Skeletons in the Closet: On <em>Mad Men</em> and White America’s Willful Amnesia

Skeletons in the Closet: On Mad Men and White America’s Willful Amnesia

“Only by wading into the past did I begin to envision a different kind of future, one where I could imagine myself a mother.”

By Kelly Shetron | March 15, 2023

“This Boy is Going to Be a Writer.” Remembering Paul La Farge’s Childhood

“This Boy is Going to Be a Writer.” Remembering Paul La Farge’s Childhood

Wendy Walker on Watching a Writer’s Life Unfold in Front of Her

By Wendy Walker | March 15, 2023

Growing Up Queer: A Coming-of-Age Reading List

Growing Up Queer: A Coming-of-Age Reading List

Richard Mirabella Recommends Kaitlyn Greenidge, Zak Salih, and More

By Richard Mirabella | March 15, 2023

On Millennial Writers and the Need for New Narratives of Work

On Millennial Writers and the Need for New Narratives of Work

Bryony Lau Considers the Reinvention of the First Job Memoir

By Bryony Lau | March 15, 2023

Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

DK Nnuro on the Power of Mimicry and Subversion in the Black Literary Tradition

By DK Nnuro | March 15, 2023

Sarah Thankam Mathews on Her Brush with Mortality and the “Sourdough Starter of Ego Death”

Sarah Thankam Mathews on Her Brush with Mortality and the “Sourdough Starter of Ego Death”

In Conversation with Guest Host Mira Jacob on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 15, 2023

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Krystle Zara Appiah Reads from Her Debut Novel Rootless

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | March 15, 2023

Kathy Fagan on the Poetic Power of “Misusing” Language

By Peter Mishler | March 15, 2023

30 Books Critics Think You Should Read Right Now

By Literary Hub | March 14, 2023

What Lies Beneath: The Deep Geology of Prose

What Lies Beneath: The Deep Geology of Prose

Elizabeth McKenzie on Writing About Her Geologist Mother

By Elizabeth McKenzie | March 14, 2023

How To Find a Charming Narrator in a Self-Conscious Age

How To Find a Charming Narrator in a Self-Conscious Age

Cathleen Schine on Framing Narratives and Trusting the Reader

By Cathleen Schine | March 14, 2023

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

In Conversation With Victor LaValle, Szilvia Molnar, Cecile Pin, and More

By Teddy Wayne | March 14, 2023

“The Unknown Became the Central Part.” Matthew Vollmer on His New Memoir

“The Unknown Became the Central Part.” Matthew Vollmer on His New Memoir

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | March 14, 2023

“I’m in Communion with Emily Dickinson.” Jennifer Michael Hecht on How to Navigate Our World Through Poetry

“I’m in Communion with Emily Dickinson.” Jennifer Michael Hecht on How to Navigate Our World Through Poetry

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 14, 2023

16 new books to check out this week.

16 new books to check out this week.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 14, 2023

Why I Decided to Update the Language in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Children’s Books

Why I Decided to Update the Language in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Children’s Books

Literary Executor Theo Downes-Le Guin on What That Means For Readers, Past and Future

By Theo Downes-Le Guin | March 13, 2023

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