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Alia Hanna Habib Offers a Guide to Finding an Agent

Alia Hanna Habib Offers a Guide to Finding an Agent

Step One: Pick Up a Lot of Books

By Alia Hanna Habib | January 23, 2026

Why Regency Romances Are the Best Type of Romance Novels

Why Regency Romances Are the Best Type of Romance Novels

Sarah E. Ladd on How the “Rules” of the Period Make It the Most Inspiring to Read and Write

By Sarah E. Ladd | January 23, 2026

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

By Lior Torenberg | January 23, 2026

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

featuring Nick Ripatrazone, Aaron Tracy, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | January 23, 2026

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

By Melissa Faliveno | January 22, 2026

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By Lauren Schott | January 21, 2026

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

By David Guterson | January 20, 2026

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

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

Kathleen Boland on Getting Lost (as a Writing Practice)

Kathleen Boland on Getting Lost (as a Writing Practice)

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

By Kathleen Boland | January 16, 2026

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

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

Ed Simon Explores the Relationship Between Labor and Literary Passion

By Ed Simon | January 14, 2026

Helping Incarcerated Writers Find Their Voices at Parchman Prison

Helping Incarcerated Writers Find Their Voices at Parchman Prison

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

By W. Ralph Eubanks | January 14, 2026

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