The Inherited Imagination

The Inherited Imagination

Sammi LaBue on Family Stories and Hidden Histories

By Sammi LaBue | August 18, 2020

Finding Catharsis in the Story <br>of a Family Betrayal

Finding Catharsis in the Story
of a Family Betrayal

Darin Strauss on the Line Between Novel and Mythic Memoir

By Darin Strauss | August 17, 2020

Stephen Graham Jones on How Horror is the Puppet of Your Own Terror

Stephen Graham Jones on How Horror is the Puppet of Your Own Terror

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | August 17, 2020

Ursula Hegi on the Seam Between Bliss and Sorrow

Ursula Hegi on the Seam Between Bliss and Sorrow

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 17, 2020

Can the Essay Still Surprise Us?

Can the Essay Still Surprise Us?

Suzanne Conklin Akbari Rethinks a Eurocentric Tradition

By Suzanne Conklin Akbari | August 14, 2020

WATCH: Jewel on Battling Anxiety, Living with Dyslexia and Finding Solace in Philosophy

WATCH: Jewel on Battling Anxiety, Living with Dyslexia and Finding Solace in Philosophy

Episode Three of the Mighty SONG Writers Video Series

By Literary Hub | August 12, 2020

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The Internet Has Split Our Sense of Self. Can the Page Reproduce That?

By Rebecca Watson | August 12, 2020

Charlotte Wood on the Subconscious Act of Writing

By Charlotte Wood | August 11, 2020

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By Teddy Wayne | August 11, 2020

The Quest for Kindness is One of Fiction's Great Challenges

The Quest for Kindness is One of Fiction's Great Challenges

Rónán Hession on Capturing Small Moments of Empathy

By Rónán Hession | August 7, 2020

My Father: The Genius, The Poet, Richard Eberhart

My Father: The Genius, The Poet, Richard Eberhart

Gretchen Cherington on Growing Up Surrounded by Great Thinkers

By Gretchen Cherington | August 7, 2020

Reading the First Drafts of<br> <em>Anna Karenina</em>

Reading the First Drafts of
Anna Karenina

Bob Blaisdell on Tolstoy's Creation and Pushkin's Influence

By Bob Blaisdell | August 6, 2020

WATCH: Jazz Pianist Marcus Roberts Get the Blues and Talks Musical Influences

WATCH: Jazz Pianist Marcus Roberts Get the Blues and Talks Musical Influences

Episode Two of the Mighty SONG Writers Video Series

By Literary Hub | August 5, 2020

"Too much exercise!" Read Flaubert's (very harsh) writing advice for Guy de Maupassant.

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2020

A Taxonomy of Nonfiction; <br>Or the Pleasures of Precision

A Taxonomy of Nonfiction;
Or the Pleasures of Precision

Karen Babine on the Peculiarities of Genre, Form, and More

By Karen Babine | August 3, 2020

My Novel's Heroine is Doing Better in the Publishing World Than I Did

My Novel's Heroine is Doing Better in the Publishing World Than I Did

Ellen Feldman's Lessons Learned From NYC Publishing
(Fired at a Christmas Party!)

By Ellen Feldman | July 31, 2020

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