• Craft and Advice

    Inspiration

    J. Vanessa Lyon on Finding Inspiration in the Photography of James Van Der Zee

    By J. Vanessa Lyon  August 2, 2023
    Experimental Fiction

    When Cause Doesn’t Follow Effect: How to Structure the Strange

    By Rebekah Bergman  August 2, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Jamel Brinkley Spends His Time Rereading Incredible Prose

    By Literary Hub  August 2, 2023
    Relationships

    Writing a Novel to Encounter Other Versions of Myself

    By Bee Sacks  August 1, 2023
    Food

    On the Joys of Food-Centered Fiction

    By Michelle Wildgen  August 1, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Ann Patchett on Grabbing Galleys and Getting Drafts Done

    By Literary Hub  August 1, 2023
    Physics

    The Universe is an Unreliable Narrator: Mindy Mejia Litsplains Physics

    By Mindy Mejia  August 1, 2023
    Queer Literature

    How Exile Allowed Shastri Akella to Write a Queer Novel

    By Shastri Akella  July 31, 2023
    The History of Literature

    The History of Literature Puts Langston Hughes in Context

    By History of Literature  July 31, 2023
    First Draft

    Hernan Diaz Has No Draft Two

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 31, 2023
    Write-minded

    Gail Warner on Parent-Adult Child Dynamics for Writers

    By Write-minded   July 31, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Yael Goldstein-Love on Elegantly Weaving Science into Fiction

    By Yael Goldstein-Love  July 28, 2023
    Family Histories

    Anita Gail Jones on Crafting Fiction From Family Heirlooms

    By Anita Gail Jones  July 27, 2023
    On Writing

    How My Library Patrons Unexpectedly Helped Me Finish My Novel

    By Laura Sims  July 27, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Donovan X. Ramsey on How Media Sensationalized Crack

    By The Maris Review  July 27, 2023
    Queer Literature

    A Queer Reimagining of James Joyce’s Ulysses in Northern England

    By Helen Palmer  July 26, 2023
    Family Histories

    Mihret Sibhat on the Stories Our Names Tell

    By Mihret Sibhat  July 26, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Roxane Gay on How She Arrived at Herself

    By Talk Easy  July 25, 2023
    Family Histories

    The Burden of Truth: Fictionalizing My Father’s Years at a Federal Leprosy Treatment Center

    By Wendy Chin-Tanner  July 25, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Ben Hinshaw on the “Strange Channeling” of Writing

    By I'm a Writer But   July 25, 2023
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Jasmine Lee-Jones on Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   July 25, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Jack Zipes on the Political Potential of Fairy Tales

    By History of Literature  July 24, 2023
    Creativity

    What Completism Can Teach Us About the Creative Process

    By Rhian Sasseen  July 24, 2023
    First Draft

    Alice Elliott Dark on the Moral Argument of Fiction

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 24, 2023
    Write-minded

    Ben Purkert on the Art of Writing Unlikable Characters

    By Write-minded   July 24, 2023
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