Literary Hub » Craft and Advice

Ellen Meeropol on Writing Into the Gaps Left by Untold Family Stories

Ellen Meeropol on Writing Into the Gaps Left by Untold Family Stories

“When more isn’t there, or the story is hidden, my imagination fills in the blanks left by small snippets of family history.”

By Ellen Meeropol | September 16, 2022

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

Elissa Bassist on Learning to Lean in to the Fear of Writing Like an Idiot

By Elissa Bassist | September 16, 2022

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

Or: Encounters with Michael Ondaatje’s Dog

By Kailyn McCord | September 15, 2022

Rachel Aviv: Why It’s Difficult to Trust Your Own Experiences of Mental Illness

Rachel Aviv: Why It’s Difficult to Trust Your Own Experiences of Mental Illness

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 15, 2022

On Meaning and Time: Andrea Barrett on What the Past Tells Us About Today

On Meaning and Time: Andrea Barrett on What the Past Tells Us About Today

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 15, 2022

Jonathan Franzen: What Happens If We No Longer Have Bookstore Readings?

Jonathan Franzen: What Happens If We No Longer Have Bookstore Readings?

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | September 14, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

How Dealing in Facts Helps Fiction Writers Hone Their Craft

By Tracey Lien | September 14, 2022

Why is Writing About Art So Difficult?

By Sara Woster | September 14, 2022

Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

By Thresholds | September 14, 2022

Author-Illustrator Dan Santat on the Magic of Fractured Fairy Tales

Author-Illustrator Dan Santat on the Magic of Fractured Fairy Tales

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | September 14, 2022

Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton Answer Your Questions About Writing and Storytelling

Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton Answer Your Questions About Writing and Storytelling

From the Ursa Short Fiction Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton

By Ursa | September 14, 2022

Jhumpa Lahiri on Michael F. Moore’s Translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s <em>The Betrothed</em>

Jhumpa Lahiri on Michael F. Moore’s Translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed

“The fruit of the union between an author and a translator is what enables literature to proliferate and seduce readers.”

By Jhumpa Lahiri | September 13, 2022

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

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

Featuring A.M. Homes, Hua Hsu, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, and More!

By Teddy Wayne | September 13, 2022

Ling Ma on Patterns of Return and the Ways Speculative Fiction Helps Illuminate Real Life

Ling Ma on Patterns of Return and the Ways Speculative Fiction Helps Illuminate Real Life

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Bliss Montage

By Jane Ciabattari | September 13, 2022

Chantal V. Johnson on Letting the Reader Be Smarter Than Her Character

Chantal V. Johnson on Letting the Reader Be Smarter Than Her Character

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But

By I'm a Writer But | September 13, 2022

“I hunt and fish because it helps my writing.” Some Very Specific Writing Advice from Jim Harrison

“I hunt and fish because it helps my writing.” Some Very Specific Writing Advice from Jim Harrison

From the The Search for the Genuine: Selected Nonfiction, 1970-2015

By Jim Harrison | September 12, 2022

« First ‹ Previous 109 110 111 112113114 115 116 117 Next ›Last »

Page 113 of 258