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Can Bibliotherapy Heal the Pain of the World? 

Can Bibliotherapy Heal the Pain of the World? 

Jess deCourcy Hinds on Books as Therapy

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | December 16, 2025

Ruben Reyes Jr. on the Second Person

Ruben Reyes Jr. on the Second Person

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 15, 2025

Kamy Wicoff and Deborah Siegel-Acevedo on The Power of Community

Kamy Wicoff and Deborah Siegel-Acevedo on The Power of Community

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | December 15, 2025

It’s Best-of Season on The Lit Hub Podcast

It’s Best-of Season on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring members of the Lit Hub staff on favorite reads of 2025!

By The Lit Hub Podcast | December 12, 2025

Six Writers on the Most Surprising Parts of Their Writing Routines

Six Writers on the Most Surprising Parts of Their Writing Routines

How Shelby Van Pelt, Tracy K. Smith, and More Get Words on the Page

By Literary Hub | December 12, 2025

Maurice Riordan on Writing Rituals, the Creative Imagination, and His Journey as a Poet

Maurice Riordan on Writing Rituals, the Creative Imagination, and His Journey as a Poet

In Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | December 12, 2025

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What It Was Like to Publish a Book in This Crazy Year, 2025

By Maris Kreizman | December 11, 2025

Diana Arterian on Nadia Anjuman’s Life, Resistance, and Poetry

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What Happens When Gen Z Encounters Catullus’s Filthiest Poem?

By Rachel DeWoskin | December 10, 2025

The Publishing Industry is Capricious... Gamble on Yourself

The Publishing Industry is Capricious... Gamble on Yourself

A. Natasha Joukovsky on Why the Sole Aim For Any Novelist Should Probably Be a Posthumous House Museum

By A. Natasha Joukovsky | December 10, 2025

One Man’s Trash: Reflections on a Failed Novel

One Man’s Trash: Reflections on a Failed Novel

Sheldon Costa on Trash Bashing, Working With His Hands, and Extricating His Writing from His Self-Worth

By Sheldon Costa | December 10, 2025

On Trying to Write About Disordered Eating in the Age of Millennial Therapy Culture

On Trying to Write About Disordered Eating in the Age of Millennial Therapy Culture

Anna Rollins Wonders If Mothers Get Too Much of the Blame

By Anna Rollins | December 10, 2025

Colm Tóibín on What It Means to Return to an Idea 20 Years Later

Colm Tóibín on What It Means to Return to an Idea 20 Years Later

The Backstory and Creative Process Behind A Long Winter

By Colm Tóibín | December 9, 2025

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Brendan Mac Evilly on Figuring Out How To Be an Artist

By Brendan Mac Evilly | December 8, 2025

#ReadingAfrica: Three Literary Artists Celebrate African Visual Storytelling

#ReadingAfrica: Three Literary Artists Celebrate African Visual Storytelling

Anthony Silverston Talks to Mark Modimola, Lisa Maria Burgess and Deena Mohamed

By Literary Hub | December 8, 2025

Laura Vanderkam on Making Time to Write

Laura Vanderkam on Making Time to Write

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By Memoir Nation | December 8, 2025

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