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Rachel Beanland on Managing Time in Fiction

Rachel Beanland on Managing Time in Fiction

On the Careful Balance Between Scene and Summary

By Rachel Beanland | April 14, 2023

On the Outsize Power of the Short Story (AKA the Genre of “High Genius”)

On the Outsize Power of the Short Story (AKA the Genre of “High Genius”)

Daphne Kalotay Reminds Us of the Value of Short Fiction

By Daphne Kalotay | April 13, 2023

Is the Past a Literary Genre Unto Itself?

Is the Past a Literary Genre Unto Itself?

Sophie Mackintosh Speculates on the Nature of Historical Speculation

By Sophie MacKintosh | April 13, 2023

How Making Audio Erotica Helped Me Write Better Dialogue

How Making Audio Erotica Helped Me Write Better Dialogue

Selene Ross on Harnessing the Power of Sound to Write Fiction

By Selene Ross | April 13, 2023

I Would Drive 222 Miles (To Be a Writer)

I Would Drive 222 Miles (To Be a Writer)

Jeff Boyd on the Real Distance Between Chicago and Iowa

By Jeff Boyd | April 13, 2023

Alex Mar on the Story of Radical Forgiveness Behind Her New Book

Alex Mar on the Story of Radical Forgiveness Behind Her New Book

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | April 13, 2023

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An American Experiment: Jeff Boyd on Race, Music, Religion, and Love in Contemporary Portland 

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 13, 2023

Jinwoo Chong on Taking Three Years to Outline His Novel (and Four Months to Draft It)

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 13, 2023

Maggie Smith on the Anxious, Silent First Year of Motherhood

By Maggie Smith | April 12, 2023

Taking Care: Gina Chung on Fostering a Long-Haul Creative Practice

Taking Care: Gina Chung on Fostering a Long-Haul Creative Practice

In Conversation with Guest Host Mira Jacob on Thresholds

By Thresholds | April 12, 2023

William Brewer Explains How Psychedelic Therapy Saved His Life

William Brewer Explains How Psychedelic Therapy Saved His Life

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 12, 2023

Juliette Fay on Writing Complex Older Protagonists

Juliette Fay on Writing Complex Older Protagonists

“As that far distant horizon gets closer, however, hopefully we gain the wisdom to know it’s at least worth a try.”

By Juliette Fay | April 12, 2023

The new EIC of ZYZZYVA is ... Oscar Villalon.

The new EIC of ZYZZYVA is ... Oscar Villalon.

By Janet Manley | April 11, 2023

“There is So Much Material Within the Human Race.” Tara Conklin on Writing Funny

“There is So Much Material Within the Human Race.” Tara Conklin on Writing Funny

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 11, 2023

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers 7 Questions No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers 7 Questions No Wrong Answers

Featuring Gina Chung, Katherine Heiny, Brendan Slocumb and More!

By Teddy Wayne | April 11, 2023

Once You Start to Look, You See the Disappeared Are Everywhere

Once You Start to Look, You See the Disappeared Are Everywhere

Andrew Porter on Writing About Growing Older

By Andrew Porter | April 11, 2023

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