“What Is It You Actually Do?” Jack O’Brien on the Role(s) of a Theater Director

“What Is It You Actually Do?” Jack O’Brien on the Role(s) of a Theater Director

“I’ve been praised for a lighting designer’s contribution, and condemned for a writer’s lack of skill.”

By Jack O'Brien | November 16, 2022

Nick Hornby Understands the Pitfalls of Giving Novels as Gifts

Nick Hornby Understands the Pitfalls of Giving Novels as Gifts

The Author of Dickens and Prince Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | November 15, 2022

Elisa Gabbert on the Performance of Self in Poetry (Versus Prose)

Elisa Gabbert on the Performance of Self in Poetry (Versus Prose)

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

By I'm a Writer But | November 15, 2022

Meg Howrey on Speaking for Her Novel’s Protagonist

Meg Howrey on Speaking for Her Novel’s Protagonist

“I hope the little world that is me disappears under the different world that is her.”

By Meg Howrey | November 15, 2022

Stephanie Land on Putting the Pieces of Your Life Together and Finding Your Way

Stephanie Land on Putting the Pieces of Your Life Together and Finding Your Way

This Week on Twitterverse, a Show About Tweets and the Writers Who Send Them

By Twitterverse | November 15, 2022

Kevin Wilson on the Ease of Writing in the 90s and His New Novel, <em>Now is Not the Time to Panic<em>

Kevin Wilson on the Ease of Writing in the 90s and His New Novel, Now is Not the Time to Panic

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | November 15, 2022

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Writers Wrestle with Twitter: Do I Stay or Go (and Where?)

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | November 14, 2022

Su Cho on Beginning Her Poetic Journey

By Su Cho | November 14, 2022

David Yoon on Writing Racial Dynamics in YA Fiction

By Memoir Nation | November 14, 2022

Healing, Then Writing: Confronting Writer's Block in the Early Years of Sobriety

Healing, Then Writing: Confronting Writer's Block in the Early Years of Sobriety

Matthew Quick Writes “a Love Letter to the Redemptive Forces of Story.”

By Matthew Quick | November 14, 2022

Ross Gay: “It’s Never Been the Institutions, It’s Always Been Our Neighbor.”

Ross Gay: “It’s Never Been the Institutions, It’s Always Been Our Neighbor.”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 14, 2022

Christopher Isherwood on What Writers Can Learn from Theater

Christopher Isherwood on What Writers Can Learn from Theater

“The effects are created by means of claustrophobia:
you can’t get out.”

By Christopher Isherwood | November 11, 2022

Full Disclosure: Meghan J. Ward on Marriage, Motherhood, and Weighing the Truth in Memoir

Full Disclosure: Meghan J. Ward on Marriage, Motherhood, and Weighing the Truth in Memoir

“How do I honor, or even reclaim, my voice in this story without compromising my relationship with my loved ones?”

By Meghan J. Ward | November 11, 2022

Nancy Pelosi’s Majority: Matthew Clark Davison’s San Francisco Take on a National Leader

Nancy Pelosi’s Majority: Matthew Clark Davison’s San Francisco Take on a National Leader

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 10, 2022

Writing Grief in Fiction is a Work of Love

Writing Grief in Fiction is a Work of Love

Onyi Nwabineli on Giving Sorrow the Space to Grow and Expand

By Onyi Nwabineli | November 10, 2022

Stuck on Your Novel? Try Baking a Pie!

Stuck on Your Novel? Try Baking a Pie!

Amy Wallen on the Joy of Completing Something Creative

By Amy Wallen | November 10, 2022

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