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

Is <em>Persuasion</em> the Perfect Novel?

Is Persuasion the Perfect Novel?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 11, 2023

25 new books coming out today.

25 new books coming out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 11, 2023

Jinwoo Chong on Executing an Ambitious Book Project

Jinwoo Chong on Executing an Ambitious Book Project

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | April 11, 2023

“It Was a Skeleton of a Book.” Marisa Crane on World-Building in Their Debut Novel 

“It Was a Skeleton of a Book.” Marisa Crane on World-Building in Their Debut Novel 

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | April 11, 2023

Novelist Juliette Fay Explains Why Regret is Such Fertile Territory for Fiction Writers

Novelist Juliette Fay Explains Why Regret is Such Fertile Territory for Fiction Writers

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 11, 2023

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Baroque, Purple, and Beautiful: In Praise of the Long, Complicated Sentence

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Joy Harjo on Being a Poet and Witness to History

By Joy Harjo | April 10, 2023

Maggie Smith on How She Approached Plot in Her Memoir

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Ling Ling Huang on the Similarities Between Classical Music and Fiction Writing

Ling Ling Huang on the Similarities Between Classical Music and Fiction Writing

“Music and writing demand the same things: self-discipline, time, and patience.”

By Ling Ling Huang | April 10, 2023

Charif Shanahan on Making the Unseen Seen through Poetry

Charif Shanahan on Making the Unseen Seen through Poetry

The Poet on His New Collection Trace Evidence

By Literary Hub | April 10, 2023

The Reader is the Only Place That Matters: On the Metaphysical Space Within Literature

The Reader is the Only Place That Matters: On the Metaphysical Space Within Literature

Former Prison Librarian Blair Austin Wonders Where We Go When We Read

By Blair Austin | April 10, 2023

What to Read Before and After Seeing the Adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s <em>Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman</em>

What to Read Before and After Seeing the Adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

“Elegant, whimsical, and haunting.”

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The Most Mysterious of Arts: On the Science of Reading

The Most Mysterious of Arts: On the Science of Reading

Adrian Johns Considers Our Attempts to Codify and Optimize Learning

By Adrian Johns | April 7, 2023

When Cate Blanchett Played Tennessee Williams’s Greatest Character

When Cate Blanchett Played Tennessee Williams’s Greatest Character

Nancy Schoenberger on the Power of Blanche duBois in Liv Ullmann's Unique Production of A Streetcar Named Desire

By Nancy Schoenberger | April 7, 2023

Jane Roper on Learning How to Have Fun While Writing Fiction

Jane Roper on Learning How to Have Fun While Writing Fiction

“Bringing your full self to your work, wielding all of your tools with abandon, is fun at a whole other level.”

By Jane Roper | April 7, 2023

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