• Craft and Advice

    The Maris Review

    Jesse David Fox On Cheap Laughs

    By The Maris Review  November 2, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Dancing with the Goddess and Drawing Down the Moon: A Reading List for Modern Witches

    By Diana Helmuth  October 31, 2023
    Monsters

    “A monster can look like whatever it wants”: On the Allure of Literary Monsters

    By Adrian Van Young  October 31, 2023
    Fear

    What Are Thriller Writers Truly Afraid Of?

    By Danielle Trussoni  October 31, 2023
    Horror

    “Leisure, Labor, Reticence, Violence”: What Horror Films Can Teach Us About Poetry

    By Justin Phillip Reed  October 31, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Michael Lewis on Watching Sam Bankman-Fried

    By Talk Easy  October 31, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Tim O’Brien on Letting the World Decide What He’ll Read Next

    By Literary Hub  October 30, 2023
    Write-minded

    Isabel Cañas on the Gothic and Drawing from Everyday Monsters

    By Write-minded   October 30, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Patty Crane on Translation and Influence

    By Patty Crane  October 27, 2023
    Fact vs. Fiction

    Fact, Fiction, and Film: Jeremy Cooper on Creating Verisimilitude

    By Jeremy Cooper  October 26, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Molly McGhee on the Importance of Acknowledgments

    By The Maris Review  October 26, 2023
    It's Magic

    Magic to Serve, Not Solve, a Story: KJ Dell’Antonia on Magical Rules in Literature

    By KJ Dell'Antonia  October 25, 2023
    Reading List

    Enough “How-To” Books: It’s Time For More “How-Come”

    By Jessica Elefante  October 25, 2023
    In Conversation

    Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

    By Peter Mishler  October 25, 2023
    Louisa May Alcott

    Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

    By Liz Rosenberg  October 24, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Jhumpa Lahiri on the Freedom of Writing

    By Talk Easy  October 24, 2023
    Write-minded

    Maggie Smith on Playing with Narration in Memoir

    By Write-minded   October 23, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Eli Grober on The Art of Satire

    By Eli Grober  October 20, 2023
    Sex

    Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial

    By Ahmed Naji  October 19, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Justin Torres on the Tricky Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction

    By The Maris Review  October 19, 2023
    Women in Science

    How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

    By Ritu Mukerji  October 18, 2023
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Fear, Friendship, and Finding Your Place: Kristen Simmons and Johnny Compton

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   October 18, 2023
    Historical Fiction

    The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

    By Allison Epstein  October 17, 2023
    Museums

    Beyond Words: On the Story Within a Single Painting

    By Christine Coulson  October 17, 2023
    Talk Easy

    George Saunders on Alteration

    By Talk Easy  October 17, 2023
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