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

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

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Madeline Cash on Writing an Absurdist Systems Novel

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Benjamin Wood on the Creative Life Force

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Matthew Pearl on What We’ll Do For the Prize

Matthew Pearl on What We’ll Do For the Prize

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Amit Chaudhuri Still Writes His Novels Longhand

Amit Chaudhuri Still Writes His Novels Longhand

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Jonathan Lethem and Ben Markovits on a Trans-Atlantic Literary Life (and More)

Jonathan Lethem and Ben Markovits on a Trans-Atlantic Literary Life (and More)

A Conversation With the Author of the Booker-Nominated The Rest of Our Lives

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Maurice Riordan on Writing Rituals, the Creative Imagination, and His Journey as a Poet

In Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | December 12, 2025

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