• Craft and Criticism

    Conversations

    Safiya Sinclair on Waiting for the Storm on America’s Margins

    By Peter Mishler  December 22, 2017
    Conversations

    Margaret Atwood and Andrew O’Hagan on Trump, the Internet, and Our Dark Future

    By Literary Hub  December 21, 2017
    Essay

    Is Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas a Work of Genius?

    By Rebecca Rego Barry  December 20, 2017
    Essay

    Why I Gave Homer a Contemporary Voice in the Odyssey

    By Emily Wilson  December 19, 2017
    Poets

    How Fetishizing ‘Craft’ Can Get in the Way of a Good Poem

    By Michael Bazzett  December 19, 2017
    Essay

    The Privilege of Plotlessness

    By Lynn Steger Strong  December 18, 2017
    Close Reading

    A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time

    By Emily Temple  December 15, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Making the Jump from Stage to Page

    By Kia Corthron  December 15, 2017
    Poets

    Honoring the Weird Fire: Poets Chen Chen and Craig Santos Perez In Conversation

    By Literary Hub  December 15, 2017
    Advice

    20 Questions (And Answers) for the Debut Writer

    By Literary Hub  December 14, 2017
    News and Culture

    The Bloody Catharsis of Femme Revenge

    By Emma C. Eisenberg  December 13, 2017
    Conversations

    Jaron Lanier: “VR Should Be About Live Connections with Real People”

    By Literary Hub  December 13, 2017
    Advice

    How Important is the First Draft to Your Novel?

    By Sandra Scofield  December 12, 2017
    Essay

    Against the Bad Sex in Fiction Award

    By TD Storm  December 12, 2017
    Criticism

    Rebecca Solnit on Women’s Work and the Myth of the Art Monster

    By Rebecca Solnit  December 12, 2017
    Criticism

    Revelations Upon Learning Kafka’s Niece Knows My Name

    By Gennady Aygi  December 12, 2017
    Feature

    Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?

    By Emily Temple  December 11, 2017
    Conversations

    Watch the Only Existing Footage of Clarice Lispector

    By Emily Temple  December 11, 2017
    Op-Ed

    A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

    By Patrick Nathan  December 11, 2017
    Essay

    Why I Hate Christmas (But Love Songs About Hating Christmas)

    By Peter Blauner  December 11, 2017
    Criticism

    Reading Kobo Abe with One Eye on Edgar Allan Poe

    By Scott Beauchamp  December 11, 2017
    Advice

    William H. Gass’s Advice for Writers: “You Have to be Grimly Determined.”

    By Emily Temple  December 7, 2017
    Excerpts

    How Heart of Darkness Revealed the Horror of Congo’s Rubber Trade

    By Maya Jasanoff  December 7, 2017
    Profile

    Sally Rooney Wants to Start the Revolution

    By Yen Pham  December 7, 2017
    Criticism

    Ursula K. Le Guin: Who Cares About the Great American Novel?

    By Ursula K. Le Guin  December 6, 2017
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