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    Abbie Greaves on the Merits
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    On Craft

    Fragmented Narratives Are Broken, Independent, and Honest

    By Sinéad Gleeson  March 24, 2020
    Plagiarism

    In the Academy, Plagiarism is the Sin Above All Sins. That’s a Problem.

    By Nicholas Delbanco  March 19, 2020
    The American Midwest

    Flyover and Proud: TaraShea Nesbit Reckons With Home

    By TaraShea Nesbit  March 18, 2020
    On Craft

    Sure, Plot is Good, But Have You Tried Talking About
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    By Joseph Scapellato  March 17, 2020
    Journalism

    Gerald Posner: 6 Lessons From Decades of Investigative Reporting

    By Gerald Posner  March 16, 2020
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

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    Fact vs. Fiction

    Ann Napolitano: Honor Your Obsessions—Especially the Weird Ones

    By Ann Napolitano  March 9, 2020
    Inequality

    The Problem of Money and
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    By Alison Stine  March 6, 2020
    Criticism

    The Hidden Power of the Passive Protagonist

    By Jessi Jezewska Stevens  March 5, 2020
    Animals

    Deb Olin Unferth Didn’t Expect to Be Writing From the Point of View of a Chicken

    By Deb Olin Unferth  March 3, 2020
    News and Culture

    Robert Stone: I Would Have Given You the Meaning of Life If I Could

    By Robert Stone  March 3, 2020
    Grammar

    The Magic Sentences of Lauren Groff, Action Without Verbs

    By Christian Kiefer  March 2, 2020
    5 Questions

    Lorrie Moore on the Songs She Couldn’t Live Without

    By Literary Hub  March 2, 2020
    Addiction

    Writing About My Alcohol Addiction Helped Treat It

    By Clare Pooley  February 26, 2020
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    What I’ve Learned Interviewing Almost 300 Writers Over Seven Years

    By Teddy Wayne  February 25, 2020
    Storytelling

    Relearning to Write After Law School Buried My Voice

    By Akhila Kolisetty  February 21, 2020
    The Hub

    Authors Guild releases grim 50-page report on “The Profession of the Author in the 21st Century”

    By Jonny Diamond  February 19, 2020
    Debut Novels

    Brandon Taylor, Reluctant Novelist

    By Brandon Taylor  February 18, 2020
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  February 11, 2020
    Religion

    Nuns Can Party, Too: On Defying Expectations of Piety

    By Alena Dillon  February 10, 2020
    5 Questions

    Lidia Yuknavitch on Frankenstein, Incarceration, and Overcoming Creative Blocks

    By Literary Hub  February 6, 2020
    Criticism

    When We Call a Book Cinematic, What Do We Really Mean?

    By Sarah Kozloff  February 6, 2020
    Autofiction

    The Risk, and Reward, of Turning from Memoir to Fiction

    By Amy Jo Burns  February 5, 2020
    The Writing Life

    What Happens When You Treat Writing Like Acting?

    By Dan Bevacqua  February 4, 2020
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