Stephanie Foo on the Transformative Power of Google Doc Therapy

Stephanie Foo on the Transformative Power of Google Doc Therapy

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | May 18, 2022

The Surrealism of Life as Secretary of Defense in the Trump Regime

The Surrealism of Life as Secretary of Defense in the Trump Regime

Mark Esper in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 18, 2022

What Do Writing a Novel and Tending a Garden Have in Common?

What Do Writing a Novel and Tending a Garden Have in Common?

Naheed Phiroze Patel on the Life-Long Projects of Writing and Gardening

By Naheed Phiroze Patel | May 18, 2022

You Can’t Have Creativity Without Boredom

You Can’t Have Creativity Without Boredom

Aaron Angello on the Stillness of the Imaginative Mind

By Aaron Angello | May 18, 2022

Virginia Hamilton and the History of Ghosts in Black Literature

Virginia Hamilton and the History of Ghosts in Black Literature

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | May 18, 2022

Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

Remarks From the PEN World Voices Festival opening night

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Victoria Shorr on the Art of the Novella

Victoria Shorr on the Art of the Novella

”They take you—for one evening if you don't put it down, longer if you draw it out—to a place that you can see in sharp detail.”

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Vanessa Hua on Writing About the Forgotten Women in Mao’s Inner Circle

Vanessa Hua on Writing About the Forgotten Women in Mao’s Inner Circle

The Author of Forbidden City Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | May 17, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Elamin Abdelmahmoud is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Elamin Abdelmahmoud is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | May 17, 2022

How to Make Sense of Profound Arbitrariness in a World That Is Suppose to Make Sense

How to Make Sense of Profound Arbitrariness in a World That Is Suppose to Make Sense

Jon Mooallem in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 17, 2022

Finally a History of Art That Includes Female and Non-White Artists

Finally a History of Art That Includes Female and Non-White Artists

Charlotte Mullins in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 17, 2022

Lise Vesterlund on The No Club and How to Put a Stop to Women's Dead End Work

Lise Vesterlund on The No Club and How to Put a Stop to Women's Dead End Work

In Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 17, 2022

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