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What’s In a Literary Brand? David Guterson on Maintaining an Authorial Persona... Or Not

How the Author of Snow Falling on Cedars Remained True to Himself as a Working Writer

By David Guterson | January 20, 2026

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

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

“Whenever I felt stuck in the writing, I looked to the most unknown corner and asked: What if?”

By Larissa Pham | January 20, 2026

Ashley Shelby on Her Fictional Climate-Grief Drug

Ashley Shelby on Her Fictional Climate-Grief Drug

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 20, 2026

Suzette Partido on Holding On to Hope and Possibility

Suzette Partido on Holding On to Hope and Possibility

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | January 20, 2026

<em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em> Anticipates!

The Lit Hub Podcast Anticipates!

featuring McKayla Coyle, Jonny Diamond, James Folta, Olivia Rutigliano, Dan Sheehan, Emily Temple, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | January 16, 2026

Containment and Freedom: In Praise of the Boarding School Novel

Containment and Freedom: In Praise of the Boarding School Novel

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

By Madeleine Dunnigan | January 16, 2026

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Kathleen Boland on Getting Lost (as a Writing Practice)

By Kathleen Boland | January 16, 2026

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

By Ed Simon | January 14, 2026

Helping Incarcerated Writers Find Their Voices at Parchman Prison

By W. Ralph Eubanks | January 14, 2026

Six Sad Books by Funny Women

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By Sydney Rende | January 14, 2026

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Stefan Merrill Block, Nina McConigley, Ben Markovits and More

By Teddy Wayne | January 13, 2026

Madeline Cash on Writing an Absurdist Systems Novel

Madeline Cash on Writing an Absurdist Systems Novel

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Lost Lambs

By Jane Ciabattari | January 13, 2026

Benjamin Wood on the Creative Life Force

Benjamin Wood on the Creative Life Force

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 12, 2026

Jose Antonio Vargas on Life in a Country That Says You Don’t Belong

Jose Antonio Vargas on Life in a Country That Says You Don’t Belong

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | January 12, 2026

Five Steps to a Better Writing Process

Five Steps to a Better Writing Process

David Arndt Lays Out Some Action Items

By David Arndt | January 9, 2026

For an Echodeviant Poet, Mishearing is a Method

For an Echodeviant Poet, Mishearing is a Method

Noa Micaela Fields on the Changeable Power of Language

By Noa Micaela Fields | January 9, 2026

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