thresholds

    Sarah Thankam Mathews on Her Brush with Mortality and the “Sourdough Starter of Ego Death”

    By Thresholds   March 15, 2023
    Interview with a Poet

    Kathy Fagan on the Poetic Power of “Misusing” Language

    By Peter Mishler  March 15, 2023
    NBCC Awards

    30 Books Critics Think You Should Read Right Now

    By Literary Hub  March 14, 2023
    Essay

    How To Find a Charming Narrator in a Self-Conscious Age

    By Cathleen Schine  March 14, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  March 14, 2023
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