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Crafting from of a Creator's Rib: Nicola Dinan on Writing Characters Based on Herself

Crafting from of a Creator's Rib: Nicola Dinan on Writing Characters Based on Herself

The Author of "Disappoint Me" Reflects on Readers Seeing Her and Themselves in Fiction's Mirror

By Nicola Dinan | May 27, 2025

Spring Ulmer on Political Poetry, Personification, and Translating as Gardening

Spring Ulmer on Political Poetry, Personification, and Translating as Gardening

The Author of "Phantom Number: An Abecedarium for April" in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | May 27, 2025

Vauhini Vara on Where Self Meets Technology

Vauhini Vara on Where Self Meets Technology

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

By Memoir Nation | May 26, 2025

What You See Is What You Get: The Optical Illusions That Shape Fiction—and Ourselves

What You See Is What You Get: The Optical Illusions That Shape Fiction—and Ourselves

T.J. Martinson Explores the Narrative Role of Sight on the Page and in the Real World

By T.J. Martinson | May 23, 2025

Richard Russo on Words and Their Arrangement

Richard Russo on Words and Their Arrangement

Considering Townes Van Zandt's "Pancho and Lefty"

By Richard Russo | May 23, 2025

None of Your Business: Why Writers Shouldn't Feel Obligated to Share Too Much

None of Your Business: Why Writers Shouldn't Feel Obligated to Share Too Much

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Writing Towards the Future: Searching for Realism In an Increasingly Surreal World

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Donal Ryan on Embracing the Evolution of Language While Preserving Its Essence

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The Fact and the Fiction of Philly: Writing Place From Research, Memory and Intuition

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Richard Bausch Thinks You Can Never Permanently Ruin a Piece of Writing (And Other Tidbits)

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The Author of "The Fate of Others" Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

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Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Adam Roberts Recommends Culinary Moments from Nora Ephron, Charles Dickens, Bryan Washington, and More

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Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

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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

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Ben Calhoun on Editing for the Ear

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