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The Rise (and Fall) of the Sad Girl Grifter

The Rise (and Fall) of the Sad Girl Grifter

Lior Torenberg on Pain, Performance, and Punishment for Wanting Too Much

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The Dignity of Human Art and the Secret World of Roald Dahl on <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

The Dignity of Human Art and the Secret World of Roald Dahl on The Lit Hub Podcast

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Diamond Forde on Memory, Mothering, and Maya Angelou

Diamond Forde on Memory, Mothering, and Maya Angelou

“To somebody, somewhere, this memory is history.”

By Diamond Forde | January 22, 2026

A Butch <em>Black Swan</em>: On Horror, Transformation, and Writing a Queer Midwestern Gothic

A Butch Black Swan: On Horror, Transformation, and Writing a Queer Midwestern Gothic

Melissa Faliveno Explores the Diverse Sources of Inspiration For Her Debut Novel

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Six Books About Ohio, the Heart of it All

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Lauren Schott Recommends Celeste Ng, Joyce Carol Oates, Tiffany McDaniel, and More

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Writing Toward the Void: Larissa Pham on Facing Your Fears in Fiction

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Containment and Freedom: In Praise of the Boarding School Novel

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Madeleine Dunnigan on the Joys of Channeling Teenage Angst In Her Fiction

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Kathleen Boland on Getting Lost (as a Writing Practice)

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“I didn’t find myself. Instead, I found an obsession.”

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The Work Behind the Writing: On Writers and Their Day Jobs

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Ed Simon Explores the Relationship Between Labor and Literary Passion

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Helping Incarcerated Writers Find Their Voices at Parchman Prison

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W. Ralph Eubanks Explores Literary Life in a Forgotten Corner of the Mississippi Delta

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