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Chris Baty on the Magic of a Goal and a Deadline

Chris Baty on the Magic of a Goal and a Deadline

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

By Memoir Nation | December 1, 2025

Fight Book Bans! Fight Fascists! Listen to The Lit Hub Podcast!

Fight Book Bans! Fight Fascists! Listen to The Lit Hub Podcast!

Featuring Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Jonny Diamond, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 28, 2025

John Irving on Wrestling, Coming-of-Age, and Writing Autiobiographically

John Irving on Wrestling, Coming-of-Age, and Writing Autiobiographically

Wayne Catan Talks to the Author of Queen Esther

By Wayne Catan | November 24, 2025

A Close Reading of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Counting-Out Rhyme”

A Close Reading of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Counting-Out Rhyme”

Cecily Parks on the Ceremony and Intimacy of a Classic American Poem

By Cecily Parks | November 24, 2025

Tracy K. Smith on the Spiritual and the Poetic

Tracy K. Smith on the Spiritual and the Poetic

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 24, 2025

Susan Orlean on Writing the Story of a Life Well Lived

Susan Orlean on Writing the Story of a Life Well Lived

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

By Memoir Nation | November 24, 2025

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Melissa Broder on Jennifer Dawson’s Forgotten 1961 Classic The Ha-Ha

By Melissa Broder | November 21, 2025

Outdoor Manual: Benjamin Wood on Taking It Outside

By Benjamin Wood | November 21, 2025

Pygmalion’s Chatbot: Vanessa Chang on Intimacy in the Age of AI

Pygmalion’s Chatbot: Vanessa Chang on Intimacy in the Age of AI

“Our yearning for seamless connection doesn’t deepen human attachment; it powers the architectures of corporate control.”

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Madeleine Arenivar on the Rhythm of Translation, Preserving Poetic Language, and Letting a Novel’s Voice Shine

Madeleine Arenivar on the Rhythm of Translation, Preserving Poetic Language, and Letting a Novel’s Voice Shine

Lily Meyer in Conversation with the Translator of Yuliana Ortiz Ruano’s Debut Novel, Carnaval Fever

By Lily Meyer | November 20, 2025

Open Your Mouth and Sing: Frode Grytten on Becoming a Writer and Growing Up in Norway

Open Your Mouth and Sing: Frode Grytten on Becoming a Writer and Growing Up in Norway

“To write is to transport yourself to another world, to step into the lives of others, but also to connect yourself to those lives...”

By Frode Grytten | November 18, 2025

An Anniversary That Bears Fruit: <em>Oranges</em>, 40 Years On

An Anniversary That Bears Fruit: Oranges, 40 Years On

Jeanette Winterson Remembers the Creative Process Behind Her Groundbreaking First Novel

By Jeanette Winterson | November 17, 2025

Beth Macy on Writing to Explore Why We’re So Divided

Beth Macy on Writing to Explore Why We’re So Divided

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Stewart O'Nan on Moderating Sentimentality

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Bad Art and Sheep Covers on The Lit Hub Podcast

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