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What Objects Can—and Should—Reveal About Their Owners

What Objects Can—and Should—Reveal About Their Owners

Rachel F. Seidman on the Importance of Material Culture in Constructing Oral Histories

By Rachel F. Seidman | May 6, 2026

On Making Time to Read <em>War and Peace</em> and Other Great Literary Works

On Making Time to Read War and Peace and Other Great Literary Works

Laura Vanderkam Offers Some Suggestions to Help Meet Your Reading Goals

By Laura Vanderkam | May 5, 2026

Charles Dickens... and Other Bad Men Who are Good Writers

Charles Dickens... and Other Bad Men Who are Good Writers

Francine Prose Explores the Disconnect of Loving Works Written By Monstrous Authors

By Francine Prose | May 5, 2026

Elizabeth Strout on Creating a Quietly Strong Protagonist

Elizabeth Strout on Creating a Quietly Strong Protagonist

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Things We Never Say

By Jane Ciabattari | May 5, 2026

How Being a Mediocre Scientist Helped Me Become a Better Novelist

How Being a Mediocre Scientist Helped Me Become a Better Novelist

Vincent Yu on the Creative Lessons He Learned From His Stint In Evolutionary Biology

By Vincent Yu | May 5, 2026

Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

The Author of Go Gentle Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 4, 2026

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Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

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Writing My Great-Great-Grandmother’s Escape From Eastern European Antisemitism as Gothic Horror

By Gabrielle Sher | May 4, 2026

To Be Honest in Poetry Right Now is to Embrace the Abstract, Negative, and Weak

By Xuela Zhang | May 4, 2026

Lauren Groff: There is No Such Thing as Boredom, Only Noticing

Lauren Groff: There is No Such Thing as Boredom, Only Noticing

From Her Speech at the 2026 One Story Debutante Ball

By Lauren Groff | May 1, 2026

Sarah L. Kaufman on Harnessing the Power of Verbs

Sarah L. Kaufman on Harnessing the Power of Verbs

How to Use Unusual Verbs to Create Fresh Images

By Sarah L. Kaufman | May 1, 2026

Interrogating the Heaviness: On Resilience in Fiction and Real Life

Interrogating the Heaviness: On Resilience in Fiction and Real Life

Rachel León and Grace Spulak Discuss The Ways Their Creative Process Is Informed By Professional and Personal Experience

By Rachel León | April 27, 2026

Without the “Women’s Fiction” of the Early Aughts I Wouldn’t Have Survived My Divorce

Without the “Women’s Fiction” of the Early Aughts I Wouldn’t Have Survived My Divorce

Sarah Vacchiano on Experiencing a “Soft Launch” to Adulthood—and Writing About It

By Sarah Vacchiano | April 24, 2026

Brad Neely on Embracing Errors When Making Art

Brad Neely on Embracing Errors When Making Art

“I like art that preserves the rough edges of the person.”

By Brad Neely | April 24, 2026

A Short History of America’s Drowned Towns

A Short History of America’s Drowned Towns

Erin L. McCoy on the Intersection of Misplaced Nostalgia and Environmental Violence That Inspired Her Novel

By Erin L. McCoy | April 24, 2026

Writing About Life in America Before Roe v. Wade, in Fiction and in Memoir

Writing About Life in America Before Roe v. Wade, in Fiction and in Memoir

Tracy Clark-Flory and Kate Schatz Discuss the Research Process, Reuniting With Their Siblings, and Trying to Capture the History of Reproductive Rights

By Tracy Clark-Flory and Kate Schatz | April 24, 2026

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