• Craft and Criticism

    Ancient History

    Reimagining the Ancient World: A Reading List

    By Ian Dreiblatt  May 12, 2021
    Victorian Literature

    How Do You Write a Biography Filled With Unreliable Witnesses?

    By Emily Midorikawa  May 12, 2021
    Motherhood

    What Will the Literature of Motherhood Look Like After COVID?

    By Ashley Nelson Levy  May 12, 2021
    Keen On

    Josh Linkner on the Secret to Creativity Unlocked by Pointillism

    By Keen On  May 12, 2021
    Book Origins

    On Finally Finding a Home Where the Outsiders Are In

    By Jessica Anya Blau  May 12, 2021
    Otherppl

    Elissa Washuta on Tweeting Her Way to Her Voice

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  May 12, 2021
    NewberyTart

    On the Missing Racial History in Jerry Spinelli’s Maniac Magee

    By NewberyTart   May 12, 2021
    Literary Math

    What Are the Most Discussed Books on the Internet?

    By Emily Temple  May 11, 2021
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Jennifer Weiner’s Dream Reader is Any Woman

    By Literary Hub  May 11, 2021
    Nordic Literature

    The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

    By Egill Bjarnason  May 11, 2021
    Craft

    Joan Silber on Writing Double Maneuvers and Deception

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 11, 2021
    Lit Century

    Should Norman Mailer Have Any Legacy Beyond Being the Guy Who Stabbed His Wife?

    By Lit Century   May 11, 2021
    new books tuesday

    22 new books to get you through the week.

    By Katie Yee  May 11, 2021
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  May 11, 2021
    Literary Disco

    In Praise of Atul Gawande’s Anti-Self Help Book,
    Being Mortal

    By Literary Disco  May 11, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    Substance If Not Style: On the Radical Similarities of Alice Munro and Pedro Almodóvar

    By Veronica Esposito  May 10, 2021
    Graphic Memoir

    Alison Bechdel on Transcendentalism, Bliss, and The Secret to Superhuman Strength

    By Corinne Segal  May 10, 2021
    Interview with a Poet

    Kate Durbin on Finding Beauty in the Possessions That Possess Us

    By Chelsea Hodson  May 10, 2021
    Plot

    What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

    By Rónán Hession  May 10, 2021
    First Draft

    Why Elizabeth McCracken Loves Ventriloquism and Other Weird Show Business

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 10, 2021
    Interview with a Journal

    Interview with a Journal: The Point

    By Vanessa Willoughby  May 10, 2021
    Science fiction

    A Writer From the Future: Who Was Sci Fi Iconoclast Izumi Suzuki?

    By Andrew Ridker  May 7, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Hanif Abdurraqib on Censoring the Desires of Whiteness in Storytelling

    By The Literary Life  May 7, 2021
    In Memoriam

    Remembering Eric Jerome Dickey’s Grace, Talent, and Warmth

    By Sara Camilli  May 7, 2021
    Interview with a Journal

    Interview with a Journal: ZYZZYVA

    By Vanessa Willoughby  May 7, 2021
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