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What Happens When Gen Z Encounters Catullus’s Filthiest Poem?

What Happens When Gen Z Encounters Catullus’s Filthiest Poem?

“Reading wakes us up to love, culture, grief, war, a range of possibilities too vast to name, and also to great discomfort.”

By Rachel DeWoskin | December 10, 2025

The Publishing Industry is Capricious... Gamble on Yourself

The Publishing Industry is Capricious... Gamble on Yourself

A. Natasha Joukovsky on Why the Sole Aim For Any Novelist Should Probably Be a Posthumous House Museum

By A. Natasha Joukovsky | December 10, 2025

One Man’s Trash: Reflections on a Failed Novel

One Man’s Trash: Reflections on a Failed Novel

Sheldon Costa on Trash Bashing, Working With His Hands, and Extricating His Writing from His Self-Worth

By Sheldon Costa | December 10, 2025

On Trying to Write About Disordered Eating in the Age of Millennial Therapy Culture

On Trying to Write About Disordered Eating in the Age of Millennial Therapy Culture

Anna Rollins Wonders If Mothers Get Too Much of the Blame

By Anna Rollins | December 10, 2025

Colm Tóibín on What It Means to Return to an Idea 20 Years Later

Colm Tóibín on What It Means to Return to an Idea 20 Years Later

The Backstory and Creative Process Behind A Long Winter

By Colm Tóibín | December 9, 2025

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Brendan Mac Evilly on Figuring Out How To Be an Artist

By Brendan Mac Evilly | December 8, 2025

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#ReadingAfrica: Three Literary Artists Celebrate African Visual Storytelling

By Literary Hub | December 8, 2025

Laura Vanderkam on Making Time to Write

By Memoir Nation | December 8, 2025

Short Story Advent Calendars & Remembering Tom Stoppard on The Lit Hub Podcast

By The Lit Hub Podcast | December 5, 2025

Sophie Newman on What You Can Learn About Writing by Watching <em>Survivor</em>

Sophie Newman on What You Can Learn About Writing by Watching Survivor

“As a writer, you cannot and should not shield your characters from being seen in all their messy glory.”

By Sophie Newman | December 5, 2025

Losing My Southern Accent and Searching for a Link to My Past

Losing My Southern Accent and Searching for a Link to My Past

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the Sound of Her Grandparents‘ Voices and Growing Up in North Carolina

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | December 4, 2025

My Friends Won’t Let Me Into Their Writers’ Group: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Friends Won’t Let Me Into Their Writers’ Group: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | December 4, 2025

On the Infinite Lives of the Library

On the Infinite Lives of the Library

Steve Edwards Loves Nothing More Than Library Hours

By Steve Edwards | December 4, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Marci Vogel is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Marci Vogel is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Joy Harjo, Myriam Gurba, Hua Hsu, and More

By Diana Arterian | December 4, 2025

The Radical Write: How a Medieval Catholic Mystic Inspired My Debut Novel

The Radical Write: How a Medieval Catholic Mystic Inspired My Debut Novel

Janet Rich Edwards on Marguerite Porete and the Power of Unconventional Faith

By Janet Rich Edwards | December 3, 2025

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

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