• Craft and Advice

    So Many Damn Books

    Kelly Link on Short Stories Cannibalizing Her Novel Ideas

    By So Many Damn Books  April 4, 2023
    First Draft

    Clint Smith: “What Does it Mean to Carry Wonder and Despair in Your Body at the Same Time?”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 3, 2023
    Otherppl

    How to Pitch to a Literary Agent

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  April 3, 2023
    On Poetry

    Fabio Pusterla on Discovering a Lifelong Love of Poetry

    By Fabio Pusterla and Will Schutt  April 3, 2023
    The Booker Revisited

    On the Nested Worlds of Novelist Marina Warner

    By Lucy Scholes  April 3, 2023
    Author Interviews

    How Octavia Butler’s Kindred Became a Novel

    By Michael Silverblatt  March 31, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Grant Faulkner on Capturing the Essence of a Short Story

    By Grant Faulkner  March 31, 2023
    New Books Network

    Leslye Penelope on the Historic 1919 Trial That Fueled Her New Magical Heist Novel

    By New Books Network  March 31, 2023
    Craft

    Exit Strategies: So How Are You Supposed to End a Story?

    By Allegra Hyde  March 30, 2023
    Craft

    Ayad Akhtar on the Expectations of Artists

    By Ayad Akhtar  March 30, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Idra Novey: I Didn’t Want to Write an Obituary for Appalachia

    By The Maris Review  March 30, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Clint Smith is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  March 30, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Literature of QAnon: From 4chan to January 6, Will Sommer on Reading the Authors of Conspiracy Theories

    By Fiction Non Fiction  March 30, 2023
    Literary Criticism

    Allegra Hyde Offers an Existential Pitch for Saving the Planet

    By Keen On  March 30, 2023
    Keen On

    Nicole Chung Tells a Personal Story of Family, Class, Anger, and Grief in an Unequal America

    By Keen On  March 30, 2023
    Behind the Book Cover

    “Something Beyond Flatness On Paper.” On Creating the Cover For Carlo Rovelli’s Newest Book

    By Jason Booher  March 29, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong

    By Tara Conklin  March 29, 2023
    Thresholds

    Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on the Double-Edged Sword of Being “the First”

    By Thresholds   March 29, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Kelly Link Can’t Write Narrative Before 3pm: And Other Tips For Purposeful Writing

    By Literary Hub  March 28, 2023
    Suicide

    Clancy Martin on the Contradictions of Living Through Suicidal Moments

    By Clancy Martin  March 28, 2023
    Otherppl

    Could You Forgive Someone for Murder? Alex Mar on the Court Case That Inspired Her Book

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 28, 2023
    Write-minded

    Madelaine Lucas on the Literature of Longing 

    By Write-minded   March 28, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Laura Spence-Ash on Crafting an Epic Family Saga

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 28, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Ethan Chatagnier on Bending Genre and Communicating with Aliens

    By I'm a Writer But   March 28, 2023
    First Draft

    Robert Lopez on Life Before We’re Born and Why Memory is Like a Failed Method Actor

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 27, 2023
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