• Literary Criticism

    The Craft of Writing

    Peter Turchi on the Power of the Literary Aside

    By Peter Turchi  January 27, 2023
    Just the Right Book

    Billy Collins on What it Means to Write “Small” Poems

    By Just the Right Book   January 27, 2023
    Editing

    Against Copyediting: Is It Time to Abolish the Other Department of Corrections?

    By Helen Betya Rubinstein  January 26, 2023
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    Life Advice for Book Lovers: Reading for the Reclusive

    By Dorothea   January 26, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 26, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Chatbot vs. Writer: Vauhini Vara on the Perils and Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence

    By Fiction Non Fiction  January 26, 2023
    Otherppl

    “He Was Determined to Make Himself into a Character.” David S. Willis on the Gonzo Journalism of Hunter S. Thompson

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 26, 2023
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Alina Adams and Masha Rumer on Writing History as It Happens

    By The Virtual Book Channel  January 26, 2023
    Interview with an Indie Pres

    Introducing a New Indie Press: Great Place Books

    By Katie Yee  January 25, 2023
    Thresholds

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

    By Thresholds   January 25, 2023
    Otherppl

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

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 25, 2023
    The Literary Salon

    Eleanor Shearer Reads from Her Debut Novel River Sing Me Home

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

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

    By Eva Carter  January 25, 2023
    The Hub

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

    By Jonny Diamond  January 24, 2023
    new books tuesday

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

    By Katie Yee  January 24, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Literary Hub  January 24, 2023
    Children's Literature

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

    By Tim DeRoche  January 24, 2023
    Literary Biography

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

    By Emily J. Orlando  January 24, 2023
    Write-minded

    Rebekah Borucki on True Inclusion in Book Publishing

    By Write-minded   January 24, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

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

    By I'm a Writer But   January 24, 2023
    First Draft

    Blair Braverman: What Does Survival Mean?

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

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

    By Kirsty Gunn  January 23, 2023
    The History of Literature

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

    By History of Literature  January 23, 2023
    Southern literature

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

    By Mimi Herman  January 23, 2023
    Flash Fiction

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

    By Dawn Raffel  January 20, 2023
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