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Drafting <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em>: How Virginia Woolf Started Her Masterpiece

Drafting Mrs. Dalloway: How Virginia Woolf Started Her Masterpiece

“There should be some fun–”

By Mark Hussey | May 14, 2025

Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

Ling Ling Huang on the Importance of Keeping True to Your Own Thoughts

By Ling Ling Huang | May 14, 2025

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> on Reflection and Refraction

The Cosmic Library on Reflection and Refraction

The Final Episode of the Dostoevsky Season

By The Cosmic Library | May 14, 2025

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Lincoln Michel Recommends Alejandro Zambra, Renee Gladman, Percival Everett and More

By Lincoln Michel | May 13, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Lincoln Michel, Susanna Kwan, Domenica Ruta and More

By Teddy Wayne | May 13, 2025

Karen E. Bender on Channeling Contemporary Anxieties Through Speculative Fiction

Karen E. Bender on Channeling Contemporary Anxieties Through Speculative Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Words of Dr. L.and Other Stories”

By Jane Ciabattari | May 13, 2025

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The Story of a Mother, From End to Beginning

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What Writing for <em>The Wonder Years</em> Taught Me About Novels

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Mark B. Perry Celebrates the Quieter Freedoms of Fiction

By Mark B. Perry | May 12, 2025

Reimagining Disappeared Worlds: Nova Ren Suma on the Allure of Writing Lost Places

Reimagining Disappeared Worlds: Nova Ren Suma on the Allure of Writing Lost Places

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Bob Johnson on Writing the Midwest

Bob Johnson on Writing the Midwest

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Nicole Graev Lipson on Self as a Fictional Character

Nicole Graev Lipson on Self as a Fictional Character

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One great short story to read today: madeline Ffitch’s “Seeing Through Maps”

One great short story to read today: madeline Ffitch’s “Seeing Through Maps”

By Jonny Diamond | May 9, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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By Book Marks | May 9, 2025

Craig Mod on the Creative Power of Walking

Craig Mod on the Creative Power of Walking

“From this boredom, words flow. I can’t stop them.”

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