Craft and Criticism

Science fiction

A Writer From the Future: Who Was Sci Fi Iconoclast Izumi Suzuki?

Andrew Ridker on the Brief and Brilliant Life of a Truly Unique Artist

 
By Andrew Ridker  May 7, 2021
In Memoriam

Remembering Eric Jerome Dickey’s Grace, Talent, and Warmth

By Sara Camilli  May 7, 2021
Interview with a Journal

Interview with a Journal: ZYZZYVA

By Vanessa Willoughby  May 7, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Elissa Washuta on the Questions that Animate an Essay

By Elissa Washuta  May 7, 2021
Reading Lists

On the Power of Fiction: 8 Novels About Little-Known Historical Events

By Chanel Cleeton  May 7, 2021
5 Questions

Writer’s Block? Maggie Shipstead Befriends It Instead of Fighting It

By Literary Hub  May 7, 2021
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
The Common

Deborah Lindsay Williams on Asking Better Questions About the Status Quo

By The Common  May 7, 2021
New Books Network

Greta Kelly on Beauty as Weaponry in The Frozen Crown

By New Books Network  May 7, 2021
Writers on Writers

My Boxing is Everything: On Trying to Punch Like Ernest Hemingway

By Alison Dean  May 6, 2021
The Literary Life

Hanif Abdurraqib on Censoring the Desires of Whiteness in Storytelling

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life  May 7, 2021
Politics

On James Baldwin’s Unflinching Exposé of American Greed and Racial Terror

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr.  May 6, 2021
5 Questions

“Writers Write.” Laura Dave on Writerly Affirmations and Love for Nora Ephron

By Literary Hub  May 6, 2021
Fiction/Non/Fiction

Michael Kleber-Diggs and Kao Kalia Yang on How Minnesota’s Literary Community Is Reacting to Racial Injustice

By Fiction Non Fiction  May 6, 2021
The Maris Review

Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review  May 6, 2021
NewberyTart

Celia C. Peréz on Creating the Zines She Couldn’t Find in the 90s

By NewberyTart   May 6, 2021
Otherppl

Gina Nutt on the Creative Usefulness of Feeling Stuck

By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 6, 2021
Publishing

All in the Timing: On Publishing a Novel Nine Years After Giving Up on It

By Joy Lanzendorfer  May 5, 2021
The Quarantine Tapes

Tracy K. Smith: How Poetic Vocabulary Helps Us
Reclaim Joy

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes  May 5, 2021
Teaching High School

8 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed How I Teach High School English

By Nick Ripatrazone  May 5, 2021
Thresholds

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

By Thresholds   May 5, 2021
Women Writers

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

By Charlotte Whittle  May 5, 2021
Reading Women

Chloe Fergusson-Tibble Recommends Māori Literature

This Week on the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women  May 5, 2021
Personal Space

Personal Space: Julie Metz on Memoir as the Key to Locked Family Stories

By The Virtual Book Channel  May 5, 2021
Historical Fiction

How Do You Write a Historical Novel About Under-Documented Lives?

By Emily Hourican  May 5, 2021
Book Covers

When You’re the Target Audience for the Futurist Paintings of a Long-Dead Swedish Artist

By Patrick Allington  May 6, 2021
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