• Craft and Criticism

    Criticism

    Literary Allusion Runs Deep Through the History of Hip-Hop

    By Roy Christopher  March 18, 2019
    Essay

    Meet the Man Brought to Trial for Murdering the English Language

    By Emily Temple  March 18, 2019
    Excerpts

    The British Schoolboy Memoir: Masking Misery with Nostalgia

    By James Brooke-Smith  March 18, 2019
    Conversations

    The People Writer-Parents Need (Besides Their Kids)

    By Brian Gresko  March 18, 2019
    Excerpts

    James Joyce’s Dublin, a Microcosm of the World

    By Sarah Baxter  March 15, 2019
    Essay

    Why Salt Lake City is a Great Place for a Writer to Live

    By Paisley Rekdal  March 15, 2019
    Excerpts

    It Was All Greek to Her: With the Sappho-Obsessed in 1900s Paris

    By Artemis Leontis  March 15, 2019
    Erasure

    Exploring the Truth Behind Bad Celebrity Apologies

    By New Books Network  March 15, 2019
    Conversations

    What Trauma Leaves Behind

    By Carley Moore  March 15, 2019
    Essay

    Why Do We Hate the Suburbs?

    By Suzannah Lessard  March 14, 2019
    Criticism

    Honoré de Balzac’s Legendary Love Affair With His Anonymous Critic

    By Emily Temple  March 14, 2019
    Autofiction

    Steve Anwyll on the Uses of the Autobiographical Novel

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  March 14, 2019
    Conversations

    John Lanchester and Joe O’Neill Talk Climate Change and Border Walls

    By Literary Hub  March 14, 2019
    Essay

    Why My Students Don’t Call Themselves ‘Southern’ Writers

    By Katy Simpson Smith  March 13, 2019
    How to...

    The Impossibility of Finding a Place to Write in New York

    By Andrew Ridker  March 13, 2019
    Excerpts

    Thankfulness, Praise, and Ross Gay

    By Adam Sol  March 13, 2019
    Essay

    Writing My Novel Turned into Cooking Boot Camp

    By Mary Adkins  March 13, 2019
    Awards

    31 Books in 30 Days: Michael Schaub on Rachel Kushner

    By Literary Hub  March 13, 2019
    Essay

    When the Eeriness of Trauma Can Only Be Understood Through Fiction

    By Kate Hope Day  March 12, 2019
    Close Reading

    A Close Reading of Jack Kerouac’s Advice to Writers

    By Emily Temple  March 12, 2019
    Advice

    Storytelling Tips from the Writer of Blade Runner

    By Hampton Fancher  March 12, 2019
    Essay

    Waiting for the Day That Characters Don’t Default to White

    By Deena ElGenaidi  March 12, 2019
    Conversations

    Kathryn Davis, T Kira Madden, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

    By Teddy Wayne  March 12, 2019
    Excerpts

    I Blame My First Marriage on Jane Austen

    By Wendy Jones  March 11, 2019
    Advice

    Saunders, McCracken, and More: Advice from Masters of the Short Story

    By Literary Hub  March 11, 2019
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