• Craft and Criticism

    Children's Literature

    The Best Children’s Books in Our Long Year of Pandemic Reading

    By Sara B. Franklin  December 1, 2021
    Creativity

    Shocked Into Dreaming: Why Puppets Inspire My Creativity and Spark My Curiosity

    By Elizabeth Weiss  December 1, 2021
    Poetry

    “Creating Lines in Response.” An Interview with Poet Tongo Eisen-Martin

    By Peter Mishler  December 1, 2021
    Thresholds

    “This Is Where My Soul Is.’ James Han Mattson on Writing About Race and Fractured Identities

    By Thresholds   December 1, 2021
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Mikhal Dekel on Anna Karenina, Dubliners, and A Room of One’s Own

    By Book Marks  December 1, 2021
    Historical Fiction

    Meg Waite Clayton on Finding New Ways to Tell Old Stories

    By Jane Ciabattari  December 1, 2021
    The Writing Life

    From Construction to Teaching: Seven Writers On Their Day Jobs

    By Emily Alexander  November 30, 2021
    Classic Reviews

    “A Piece of Careless Hackwork.” Read the First Reviews of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    By Book Marks  November 30, 2021
    Free Speech

    Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

    By James Hannaham  November 30, 2021
    Gifts

    44 Writers on Their Favorite Books to Give as Presents

    By Book Marks  November 30, 2021
    Literary History

    The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

    By Timothy J. Jorgensen  November 30, 2021
    new books tuesday

    12 new books hitting shelves this week.

    By Katie Yee  November 30, 2021
    The Cosmic Library

    Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

    By The Cosmic Library   November 30, 2021
    First Draft

    EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 30, 2021
    Authors in the Tent

    Shelley Blanton-Stroud On the Different Ways We Mythologize the Past

    By The Virtual Book Channel  November 30, 2021
    Arab Literature

    How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

    By Talya Zax  November 29, 2021
    Graphic Novels

    Mirion Malle: “Let’s Talk About Mental Health Without Pointing Blame”

    By Sophie Yanow  November 29, 2021
    The Writing Life

    On Finally Finding an Authentic Voice (After Writing Several Dozen Books)

    By Mark Scarbrough  November 29, 2021
    Literary History

    Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

    By Francine Prose  November 29, 2021
    #MeToo

    The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

    By Mary K. Holland  November 29, 2021
    Labor

    How My Passion Project Led to Burnout: On the Bittersweet Rewards of Creative Risks

    By Leigh Stein  November 29, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

    By History of Literature  November 29, 2021
    The Maris Review

    “Some People Just Treat Africa Like a Blank Canvas.” Chibundu Onuzo on Making Room for the Real in Fiction

    By The Maris Review  November 25, 2021
    Book Covers

    How to Reframe the Strangeness of The Plague as Sci-Fi Noir

    By Sunra Thompson  November 24, 2021
    Thresholds

    Aimee Bender on Creating Structure to Ward Off Writing Dread

    By Thresholds   November 24, 2021
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