On the Lit Hub Podcast: Publishers Marketplace 101, Maris Kreizman Burns It Down, and More

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Publishers Marketplace 101, Maris Kreizman Burns It Down, and More

Featuring Erin Somers, Jonny Diamond, Maris Kreizman, James Folta, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | August 15, 2025

Nancy Reddy on Finding the Plot in Your Own Life

Nancy Reddy on Finding the Plot in Your Own Life

“The most moving memoirs are the ones in which you see someone transformed.”

By Nancy Reddy | August 15, 2025

“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

Huda Fakhreddine: “A real poem is never only of the moment. A real poem defeats time, every time.”

By Nima Hasan | August 15, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The author is a professional contrarian, which pretty much means she can bounce off others to naysay whenever so moved.”

By Book Marks | August 14, 2025

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

Exile, Imprisonment, Aloneness: Emma Sloley on the Dark Allure of Writing About Islands

The Author of “The Island of Last Things” Visits Alcatraz and Offers an Antidote to Doomerism

By Emma Sloley | August 14, 2025

The Night the Warring Poet Clans of NYC Came Together in Peace

The Night the Warring Poet Clans of NYC Came Together in Peace

Nathan Kernan on James Schuyler’s First Public Poetry Reading

By Nathan Kernan | August 14, 2025

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Memoir On a Hill: Finding the Best Way to Tell the Story of America

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Will Bardenwerper on Baseball’s Betrayal of Its Minor League Roots

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The View From Gaza—As Seen Through WB Yeats’s Widening Gyre

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“Literature is a Force For Peace and Solidarity.” On Writing a Novel of the War in Ukraine

“Literature is a Force For Peace and Solidarity.” On Writing a Novel of the War in Ukraine

Sam Wachman Unpacks the Challenges of Sharing Truths in Fiction

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Anthony Vahni Capildeo on Kimberly Campanello's <em>An Interesting Detail</em>

Anthony Vahni Capildeo on Kimberly Campanello's An Interesting Detail

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | August 13, 2025

On “Mocha Dick,” the White Whale of the Pacific that Influenced Herman Melville

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Tim Queeney Explores Ropemaking, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Jeremiah N. Reynolds’s Wild Tale

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How Small-Town Public Libraries Enrich the Generative Research Process

How Small-Town Public Libraries Enrich the Generative Research Process

Nick Fuller Googins on Embracing Analog Research Methods at the Library

By Nick Fuller Googins | August 12, 2025

Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?

Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?

Jess deCourcy Considers the Staying Power of Green Eggs and Ham

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | August 12, 2025

Constantine Cavafy: The Making of a Poet

Constantine Cavafy: The Making of a Poet

Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys on the Artistic Journey of Modern Greek Literature’s Most Distinguished Poetic Voice

By Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys | August 12, 2025

Tobias Wolff on Adrienne Salinger’s Iconic <em>Teenagers in Their Bedrooms</em> Thirty Years Later

Tobias Wolff on Adrienne Salinger’s Iconic Teenagers in Their Bedrooms Thirty Years Later

“The humanity of these young faces implies a depth of feeling and experience that their histories confirm.”

By Literary Hub | August 12, 2025

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