• Craft and Criticism

    Poetry

    Three Poems by Rebin Kheder

    By Rebin Kheder  February 11, 2022
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    5 Books You May Have Missed in January

    By Bethanne Patrick  February 11, 2022
    On Race

    How Stories Emerge from Afro-Diasporic Collective Memory

    By Destiny O. Birdsong  February 11, 2022
    The Literary Life

    Julie Otsuka on Writing Her Most Personal Story

    By The Literary Life  February 11, 2022
    The Common

    Mona Kareem on Writing a Multigenerational Story of Statelessness

    By The Common  February 11, 2022
    Science fiction

    When Plants Attack! Benjamin Percy on the Terror of Green Things

    By Benjamin Percy  February 10, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    “How on Earth Do You Judge Books?” Susan Choi and Oscar Villalon on the Story Behind Literary Awards

    By Fiction Non Fiction  February 10, 2022
    Just the Right Book

    Beth Macy on the Future of Families and Communities in the Opioid Epidemic

    By Just the Right Book   February 10, 2022
    Otherppl

    Antoine Wilson on Finding a Piece of His New Novel in a 20-Year-Old File

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  February 10, 2022
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  February 10, 2022
    Skateboarding

    How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  February 9, 2022
    Psychology

    How to Finally Stop Obsessing About That Thing That Keeps You up at Night

    By Moshe Bar  February 9, 2022
    Thresholds

    Kiese Laymon on Revision as Love, and Love as Revision

    By Thresholds   February 9, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Brendan Slocumb on Mentorship, Antiquities Theft, and Being the Only Black Violin Player Around

    By Jane Ciabattari  February 9, 2022
    Underreported

    Megan Walsh and Rosie Blau on the Nuanced Literary Voices in China

    By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann  February 9, 2022
    Climate Change

    Martin Puchner on the Climate Lessons from the Epic of Gilgamesh

    By Martin Puchner  February 9, 2022
    Blues

    On Clarence Major’s Enduring Portrait of the Blues, Dirty Bird Blues

    By Yusef Komunyakaa  February 9, 2022
    Good Sex

    Some Fundamental Principles for Writing Great Sex

    By Bee Sacks  February 8, 2022
    Close Reading

    Jean Rhys’ Women on the Margins: On the Perpetual Resonance of Voyage in the Dark

    By Imogen Crimp  February 8, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    “Every Time You Eat a Bagel It’s a Fuckin’ Crime.” Liv Stratman on Writing About Diet Culture

    By I'm a Writer But   February 8, 2022
    Classic Reviews

    The Voice of the Sea Speaks to the Soul:
    On Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

    By Book Marks  February 8, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  February 8, 2022
    new books tuesday

    20 new books hitting shelves this week.

    By Katie Yee  February 8, 2022
    Short Stories

    Weird Short Story Writers for Strange Times

    By Jason Ockert  February 7, 2022
    What to Watch

    From Little Miss Sunshine to Nanny: How Genre is Transforming Our Idea of the “Sundance Film”

    By Reuben Baron  February 7, 2022
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