• Craft and Criticism

    What to Watch

    The Big Door Prize Masters the Art of Comedy-Spiked Pathos

    By Alexis Gunderson  March 30, 2023
    Craft

    Ayad Akhtar on the Expectations of Artists

    By Ayad Akhtar  March 30, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Idra Novey: I Didn’t Want to Write an Obituary for Appalachia

    By The Maris Review  March 30, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Clint Smith is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  March 30, 2023
    Otherppl

    “Suicidal Thinking is Just Another Kind of Addictive Thinking.” Clancy Martin on Healing Addiction and Suicidal Ideation

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 30, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    The Literature of QAnon: From 4chan to January 6, Will Sommer on Reading the Authors of Conspiracy Theories

    By Fiction Non Fiction  March 30, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  March 30, 2023
    Literary Criticism

    Allegra Hyde Offers an Existential Pitch for Saving the Planet

    By Keen On  March 30, 2023
    Keen On

    Nicole Chung Tells a Personal Story of Family, Class, Anger, and Grief in an Unequal America

    By Keen On  March 30, 2023
    The South

    Untold Stories: A South Carolina Lowcountry Reading List

    By Preslaysa Williams  March 30, 2023
    The Hub

    Literary baby names ranked from least to most cringey.

    By Janet Manley  March 29, 2023
    Behind the Book Cover

    “Something Beyond Flatness On Paper.” On Creating the Cover For Carlo Rovelli’s Newest Book

    By Jason Booher  March 29, 2023
    Children's Lit

    On the Role of Children’s Books Within the Realm of Social Evolution

    By Leonard S. Marcus  March 29, 2023
    Damian Barr's Literary Salon

    Kelly Link Reads from Her New Short Story Collection White Cat, Black Dog

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  March 29, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong

    By Tara Conklin  March 29, 2023
    Thresholds

    Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on the Double-Edged Sword of Being “the First”

    By Thresholds   March 29, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Divine Poetry: Katherine Rundell Shines a Light on John Donne

    By Malcolm Borthwick  March 29, 2023
    The Hub

    Did Truman Capote plagiarize Breakfast at Tiffany’s from Willa Cather?

    By Janet Manley  March 28, 2023
    Apocalypse

    A Novel is Like a Camp: What Fiction Can Teach Us About Surviving the Slow Apocalypse

    By Jess Row  March 28, 2023
    new books tuesday

    18 new books to check out today!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 28, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Kelly Link Can’t Write Narrative Before 3pm: And Other Tips For Purposeful Writing

    By Literary Hub  March 28, 2023
    Suicide

    Clancy Martin on the Contradictions of Living Through Suicidal Moments

    By Clancy Martin  March 28, 2023
    Nature Writing

    Why Learning About Other Animals Makes Us Better Writers

    By Gina Chung  March 28, 2023
    Otherppl

    Could You Forgive Someone for Murder? Alex Mar on the Court Case That Inspired Her Book

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 28, 2023
    Write-minded

    Madelaine Lucas on the Literature of Longing 

    By Memoir Nation   March 28, 2023
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