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On the Lit Hub Podcast: Publishers Marketplace 101, Maris Kreizman Burns It Down, and More

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Publishers Marketplace 101, Maris Kreizman Burns It Down, and More

Featuring Erin Somers, Jonny Diamond, Maris Kreizman, James Folta, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | August 15, 2025

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

The Author of “The Island of Last Things” Visits Alcatraz and Offers an Antidote to Doomerism

By Emma Sloley | August 14, 2025

Memoir On a Hill: Finding the Best Way to Tell the Story of America

Memoir On a Hill: Finding the Best Way to Tell the Story of America

Jason Mott Navigates the Demands of Fiction and Nonfiction in the Second Trump Era

By Jason Mott | August 14, 2025

“Literature is a Force For Peace and Solidarity.” On Writing a Novel of the War in Ukraine

“Literature is a Force For Peace and Solidarity.” On Writing a Novel of the War in Ukraine

Sam Wachman Unpacks the Challenges of Sharing Truths in Fiction

By Sam Wachman | August 13, 2025

Anthony Vahni Capildeo on Kimberly Campanello's <em>An Interesting Detail</em>

Anthony Vahni Capildeo on Kimberly Campanello's An Interesting Detail

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How Small-Town Public Libraries Enrich the Generative Research Process

How Small-Town Public Libraries Enrich the Generative Research Process

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Literary Synchronicities: Jessica Francis Kane on Finding Coincidences While Writing

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How Working at a Grocery Store Helped Me Become a Better Writer

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On the Peace and Pleasure of Reading Books About Babies as a New Mother

On the Peace and Pleasure of Reading Books About Babies as a New Mother

Ellyn Gaydos on William Carlos Williams, Annie Ernaux, and More

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lee Wind on Championing Marginalized Characters

Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lee Wind on Championing Marginalized Characters

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The Case for Renaming Kafka’s <em>Metamorphosis</em> as <em>The Transformation</em>

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Jessica Gross on Writing a New York Novel as an Ex-New Yorker

Jessica Gross on Writing a New York Novel as an Ex-New Yorker

How to Get Back in a New York State of Mind

By Jessica Gross | August 8, 2025

Am I the Literary Asshole For Prioritizing My Writing Over the People in My Life?

Am I the Literary Asshole For Prioritizing My Writing Over the People in My Life?

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Chloe Caldwell Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Chloe Caldwell Is Reading Now, and Next

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