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Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel <em>Bel Canto</em> Twenty Years Later

Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel Bel Canto Twenty Years Later

“Through annotation, I saw patterns in the book I’d scarcely been aware of...”

By Ann Patchett | November 11, 2024

On Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

On Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

Julian Zabalbeascoa Explores His Family’s Experience of the Spanish Civil War Through Fiction

By Julian Zabalbeascoa | November 11, 2024

Kathryn Davis Couldn’t Live Without Musicals and Writes Fiction Like a Piano Player (and Other Tidbits)

Kathryn Davis Couldn’t Live Without Musicals and Writes Fiction Like a Piano Player (and Other Tidbits)

The Author of “Versailles” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | November 11, 2024

On Poetry as Historical Record, the Legacy of Colonialism, and Depicting Disaster in Verse

On Poetry as Historical Record, the Legacy of Colonialism, and Depicting Disaster in Verse

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By Literary Hub | November 11, 2024

Megan Pinto on Moving With Language

Megan Pinto on Moving With Language

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 11, 2024

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Elizabeth Rosner on Listening

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A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 4, 2024

Barbara Ridley on Centering Marginalized Characters in Your Fiction

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By Memoir Nation | November 4, 2024

Leonard Cassuto on Taking Care of Your Reader

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“As Simone Weil put it: ‘Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.’”

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Edwidge Danticat on Being Fascinated and Daunted

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Julie Sedivy on Amplifying the Pleasure of Language

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