• Craft and Criticism

    Mental Illness

    The Edge of the Abyss: William Styron at 100

    By Greg Cwik  March 6, 2025
    On Poetry

    “Poetry Remains Indestructible.” On the Resilience of Art in the Face of Fascism

    By Spencer Reece  March 6, 2025
    Friendship

    Seven Novels That Explore Friendship In All Its Messy, Complex Beauty

    By Jeremy Gordon  March 6, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    There Are Too Many DAMN Commas in Books These Days: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  March 6, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Karen Weingarten on Abortion Stories

    By Fiction Non Fiction  March 6, 2025
    Beyond the Page

    Dennis Lehane: Confessions of a Novelist Turned TV Showrunner

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  March 6, 2025
    The Hub

    A Small Press Book We Love:
    The President’s Room by Ricardo Romero

    By Drew Broussard  March 5, 2025
    The Writing Life

    How Loneliness and Companionship Can Impact a Writer’s Creative Life

    By Emily Hodgson Anderson  March 5, 2025
    Motherhood

    The Cords That Bind: On the Elusiveness of Solitude in Motherhood

    By Nicole Graev Lipson  March 5, 2025
    Transitions

    Emily St. James on Using Differing POVs to Write a Trans Novel

    By Emily St. James  March 5, 2025
    Thresholds

    Lidia Yuknavitch on Waiting for the Waves

    By Thresholds   March 5, 2025
    The Hub

    A Small Press Book We Love:
    Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    By Jonny Diamond  March 4, 2025
    The Writing Life

    Why I Spent Part of My Advance Money to See Adele Live

    By Jinwoo Chong  March 4, 2025
    Russia

    Invasions, Empires, Political Bromances: Five Nonfiction Books That Explain Modern Russia

    By Charles Hecker  March 4, 2025
    In Conversation

    Emma Pattee on Imagining the Devastating Aftermath of the “Big One”

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 4, 2025
    Mythology

    On Reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses As a Military Spouse

    By Jehanne Dubrow  March 4, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Laila Lalami! Alanis Morissette! 24 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 4, 2025
    Awakeners

    Tiana Clark Remembers Her Mentor, Mr. Bill Brown

    By Awakeners   March 4, 2025
    Children's Literature

    Did You Know That James Baldwin Wrote for Children, Too?

    By Quartez Harris  March 3, 2025
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Dust Storms, Dream Hotels, and Road Trips: March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  March 3, 2025
    Children's Literature

    Wordless Tales, Visual Magic, Genre-Bending: Ten New Children’s Books Out in March

    By Caroline Carlson  March 3, 2025
    Poetry

    Angels, Apocalypse, Bees: Seven New Poetry Collections to Check Out in March

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  March 3, 2025
    In Conversation

    Allegra Goodman and Emma Donoghue on Writing Stories Inspired by Their Kids (and Their Books)

    By Literary Hub  March 3, 2025
    Write-minded

    Tom Perrotta on the Suburban Novel

    By Memoir Nation   March 3, 2025
    First Draft

    Charlotte Wood on Leaving Out

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 3, 2025
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