• Craft and Criticism

    Poets

    On the Timeliness—and Timelessness—of Muriel Rukeyser’s Far-Reaching Poetry

    By Natasha Trethewey  June 3, 2021
    Summer reading

    10 Short Story Collections to Read This Summer

    By Literary Hub  June 3, 2021
    Just the Right Book

    Judy Batalion on the Emotional Legacy of the Holocaust

    By Just the Right Book   June 3, 2021
    Motherhood

    Finding Time to Write About Motherhood… While Parenting During a Pandemic

    By Pragya Agarwal  June 3, 2021
    The Hub

    A close reading of Margaret Atwood’s sexy cicada poem.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 2, 2021
    Booksellers Recommend

    Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This June

    By Literary Hub  June 2, 2021
    Documentaries

    On Tim O’Brien’s Relationship to Writing and Fatherhood

    By Teresa Fazio  June 2, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Caleb Azumah Nelson Talks to Candice Brathwaite at the Hay Festival

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 2, 2021
    Thresholds

    Donika Kelly: What It’s Like on the Other Side of Writing Trauma

    By Thresholds   June 2, 2021
    Reading Lists

    At the Intersection of Journalism and Memoir: A Reading List

    By Daisy Hernández  June 2, 2021
    Otherppl

    Melissa Febos on the Long-Term Effects of Having a Stalker

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  June 2, 2021
    Lit Hub Radio

    Celebrating AudioFile’s 2021 Golden Voice Narrators: Cassandra Campbell

    By Behind the Mic   June 2, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Peter Scott-Morgan in Conversation with Stephen Fry at the Hay Festival

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 2, 2021
    Reading Women

    The Golden Girls of Literature: Reading Women Recommends Books by and About Older Women

    By Reading Women  June 2, 2021
    NewberyTart

    Kelly Jordan on the Magic That Can Happen Between Author and Illustrator

    By NewberyTart   June 2, 2021
    Climate Crisis

    Richard Flanagan: What the Writer Needs is a Mad Courage

    By Cherilyn Parsons  June 1, 2021
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Kiese Laymon Recommends Describing Your Writer’s Block to Get Through It

    By Literary Hub  June 1, 2021
    Writers in Conversation

    Rachel Kushner and Francisco Goldman on Autofiction, Identity, and the Novel

    By Rachel Kushner  June 1, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Ethan Hawke in Conversation with David Mitchell at the Hay Festival

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 1, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  June 1, 2021
    Lit Century

    Can We Discuss Jenny Holzer’s “Truisms” as Literature?

    By Lit Century   June 1, 2021
    First Draft

    Imbolo Mbue on the Thin Line Between the Physical and Supernatural

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 1, 2021
    The History of Literature

    How Fascism, Exile, and Tragedy Shaped Natalia Ginzburg’s Career

    By History of Literature  June 1, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Patricia Lockwood in Conversation with Nina Stibbe at the Hay Festival

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 1, 2021
    Summer reading

    75 Nonfiction Books You Should
    Read This Summer

    By Literary Hub  May 28, 2021
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