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The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Gustav Flaubert, Yiyun Li, Francesca Wade, and Others

By Diana Arterian | July 30, 2025

Roy Williams on Dael Orlandersmith’s <em>Yellowman</em>

Roy Williams on Dael Orlandersmith’s Yellowman

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

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 30, 2025

Ed Park Can’t Stop Thinking About Zabar’s Strudel

Ed Park Can’t Stop Thinking About Zabar’s Strudel

The Author of “An Oral History of Atlantis” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | July 29, 2025

Drawing Motherhood: Four Graphic Memoirists Discuss Their Books on Parenting Life

Drawing Motherhood: Four Graphic Memoirists Discuss Their Books on Parenting Life

Rachel Deutsch Talks to Teresa Wong, Becky Barnicoat and Mary Catherine Starr

By Rachel Deutsch | July 29, 2025

Rax King! Writers on writing! Gwyneth Paltrow? 16 new books out today!

Rax King! Writers on writing! Gwyneth Paltrow? 16 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 29, 2025

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

“In literature I have found a landscape or galaxy that is vaster and more enduring than a country or a state.”

By Ha Jin | July 28, 2025

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Small Book, Big Ideas: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Art of Imagination

By Philip Nel | July 28, 2025

Margaret Busby on Jazz, Africa, and the Endurance of Jayne Cortez’s Disruptive Poetry

By Literary Hub | July 28, 2025

John B. King on the Career Memoir

By Memoir Nation | July 28, 2025

Katie Yee on the Writing Lessons of a Great Prank

Katie Yee on the Writing Lessons of a Great Prank

“Both pranking and writing are exercises in careful observation.”

By Katie Yee | July 25, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Michael Clune, the Everly Brothers, Linn Ullman, and More

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Temptress, Shapeshifter, Bird, Fish: Seven Books That Explore the Myths of Sirens

Temptress, Shapeshifter, Bird, Fish: Seven Books That Explore the Myths of Sirens

Kalie Cassidy Recommends Cassandra Khaw, Rose Sutherland, Emilia Hart, and More

By Kalie Cassidy | July 25, 2025

On Hybrid Writing: Finding the Right Container for the Story You Need to Tell

On Hybrid Writing: Finding the Right Container for the Story You Need to Tell

Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante Embrace the Importance of Genre Fluidity

By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante | July 25, 2025

Am I the Asshole For Working on My Novel During a Shift at the Library?

Am I the Asshole For Working on My Novel During a Shift at the Library?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 24, 2025

On Gaza, Assia Wevill, and Finding “Permission to Narrate” in a Time of Genocide

On Gaza, Assia Wevill, and Finding “Permission to Narrate” in a Time of Genocide

Emily Van Duyne Reads Jamie Hood, Amie Souza Reilly, Zadie Smith, and Edward Said

By Emily Van Duyne | July 24, 2025

Gary Shteyngart on <em>Vera, or Faith,</em> and American Authoritarians

Gary Shteyngart on Vera, or Faith, and American Authoritarians

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 24, 2025

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