• Craft and Criticism

    Literary Criticism

    The 36 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Mrs. Dalloway

    By Emily Temple  May 14, 2019
    Family Stories

    When to Write It, When to Walk Away: On the Problem of Too Much Metaphor

    By Jessica Francis Kane  May 14, 2019
    Book Dedications

    Behind the Book Dedications: “A Private Moment in a Public Object”

    By Julia Carpenter  May 14, 2019
    WWII

    Uncovering the Secret History of a WWII-Era Brooklyn Spy

    By David A. Taylor  May 14, 2019
    Erin Somers

    Erin Somers on Rich Kids, Melancholy, Slapstick, and More

    By So Many Damn Books  May 14, 2019
    Rediscoveries

    Joanna Scutts on How We Find—and Lose—Women Writers

    By Joanna Scutts  May 13, 2019
    Rock N Roll

    Why Is It So Hard to Write About Music in Fiction?

    By Anne Valente  May 13, 2019
    The Writing Life

    5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Jackson, Mississippi

    By Tom Head  May 13, 2019
    Mother's Day

    Tobias Wolff on the Iconic Memoir He Never
    Intended to Write

    By Tobias Wolff  May 10, 2019
    Mother's Day

    What Do Mothers and Children Owe Each Other?

    By Literary Hub  May 10, 2019
    Features

    On the Writing Life and Safeguarding Privacy

    By Esi Edugyan  May 10, 2019
    Motherhood

    The Stories Mothers Never Tell

    By Jill Talbot and Marcia Aldrich  May 10, 2019
    Graphic Novels

    Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin’s Mind

    By Frances Cannon  May 9, 2019
    Lost and Found

    One German’s Two-Decade Search for a Poem She Couldn’t Quite Name

    By Susanne Tägder  May 9, 2019
    Biopix and Chill

    16 Poet Biopics, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  May 8, 2019
    Storytelling

    What Would It Mean to Live in
    a World Without Stories?

    By Alexis Wright  May 8, 2019
    Historical Fiction

    Damian Barr Moves From Memoir to Fiction and Finds Inspiration in a Real Life Crime

    By Daneet Steffens  May 8, 2019
    Japanese Literature

    Kanako Nishi on Writing Gender, Power, and the Pain of Others

    By Allison Markin Powell  May 8, 2019
    Fairytales

    Rebecca Solnit on Setting Cinderella Free for Contemporary Readers

    By Rebecca Solnit  May 7, 2019
    On Poetry

    On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

    By Patricia M. Dwyer  May 7, 2019
    Appreciations

    Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

    By Gerður Kristný  May 7, 2019
    A Frenchman in America

    On the Beauty of Defeat and the Future of Europe

    By Aysegul Sert  May 7, 2019
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Binnie Kirshenbaum, Ryan Chapman, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

    By Teddy Wayne  May 7, 2019
    Whiteness

    What Is an Australian National Literature and Who Creates It?

    By Nam Le  May 6, 2019
    Author Photos

    Taking an Author’s Photo Is Like Going on a First Date

    By Nina Subin  May 6, 2019
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