• Craft and Criticism

    Close Reading

    Revisiting the Genius of Middlemarch

    By John Mullan  November 21, 2018
    Essay

    Stop Dismissing Inclusive Children’s Books as ‘Too Political’

    By Erinn Salge  November 21, 2018
    Essay

    The Pugnacious Outlaw Women Behind My Protagonist

    By Katrina Carrasco  November 20, 2018
    Biography

    On the Limits of Biofiction: Bethany Layne Talks to David Lodge

    By Bethany Layne and David Lodge  November 20, 2018
    Conversations

    Cover Reveal: Pola Oloixarac’s Forthcoming Novel is Watching You

    By Literary Hub  November 20, 2018
    Conversations

    Writing Women’s Pain: Part Two of a Roundtable

    By Literary Hub  November 20, 2018
    Deep Dive

    Before the Neapolitan Quartet, There Was Sula

    By Gwen Aviles  November 19, 2018
    Excerpts

    The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

    By Jack Zipes and Édouard Laboulaye  November 19, 2018
    Conversations

    Shobha Rao on Moving Between Cultures and Loving Little House on the Prairie

    By But That's Another Story  November 19, 2018
    Feature

    Writing Women’s Pain: A Roundtable

    By Literary Hub  November 19, 2018
    Hot Goss

    Edmund White and Emily Temple on Literary Feuds, Social Media, and Our Appetite for Drama

    By Literary Hub  November 16, 2018
    Advice

    Jonathan Franzen’s 10 Rules for Novelists

    By Jonathan Franzen  November 15, 2018
    Biography

    How Saul Bellow Reckoned with Money and Fame

    By Zachary Leader  November 15, 2018
    Advice

    You Can’t Rely on Inspiration: Essential Writing Advice from J.G. Ballard

    By Emily Temple  November 15, 2018
    Essay

    When a Story is Best Told Backwards

    By Samantha Harvey  November 15, 2018
    Feature

    12 Writers on Their Own Famous Books

    By Emily Temple  November 14, 2018
    Essay

    Herman Melville: How to Promote Your Future Classic About Whales

    By Herman Melville  November 14, 2018
    Feature

    Reading Across America: Literature and Community in Sin City

    By Kayla Dean  November 14, 2018
    Advice

    Advice from the NBA 5 Under 35 Honorees About Writing a Second Book

    By Corinne Segal  November 13, 2018
    Advice

    George Saunders on the Best Writing Advice He’s Received

    By Literary Hub  November 13, 2018
    Conversations

    5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  November 13, 2018
    Essay

    Kay Eldredge Salter: My Husband’s Choice to Be a Writer Was the Hardest of His Life

    By Kay Eldredge Salter  November 13, 2018
    Poem

    Poetry is Infinite: A Conversation with Jeffrey Schultz

    By Peter Mishler  November 13, 2018
    Awards

    Meet National Book Award Finalist Rebecca Makkai

    By Emily Temple  November 13, 2018
    Awards

    Meet National Book Award Finalist Sigrid Nunez

    By Emily Temple  November 13, 2018
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