Sarah Mesle on the Power of Picturing Your Desired Reader

Sarah Mesle on the Power of Picturing Your Desired Reader

“Who is your girl? Where is she going?”

By Sarah Mesle | October 3, 2025

Am I the Asshole For Being Sick to Death of All the Mediocre Speculative Fiction Out There?

Am I the Asshole For Being Sick to Death of All the Mediocre Speculative Fiction Out There?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 2, 2025

Lily King on Campus Novels, Time Jumps, and Having Fun While Writing

Lily King on Campus Novels, Time Jumps, and Having Fun While Writing

Emma Straub Talks to the Author of “Heart the Lover”

By Emma Straub | October 2, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anton Hur Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anton Hur Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Han Kang, Irenosen Okojie, Siang Lu, and Others

By Diana Arterian | October 2, 2025

Re(se)a(r)ching For Connection: Navigating the Fact and Fiction of Alien Abduction Stories

Re(se)a(r)ching For Connection: Navigating the Fact and Fiction of Alien Abduction Stories

Ilana Masad: “It’s in trying to reach beyond our limited selves that we are, I believe, most human.”

By Ilana Masad | October 2, 2025

Kate DiCamillo on Telling Stories Within a Story and Capturing Wonder

Kate DiCamillo on Telling Stories Within a Story and Capturing Wonder

Illustrator Sophie Blackall Talks to the Author of “Lost Evangeline”

By Sophie Blackall | October 1, 2025

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Claire Vaye Watkins on Grief in the Desert

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A New <em>Autobiography</em>: On Re-Envisioning Gertrude Stein’s Classic Cover

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Lana Lin Asks Us to Reconsider Our Expectations of Memoir, Art and the Creative Process

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Melissa Febos on Solitude as Creative Fuel

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Jason Mott on Struggling with Home

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Why Literary Festivals Still Matter

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Javier Garcia del Moral on Lessons in Inquietud and Investing in Art During Times of Tragedy

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The Disappearing Internet and a Culture Schlock on the Lit Hub Podcast

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A Pilgrimage to Monk’s House, Where Virginia Woolf Found a Room of Her Own

A Pilgrimage to Monk’s House, Where Virginia Woolf Found a Room of Her Own

Katie da Cunha Lewin on the Role of Writing Spaces in the Creative Lives of Virginia Woolf and Other Literary Icons

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M.L. Rio on Writing Real Songs for Fictional Bands

M.L. Rio on Writing Real Songs for Fictional Bands

“Too much granular detail can suck the life out of something.”

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