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

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

Featuring Naima Coster, Katy Simpson Smith, Stacey Yu and More

By Teddy Wayne | August 11, 2026

Rachel Syme Loves a Good Yarn

Rachel Syme Loves a Good Yarn

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 11, 2026

Writing a Novel and Hiking a Mountain Are Pretty Similar, Actually

Writing a Novel and Hiking a Mountain Are Pretty Similar, Actually

Leila Renee on Climbing a Mountain with Her Sister

By Leila Renee | August 6, 2026

Generational Storytelling: Writing For My Grandmother and My Daughter

Generational Storytelling: Writing For My Grandmother and My Daughter

Margrét Ann Thors on Honoring Her Icelandic Heritage in Her Debut Novel

By Margrét Ann Thors | August 5, 2026

Rumpelstiltskin is My Unlikely Writing Companion

Rumpelstiltskin is My Unlikely Writing Companion

Louise Nealon on the Chaos of Her Creativity

By Louise Nealon | August 5, 2026

The City With a Stroller: Why Babies (and Mothers) Are the Best Flâneurs

The City With a Stroller: Why Babies (and Mothers) Are the Best Flâneurs

Emily McBride Considers the Different Ways Mothers and Children Inhabit Urban Space

By Emily McBride | August 4, 2026

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Orna Guralnik on Listening for the Unconscious

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 4, 2026

Chelsea Rathburn on the Unexpected Beauty of the “Research Dead-End”

By Chelsea Rathburn | July 31, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Wanting to Switch Writers’ Groups?

By Kristen Arnett | July 30, 2026

One Man’s Crazy Scheme to Create a New County in Northern Ireland

One Man’s Crazy Scheme to Create a New County in Northern Ireland

Jan Carson on Tethering the Fantastical to the Factual

By Jan Carson | July 30, 2026

Gwendoline Riley on Mark Van Doren's <em>Shakespeare</em>

Gwendoline Riley on Mark Van Doren's Shakespeare

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 29, 2026

What Happens When Literary Passion Leads to Physical Illness?

What Happens When Literary Passion Leads to Physical Illness?

Max Lawton In Praise of Writing and Translating That Consumes Us To the Fullest

By Max Lawton | July 28, 2026

How Translating Korean Literature Made Me a Better Fiction Writer

How Translating Korean Literature Made Me a Better Fiction Writer

Lizzie Buehler on Incorporating Techniques From Literary Translation Into Her Writing Practice

By Lizzie Buehler | July 28, 2026

Sarah Stillman on Finding the Story

Sarah Stillman on Finding the Story

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | July 28, 2026

Michael Cunningham on the Question of Scale in Writing

Michael Cunningham on the Question of Scale in Writing

“It’s only a question of whether you’re looking through a telescope or a microscope.“

By Michael Cunningham | July 24, 2026

Why Writing Feels So Hard (and How to Make it Easier)

Why Writing Feels So Hard (and How to Make it Easier)

April Dávila on the Neuroscience Behind Writer’s Block and What We Can Do to Conquer It

By April Dávila | July 22, 2026

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