Craft and Criticism

On Writing

Being a Writer When You Literally Cannot
Visualize Scenes

Alexandra Oliva on Aphantasia, the Joys of Voice, and Scenic Details

 
By Alexandra Oliva  March 4, 2021
Narrators

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

By Chris Whitaker  March 4, 2021
The Writing Life

Dealing with Chronic Pain While Being a Writer

By Sara Davis  March 4, 2021
The Maris Review

Anakana Schofield: ‘I Wanted to Write a Book Unabashedly and Unapologetically for Women’

By The Maris Review  March 4, 2021
Politics

Family Separation and Reconciliation in Cecile Pineda’s Anti-Memoir

By Jeff Biggers  March 4, 2021
NBCC Awards

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Stranger Faces by Namwali Serpell

By Jane Ciabattari  March 4, 2021
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
The Hub

Two of my favorite writers died this day. Here’s why you should read them.

By Jonny Diamond  March 3, 2021
Politics

The Limits of Representation: Huda Awan Finds Herself in Portnoy’s Complaint

By Huda Awan  March 3, 2021
Myth

Edward Carey Talks to Alexander Chee About Rewriting a Myth, and the Enduring Power of Pinocchio

By Alexander Chee  March 3, 2021
Literary History

The Publisher Who Transformed the Careers of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams

Alan M. Klein on the Mystery of Ronald Lane Latimer

By Alan M. Klein  March 4, 2021
Obsessions

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

By Forsyth Harmon  March 3, 2021
Thresholds

Fernanda Melchor on the Complicities of Fairy Tales and Femicide

By Thresholds   March 3, 2021
Cooking

Food is Love: Weaving Together World War II History and Family Recipes

By Jennifer Ryan  March 3, 2021
Otherppl

Melissa Broder on Giving Up the “Finger-Clinging” of Her Youth

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 3, 2021
Gothic Literature

Darkest New England: What is the Northern Gothic Literary Tradition?

By W.S. Winslow  March 3, 2021
Reading Women

Patricia Engel: What Sustains the Separated Family?

By Reading Women  March 3, 2021
NBCC Awards

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Red Comet by Heather Clark

By Tara Wanda Merrigan  March 3, 2021
The Quarantine Tapes

Johnny Temple on the Elitism of the Publishing Industry

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes  March 3, 2021
The Hub

17 new books to look forward to.

By Katie Yee  March 2, 2021
Being A Writer

MFA vs. MBA? Finding Unlikely Literary Inspiration at Harvard Business School

By Isabel Yap  March 2, 2021
Lit Century

On the Ultra-Relatable, Modern Burnout of Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6”

By Lit Century   March 2, 2021
Creative Partnerships

Isabel Allende on Literary Ambition and the Power of Mentorship

"In the absence of ambition I had good luck."

By Isabel Allende  March 2, 2021
The Quarantine Tapes

Wayne Koestenbaum on His Quarantine-Induced Need to Read Poetry

By The Quarantine Tapes  March 2, 2021
Historical Fiction

Carol Edgarian and Ann Beattie Talk Complex Characters and Literary Inspirations

By Ann Beattie  March 2, 2021
Lit Hub Questionnaire

Anne Lamott on Writing a Book for Those Feeling Hopeless

By Literary Hub  March 3, 2021
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