• Craft and Criticism

    Science fiction

    Writing Towards the Future: Searching for Realism In an Increasingly Surreal World

    Fred Lunzer on the Impact of Contemporary Problems on Literary and Science Fiction

     
    By Fred Lunzer  May 21, 2025
    Writing Place

    The Fact and the Fiction of Philly: Writing Place From Research, Memory and Intuition

    By Naomi Xu Elegant  May 21, 2025
    Reading Lists

    Should I Stay or Should I Go? Five Novels Involving Destructive Relationships

    By Meg Serino  May 21, 2025
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Richard Bausch Thinks You Can Never Permanently Ruin a Piece of Writing (And Other Tidbits)

    By Literary Hub  May 20, 2025
    Food Writing

    Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

    By Adam Roberts  May 20, 2025
    craft advice

    Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

    By Daria Lavelle  May 20, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Historical Fiction

    Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

    By Jesse Browner  May 20, 2025
    Philosophy

    What Spinoza’s Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

    By Madeleine Thien  May 20, 2025
    Creative Nonfiction

    “Please Keep Caring.” What John McPhee Taught Generations of Writers and Journalists

    By Peter Hessler  May 19, 2025
    Language

    Donal Ryan on Embracing the Evolution of Language While Preserving Its Essence

    "There should always be a hint of beauty in its use, even in the mundane and numberless everyday exchanges that fill our existence."

    By Donal Ryan  May 21, 2025
    Work

    Clocking In, Hauntings, and Sticking It to the Patriarchy: Seven Novels on the Workplace

    By Lorna Graham  May 19, 2025
    Influences

    Actually, It’s Ok to Steal Your Ideas. Sort Of… (Or: Learning to Love My Literary Influences)

    By Bryan VanDyke  May 19, 2025
    On Home

    Amman Compendium: Mariam Itani on Beirut, Home, and the Paradox of Living in Jordan

    By Mariam Itani  May 19, 2025
    Overlooked Women

    “Don Quixote,” Proto-Feminist Text: How Cervantes’ Daughter Shaped His Novel

    Martha Bátiz on Telenovelas, Writing Isabel de Saavedra's Story, and Women in the "Quixote"

    By Martha Bátiz  May 19, 2025
    Write-minded

    Amanda Knox on Reclaiming Your Story on Your Terms

    By Memoir Nation   May 19, 2025
    First Draft

    Kate Folk on Pushing Past the Gimmick

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 19, 2025
    Short Stories

    One great short story to read today: Alistair MacLeod, “To Everything There Is a Season”

    By Jonny Diamond  May 16, 2025
    Jane Austen

    Jane Austen’s Legacy Lives on in Rom-Coms

    Hannah Benson on “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” the Newest Edition to the Austen Expanded Universe

    By Hannah Benson  May 16, 2025
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    On the Lit Hub Podcast: Real Literary Hoaxes and the Abrams Union Drive

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   May 16, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    Dwyer Murphy Explains How to Build a House (in Your Novel)

    By Dwyer Murphy  May 16, 2025
    literary criticism

    L. Frank Baum’s Literary Vision of an American Century: The Wizard of Oz at 125 Years

    By Ed Simon  May 16, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    Featuring Mark Twain, Ocean Vuong, Malcolm X, and More

    By Book Marks  May 16, 2025
    Translation

    On Translating Your Own Novel *Back* Into Your Mother Tongue

    By Jessica Powers  May 16, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    You Want to Be a Better Writer? Observe Chicken Behavior

    By Malia Márquez  May 16, 2025
    In Conversation

    Talk Fiction: Adelaide Faith on Turning an Obsession with Her Therapist into a Novel

    By Chelsea Hodson  May 19, 2025
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