“Don’t Think About a Career. Just Think About the Next Sentence.” Sam Lipsyte Against Literary Forecasting

“Don’t Think About a Career. Just Think About the Next Sentence.” Sam Lipsyte Against Literary Forecasting

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | January 25, 2023

Kevin Maloney: How to Be a Funny Writer Even if Your Wife’s Funnier Than You

Kevin Maloney: How to Be a Funny Writer Even if Your Wife’s Funnier Than You

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 25, 2023

Eleanor Shearer Reads from Her Debut Novel <em>River Sing Me Home </em>

Eleanor Shearer Reads from Her Debut Novel River Sing Me Home

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | January 25, 2023

Happy Endings to Brighten Up Dark January Days: A Reading List

Happy Endings to Brighten Up Dark January Days: A Reading List

Eva Carter Recommends Clare Pooley, Elizabeth Gilbert, and More

By Eva Carter | January 25, 2023

Some guy ranked all the lit journals you’ve ever heard of (and the other ones, too).

Some guy ranked all the lit journals you’ve ever heard of (and the other ones, too).

By Jonny Diamond | January 24, 2023

19 new books to get at your local indie right now.

19 new books to get at your local indie right now.

By Katie Yee | January 24, 2023

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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
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  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

For Aleksandar Hemon, Writing is a Search for a Form That Doesn’t Yet Exist

By Literary Hub | January 24, 2023

In Defense of Whimsy, Nonsense, and Barbaric Balderdash in Children’s Books

By Tim DeRoche | January 24, 2023

“The Future Belonged to the Showy and the Promiscuous.” How Edith Wharton Foresaw the 21st Century

By Emily J. Orlando | January 24, 2023

Rebekah Borucki on True Inclusion in Book Publishing

Rebekah Borucki on True Inclusion in Book Publishing

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

By Memoir Nation | January 24, 2023

V. V. Ganeshananthan on the Role of Medicine in Her Novel

V. V. Ganeshananthan on the Role of Medicine in Her Novel

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

By I'm a Writer But | January 24, 2023

Blair Braverman: What Does Survival Mean?

Blair Braverman: What Does Survival Mean?

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 23, 2023

A Modernist’s Modernist: On the Brilliance—and Influence—of Katherine Mansfield

A Modernist’s Modernist: On the Brilliance—and Influence—of Katherine Mansfield

“Thinking about Mansfield’s work makes me understand again how literature is never just a story.”

By Kirsty Gunn | January 23, 2023

<em>Auden and the Muse of History</em> with Susannah Young-ah Gottlieb

Auden and the Muse of History with Susannah Young-ah Gottlieb

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | January 23, 2023

"Who Are Your People?" A Reading List of Strong, Spirited Southern Ladies

Mimi Herman Recommends Alice Walker, Karen Russell, and More

By Mimi Herman | January 23, 2023

A New Way of Being on the Page: A Reading List of Very Short Fictions

A New Way of Being on the Page: A Reading List of Very Short Fictions

Dawn Raffel Recommends Lydia Davis, Andrés Neuman, Sabrina Orah Mark, and More

By Dawn Raffel | January 20, 2023

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