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How Art Can Transport Us to the Past

How Art Can Transport Us to the Past

Stephanie Sy-Quia on Writing About Her Grandparents

By Stephanie Sy-Quia | April 15, 2026

Andrew Martin (with Mary Gaitskill)

Andrew Martin (with Mary Gaitskill)

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | April 15, 2026

Writing in the Interim Language: Jhumpa Lahiri and Chiara Barzini in Conversation

Writing in the Interim Language: Jhumpa Lahiri and Chiara Barzini in Conversation

On Seeking a Literature’s Third Spaces

By Chiara Barzini | April 14, 2026

What Knitting Has Taught Me About Writing

What Knitting Has Taught Me About Writing

Miranda Shulman on the Similarities Between Her Writing and Knitting Practices

By Miranda Shulman | April 14, 2026

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

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

Featuring Patrick Cottrell, Tom Perrotta, Jim Windolf, and More

By Teddy Wayne | April 14, 2026

Announcing the Winners of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Announcing the Winners of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Series Editor Jenny Minton Quigley on Tommy Orange, Chekhov, and Humble Stories

By Jenny Minton Quigley | April 14, 2026

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Lena Dunham, Maria Semple, Solvej Balle, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | April 14, 2026

Of Nature, Art and Grace: On Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It

By James Chandler | April 13, 2026

On Writing the Hard Truths of Rural American Life

By Jennifer Acker | April 13, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Tom Stoppard’s <em>Arcadia</em> Premieres in London

This Week in Literary History: Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia Premieres in London

“It’s the best possible time of being alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong.”

By Literary Hub | April 13, 2026

Aja Gabel on Love and Grief

Aja Gabel on Love and Grief

“There we are, in the blinding brightness of loss, together.”

By Aja Gabel | April 13, 2026

In Pursuit of Genius In Troubling Times: On Philip Owens’s <em>Picture of Nobody</em>

In Pursuit of Genius In Troubling Times: On Philip Owens’s Picture of Nobody

Allen Bratton Considers the Timelessness of the Artist's Struggle For Relevance and Survival

By Allen Bratton | April 13, 2026

Five Novels That Showcase Queer Domesticity

Five Novels That Showcase Queer Domesticity

Erin O. White Recommends Alison Bechdel, Chelsey Johnson, Carol Anshaw and More

By Erin O. White | April 13, 2026

One great poem to read today: Tim Dlugos’s “Shelley Winters”

One great poem to read today: Tim Dlugos’s “Shelley Winters”

By Jessie Gaynor | April 13, 2026

Rich Benjamin on Writing From Before You Were Born

Rich Benjamin on Writing From Before You Were Born

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Drew Broussard | April 13, 2026

Molly Crabapple on History as a Necromantic Art

Molly Crabapple on History as a Necromantic Art

And Ten Tips to Help Your Conjuring

By Molly Crabapple | April 10, 2026

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