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Stephanie Duncan Smith on Excavating Your Work’s Aboutness

Stephanie Duncan Smith on Excavating Your Work’s Aboutness

“If you’re struggling to frame what your book is about, listen to the tension and it will tell you.”

By Stephanie Duncan Smith | September 20, 2024

I Do NOT Want to Hang Out With My Fans: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Do NOT Want to Hang Out With My Fans: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About (Very) Bad Literary Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | September 19, 2024

“A Very Smart and Accessible Friend.” Why the <em>Chicago Manual of Style</em> Remains Essential

“A Very Smart and Accessible Friend.” Why the Chicago Manual of Style Remains Essential

Seven Writers and Editors Discuss What they Love Most About This Faithful Companion of Grammar Nerds Everywhere

By Literary Hub | September 19, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“She refuses silence and crafts stories so searing they cannot be buried or ignored.”

By Book Marks | September 19, 2024

Emilie Menzel on Depicting Animals in Poetry, Learning from Music, and Constructing a New Self

Emilie Menzel on Depicting Animals in Poetry, Learning from Music, and Constructing a New Self

Diana Khoi Nguyen in Conversation with the Author of “The Girl Who Became a Rabbit”

By Diana Khoi Nguyen | September 19, 2024

Against Romance and Passion as Social and Literary Constructs

Against Romance and Passion as Social and Literary Constructs

Ron Rosenbaum on the Integral Role of Love in Literature and in Life

By Ron Rosenbaum | September 19, 2024

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By History of Literature | September 19, 2024

Ellen Emerson White on the First Woman President, Real and Imagined

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Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux

By Ann Larson and Alissa Quart | September 18, 2024

The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

Lisa Yaszek on the Woman Known as Francis Stevens, an Early Female Pioneer of American Genre Fiction

By Lisa Yaszek | September 18, 2024

Against Perfectionism and Productivity: On Embracing Flaws as a Writer

Against Perfectionism and Productivity: On Embracing Flaws as a Writer

Rachel Schwartzmann Allows Herself to Write and Live More Slowly and to Learn from Her Typos

By Rachel Schwartzmann | September 18, 2024

The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List

The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List

78 Books the Critics Think You Should Read This Season

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2024

Rumaan Alam on Creating a Fictional World of the One Percent

Rumaan Alam on Creating a Fictional World of the One Percent

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Entitlement”

By Jane Ciabattari | September 17, 2024

For Tony Tulathimutte Book Piles Are “Metaphysical Constructs”

For Tony Tulathimutte Book Piles Are “Metaphysical Constructs”

The Author of “Rejection” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2024

Rumaan Alam! Gay Shakespeare! How Elon Musk killed Twitter! 26 new books out today.

Rumaan Alam! Gay Shakespeare! How Elon Musk killed Twitter! 26 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 17, 2024

Community and Connection: On the Unexpected Benefits of Publishing Through a Small Press

Community and Connection: On the Unexpected Benefits of Publishing Through a Small Press

Rilla Askew Finds Her Audience with the Help of Indies After the Shuttering of Small Press Distribution

By Rilla Askew | September 17, 2024

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