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Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Daria Lavelle on the Joys of Experimenting With Food and Fiction

By Daria Lavelle | May 20, 2025

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Jesse Browner Explores Why the Core Rules of Fiction Still Apply in Stories of the Past

By Jesse Browner | May 20, 2025

What Spinoza's Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

What Spinoza's Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

Madeleine Thien on Using Fiction to Find the Many Rooms Within Ourselves

By Madeleine Thien | May 20, 2025

Ben Calhoun on Editing for the Ear

Ben Calhoun on Editing for the Ear

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | May 20, 2025

Talk Fiction: Adelaide Faith on Turning an Obsession with Her Therapist into a Novel

Talk Fiction: Adelaide Faith on Turning an Obsession with Her Therapist into a Novel

The Author of “Happiness Forever” in Conversation with Chelsea Hodson

By Chelsea Hodson | May 19, 2025

Clocking In, Hauntings, and Sticking It to the Patriarchy: Seven Novels on the Workplace

Clocking In, Hauntings, and Sticking It to the Patriarchy: Seven Novels on the Workplace

Lorna Graham Recommends Chandler Baker, Bonnie Garmus, Calvin Kasulke, and More

By Lorna Graham | May 19, 2025

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Actually, It’s Ok to Steal Your Ideas. Sort Of... (Or: Learning to Love My Literary Influences)

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Amman Compendium: Mariam Itani on Beirut, Home, and the Paradox of Living in Jordan

By Mariam Itani | May 19, 2025

Amanda Knox on Reclaiming Your Story on Your Terms

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Kate Folk on Pushing Past the Gimmick

Kate Folk on Pushing Past the Gimmick

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 19, 2025

Dwyer Murphy Explains How to Build a House (in Your Novel)

Dwyer Murphy Explains How to Build a House (in Your Novel)

“I needed to know about houses—big and rambling houses, and how they alter people.”

By Dwyer Murphy | May 16, 2025

I Refuse to Support My Friend’s Crappy Self-Published Novel: Am I the Asshole?

I Refuse to Support My Friend’s Crappy Self-Published Novel: Am I the Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 15, 2025

Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books

Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books

The Author of “Returning to My Father’s Kitchen” Recalls Visiting Book Markets in the Philippines

By Monica Macansantos | May 15, 2025

Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

Ling Ling Huang on the Importance of Keeping True to Your Own Thoughts

By Ling Ling Huang | May 14, 2025

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Lincoln Michel Recommends Alejandro Zambra, Renee Gladman, Percival Everett and More

By Lincoln Michel | May 13, 2025

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

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

Featuring Lincoln Michel, Susanna Kwan, Domenica Ruta and More

By Teddy Wayne | May 13, 2025

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