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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

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

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

Jocelyn Jane Cox on Writing a Story About Figure Skating, Dementia, and Zebras

By Jocelyn Jane Cox | May 4, 2026

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

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

Gabrielle Sher Shares the Inspiration For Her Debut Novel, Odessa

By Gabrielle Sher | May 4, 2026

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

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

An Essay and Poem by Xuela Zhang

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

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Sarah L. Kaufman on Harnessing the Power of Verbs

By Sarah L. Kaufman | May 1, 2026

Interrogating the Heaviness: On Resilience in Fiction and Real Life

By Rachel León | April 27, 2026

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

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

How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

Max Rudin’s Reflects on the History of the Press at the 2026 Whiting Awards Ceremony

By Max Rudin | April 24, 2026

My Friend Won’t Stop Sending Me Writing and It’s Driving Me Crazy: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Friend Won’t Stop Sending Me Writing and It’s Driving Me Crazy: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | April 23, 2026

A DIY Literary Education: How Zines Taught Me To Be a Novelist

A DIY Literary Education: How Zines Taught Me To Be a Novelist

Jeff Miller: “Possibly the greatest lesson I got from the zine is that writing is about community.”

By Jeff Miller | April 23, 2026

The Craft Challenges of Writing Political Fiction

The Craft Challenges of Writing Political Fiction

Abigail Savitch-Lew on the Twelve-Year Struggle Behind Her Debut Novel

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 23, 2026

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