Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

“Politics is how we fight it out on the ground.”

By Mary Gaitskill | August 19, 2022

The Books That Help Beth Macy Find Threads of Hope While Writing About Trauma

The Books That Help Beth Macy Find Threads of Hope While Writing About Trauma

A Reading List for Alleviating Panic in the Face of Secondary Trauma

By Beth Macy | August 19, 2022

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

Part Three in the “13 Ways of Looking” Series

By Maud Newton | August 18, 2022

Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 18, 2022

On Writing About Childhood, That Most Precious, Precarious Time

On Writing About Childhood, That Most Precious, Precarious Time

Sadie Jones Follows the Lead of Her Young Protagonists

By Sadie Jones | August 18, 2022

Sidik Fofana on Balancing Shyness with Being in the Public Eye

Sidik Fofana on Balancing Shyness with Being in the Public Eye

“I am a contradiction. I am a performer and a monk.”

By Sidik Fofana | August 17, 2022

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The Joys of Influence: In Praise of Intertextuality

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Olaf Olafsson Knows When to Stop Writing: Before Depletion

Olaf Olafsson Knows When to Stop Writing: Before Depletion

The Author of Touch Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

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A Poetics of Failure: On the Truths That Lie Between Words

A Poetics of Failure: On the Truths That Lie Between Words

D.S. Waldman Considers the Unbridgeable Gap Between Poetry and Any Single Poem

By D.S. Waldman | August 15, 2022

Lucy Sante on Writing with the Back Brain

Lucy Sante on Writing with the Back Brain

At the "Juncture Between Knowing and not Knowing"

By Lucy Sante | August 12, 2022

Writers and Liars: On Fact, Fiction, and Truth

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Leslye Penelope Considers the Line Between “Truthy” and Truth

By Leslye Penelope | August 12, 2022

Elaine Castillo on Why Everything is Political

Elaine Castillo on Why Everything is Political

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 11, 2022

Remembering Afghanistan’s Wars: Jamil Jan Kochai on Shifting Storytellers and Forms

Remembering Afghanistan’s Wars: Jamil Jan Kochai on Shifting Storytellers and Forms

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 11, 2022

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