• Craft and Criticism

    Sci-Fi

    How Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs Created a New Kind of Fiction

    By Joshua Glenn  August 7, 2023
    Writing Process

    William Dameron On the Tricky Art of Turning Truth Into Fiction

    By William Dameron  August 7, 2023
    Write-minded

    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Ana Reyes on High-Stakes Fiction

    By Memoir Nation   August 7, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Exploring Literary New Orleans

    By History of Literature  August 7, 2023
    First Draft

    Luis Alberto Urrea on How ‘Team Urrea’ Help Him Craft His Novels

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 7, 2023
    Dystopias

    Problems Plus Time: What Creates a Dystopia, Real or Imagined

    By Madeline Ashby  August 4, 2023
    On Translation

    In Praise of “Spicy Interpretation”: On the Pleasure of Unexpected Translations and Explanations

    By Jessica Sequeira  August 4, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Jimin Han on Letting Your Experiences Simmer

    By Jimin Han  August 4, 2023
    New Books Network

    Nick Harkaway on Not Going All The Way Into The Shadows

    By New Books Network  August 4, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  August 4, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Dawnie Walton on American Concert Culture and the Summer of Love or Hate

    By Fiction Non Fiction  August 3, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Jamel Brinkley on the Little Pleasures of Language

    By The Maris Review  August 3, 2023
    Myths and Legends

    Wherefore Art Thou Arthur?: On What Lies Behind Our National Myths and Legends

    By Victoria Gosling  August 3, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Shane McCrae Is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  August 3, 2023
    What to Watch

    Becoming Others: Enacting the Transness of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando

    By Hannah Bonner  August 3, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  August 3, 2023
    Inspiration

    J. Vanessa Lyon on Finding Inspiration in the Photography of James Van Der Zee

    By J. Vanessa Lyon  August 2, 2023
    Experimental Fiction

    When Cause Doesn’t Follow Effect: How to Structure the Strange

    By Rebekah Bergman  August 2, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Jamel Brinkley Spends His Time Rereading Incredible Prose

    By Literary Hub  August 2, 2023
    Keen On

    Laura Warrell on How Novels Can Teach Us To Love

    By Keen On  August 2, 2023
    The Hub

    Here is the 2023 Booker Prize longlist!

    By Janet Manley  August 1, 2023
    Relationships

    Writing a Novel to Encounter Other Versions of Myself

    By Bee Sacks  August 1, 2023
    Food

    On the Joys of Food-Centered Fiction

    By Michelle Wildgen  August 1, 2023
    In Conversation

    Jimin Han on Filling Narrative Blank Spaces With Memory and Imagination

    By Jane Ciabattari  August 1, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Ann Patchett on Grabbing Galleys and Getting Drafts Done

    By Literary Hub  August 1, 2023
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