• Craft and Criticism

    On Writing

    How Did a Fictionalized Leonard Cohen End Up in My Novel?

    By Francesca Giacco  May 27, 2022
    New Books Network

    The Simple Writing Prompt That Launched R. Cathey Daniels’ Debut Novel

    By New Books Network  May 27, 2022
    The Common

    Cheryl Collins Isaac on Writing About Ballet, and the Intersection of Beauty and Pain

    By The Common  May 27, 2022
    The Literary Life

    Steve Almond on the Myth of Reaganism

    By The Literary Life  May 27, 2022
    Art

    Nikole Hannah-Jones and Gio Swaby on Portraiture that Uplifts Black Women

    By Nikole Hannah-Jones  May 26, 2022
    Gardening

    Digging Around in the Dirt: What Gardening Can Teach Writers

    By Catie Marron  May 26, 2022
    Criticism

    Does Care Require Sacrifice? On Suffering and Dignity in Elif Batuman’s Either/Or

    By Catherine Nichols  May 26, 2022
    Italian Literature

    How (And Why) Primo Levi’s Work Was Once Rejected

    By Marco Belpoliti and Clarissa Botsford  May 26, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Why Elif Batuman’s Been Thinking About “Compulsive Heterosexuality”

    By The Maris Review  May 26, 2022
    Reading Lists

    The Dazzling, Treacherous World of New York City Real Estate

    By Adam Piore  May 26, 2022
    Reading List

    The People Who Show Up for You: A Reading List of Unconventional Families

    By Amy Feltman  May 26, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Kyung-sook Shin in Conversation with Her Translator Anton Hur

    By The Virtual Book Channel  May 26, 2022
    Happy Endings

    In Defense of the Literary Happily Ever After

    By Sarah McCoy  May 26, 2022
    On Writing

    A Poetics of Risk: On Publishing My Debut Novel in My 60s

    By Lisa Russ Spaar  May 26, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 26, 2022
    Shakespeare

    Buddhism’s Dukkha and Hamlet’s Dust: On Shakespeare’s Spiritual Wisdom

    By Lauren Shufran  May 25, 2022
    Love

    From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

    By Lillian Fishman  May 25, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Sarah Ruhl Tries to Look at Grief Through the Lens of Form

    By Literary Hub  May 25, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Jon Mooallem Writes in the Morning (Before the World Snuffs Out His Brief Glimmer of Positivity)

    By Literary Hub  May 25, 2022
    Running

    Andrea Marcolongo on How Running Fuels Her Creative Process

    By Andrea Marcolongo  May 25, 2022
    Keen On

    Should We Celebrate Technology Which Enables the Disruption of Local Government?

    By Keen On  May 25, 2022
    Thresholds

    Morgan Talty on Indigenous Literature, Penobscot Culture, and the Villain of Colonialism

    By Thresholds   May 25, 2022
    Otherppl

    Kathryn Miles on the Emotional Toll of Investigating Tragedies—and Why She Carries on

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 25, 2022
    Keen On

    How to Make American Capitalism Moral (Or, At Least, Try To)

    By Keen On  May 25, 2022
    Keen On

    Why Work Sometimes Does, Indeed, Love Us Back

    By Keen On  May 25, 2022
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