• Craft and Advice

    The History of Literature

    Meg Tilly on the Crossover Between Acting in Thrillers and Writing Them

    By History of Literature  July 26, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 26, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 23, 2021
    Post-Apocalyptic Lit

    Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

    By Geoff Rodkey  July 23, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

    By Zadie Smith  July 23, 2021
    Gender

    On Freaks and Geeks and Finding My Voice: How Pop Culture Shaped My Poetry

    By Matt Mitchell  July 22, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Why Yaa Gyasi Wants Us to Remember the Brain Is an Organ

    By The Maris Review  July 22, 2021
    Book Dreams

    Native Comedian Adrianne Chalepah Against Pandering to White Audiences

    By Book Dreams  July 22, 2021
    Otherppl

    Reginald Dwayne Betts on Living Between the Poles of Yale-Educated Lawyer and Prison-Educated Poet

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  July 21, 2021
    Thresholds

    Rivka Galchen on Her Instinct to Abandon Projects

    By Thresholds   July 21, 2021
    The Hub

    8 storytelling tips all writers could learn from the legendary Zola Twitter thread turned hit movie.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  July 20, 2021
    Pain

    Rachel Yoder on Navigating Chronic Pain Through Storytelling

    By Rachel Yoder  July 20, 2021
    So Many Damn Books

    Rosecrans Baldwin on Los Angeles, Wittgenstein, and Melancholy

    By So Many Damn Books  July 20, 2021
    First Draft

    Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 19, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

    By Matt Bell  July 16, 2021
    New Books Network

    Sarah Gailey on the Horror and Wonder of Self-Reflection

    By New Books Network  July 16, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Kristen Radtke on the Biology of Loneliness

    By The Maris Review  July 15, 2021
    The Hub

    Roberto Bolaño’s best advice for writing short stories is . . . pretty wild.

    By Emily Temple  July 14, 2021
    Storytelling

    Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

    By Katie Crouch  July 14, 2021
    Thresholds

    Kaveh Akbar on Getting Sober and the Supernatural Language of Writing

    By Thresholds   July 14, 2021
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Voyage Into Genre with T. L. Huchu, P. Djèlí Clark, and Kamau Ware

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   July 14, 2021
    Otherppl

    Matt Bell on Solving Crises Through Speculative Fiction (and Having Fun Doing It)

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  July 14, 2021
    Writers on Writers

    Dana Spiotta on Turning to James Joyce for Inspiration and the Power of Cultural Reckonings

    By Jane Ciabattari  July 13, 2021
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  July 13, 2021
    Humor

    To Write a Comic Novel, I Had to Shed the Weight of Expectation (and Adopt a New Name)

    By Tahmima Anam  July 13, 2021
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