Charles Baxter Lets Stories Tell Him When It’s Time to Write (and Other Literary Morsels)

Charles Baxter Lets Stories Tell Him When It’s Time to Write (and Other Literary Morsels)

The Author of “Blood Test” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | October 22, 2024

Joshua Mohr on Writing a Genre-Blending Post-Modern Punk Rock Saga

Joshua Mohr on Writing a Genre-Blending Post-Modern Punk Rock Saga

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Saint the Terrifying”

By Jane Ciabattari | October 22, 2024

Elif Shafak on the Power of Literature and Being a Writer in the “Age of Angst”

Elif Shafak on the Power of Literature and Being a Writer in the “Age of Angst”

“The literary mind cannot be isolationist.”

By Elif Shafak | October 22, 2024

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

Aditi Machado on the Literary Power of Food Descriptions

By Aditi Machado | October 21, 2024

Edwidge Danticat on Beginnings

Edwidge Danticat on Beginnings

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 21, 2024

Michael Castleman on Optimism and Pessimism in Book Publishing

Michael Castleman on Optimism and Pessimism in Book Publishing

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | October 21, 2024

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Rebecca Nagle on Craft Lessons from (a Different Kind of) Crafting

By Rebecca Nagle | October 18, 2024

Correcting for the Male Gaze: On the Unique Challenges of Writing Biographies of Women

By Iris Jamahl Dunkle | October 17, 2024

It Bugs Me That My Friend Claims to Be a Writer But Never Writes: Am I the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | October 17, 2024

To Fund, or Not to Fund: On Redefining What Type of Work Is Grant-Worthy

To Fund, or Not to Fund: On Redefining What Type of Work Is Grant-Worthy

Marian Crotty Shares How Her Queer Fiction Was Shaped by a Research Trip to South Dakota

By Marian Crotty | October 17, 2024

No Human Is An Island: On Fiction As a Way of Connecting Across Difference

No Human Is An Island: On Fiction As a Way of Connecting Across Difference

John Larison Considers the Importance and Responsibility of Writing “the Other”

By John Larison | October 16, 2024

“A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing <em>Broke Heart Blues</em>

“A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing Broke Heart Blues

“In rereading, I feel a clutch of the heart, and tears starting in my eyes.”

By Joyce Carol Oates | October 15, 2024

Elizabeth Strout on Complicated People

Elizabeth Strout on Complicated People

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 15, 2024

Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Writing to Champion People and Causes

Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Writing to Champion People and Causes

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | October 15, 2024

Mark Haber on the Beauty of Digression

Mark Haber on the Beauty of Digression

"I want the words to erupt, the sentences to flower and the ideas to go places I hadn’t expected."

By Mark Haber | October 11, 2024

Choreographing Shows and Scenes: What Dance Can Teach Fiction Writers

Choreographing Shows and Scenes: What Dance Can Teach Fiction Writers

Shelley Noble on Rhythm, Conveying Emotion, and Commanding the Stage in Life and Literature

By Shelley Noble | October 11, 2024

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