• Craft and Criticism

    On Poetry

    What Sets Prose Poetry Apart from the Lyric?

    By Paul Hetherington and Cassandra Atherton  November 20, 2020
    The Hub

    There’s a 19th century social satire written by a 9-year-old that you NEED to read.

    By Walker Caplan  November 19, 2020
    On Race

    Read Walter Mosley’s Incredible Speech From Last Night’s National Book Awards

    By Walter Mosley  November 19, 2020
    Bookstores

    A Literary History of the Writerly Love Affair with Bookstores

    By Jorge Carrión  November 19, 2020
    The Maris Review

    Kiese Laymon on Walking Backwards to Explore the Now

    By The Maris Review  November 19, 2020
    Lit Crit

    Ann Quin: Understated, Tragic Innovator of the British Novel

    By Brian Evenson  November 19, 2020
    Just the Right Book

    Ijeoma Oluo, Leslie Gray Streeter, and Jennifer Palmieri on Writing—and Thriving—in a World of Mediocre White Men

    By Just the Right Book   November 19, 2020
    Politics

    Government Security Clearance Isn’t Always Great for
    a Writing Career

    By James Stejskal  November 18, 2020
    Queer Lit

    The Limitless Future of Queer Fiction

    By Corinne Segal  November 18, 2020
    Craft

    A ‘How to Write’ Craft Syllabus From Non-White, Non-Cis Writers

    By Alex Lockwood  November 18, 2020
    Lit Crit

    How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

    By Julia Alvarez  November 18, 2020
    NewberyTart

    The Intergenerational Kindred Spirits in Pictures of Hollis Woods

    By NewberyTart   November 18, 2020
    The Literary Salon

    Dolly Alderton Reads from Her Novel, Ghosts

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  November 18, 2020
    Otherppl

    Kasey Thornton on the Power of Writing What You Know

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  November 18, 2020
    Essayists

    What Makes a Great
    American Essay?

    By Phillip Lopate  November 17, 2020
    Family

    Betsy Bonner Tracks the Ghost of Her Sister’s Life

    By Jeannie Vanasco  November 17, 2020
    Debut Novels

    7 of the Year’s Best Debut Novelists on Their First
    Literary Loves

    By Literary Hub  November 17, 2020
    Lit Crit

    Sheila Heti on the Importance of Finding Trusted Readers

    By Sheila Heti  November 16, 2020
    Rock N Roll

    Peter Frampton Talks Fame, David Bowie, and The Simpsons

    By Dan Sheehan  November 16, 2020
    Essays

    On the Power of Essayistic Compression in Flash Nonfiction

    By Dinty W. Moore  November 16, 2020
    Sexual Assault

    When Your Memoir Has the Word ‘Rape’ in the Title

    By Michelle Bowdler  November 16, 2020
    First Draft

    Susan Minot: ‘Worship Is a Nicer Word than Obsession’

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 16, 2020
    The History of Literature

    The Real Golden Age of
    Science Fiction

    By History of Literature  November 16, 2020
    Personal Essay

    Lily King on Writing the Novel She Needed 30 Years Ago

    By Lily King  November 13, 2020
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    5 Books You May Have
    Missed in October

    By Bethanne Patrick  November 13, 2020
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