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

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

Featuring Jakob Guanzon, Dawnie Walton, Lucy Ives, and More

By Teddy Wayne | March 9, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Island on Fire</em> by Tom Zoellner

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Island on Fire by Tom Zoellner

Carlin Romano on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Carlin Romano | March 9, 2021

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | March 9, 2021

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Leora Fridman on Takis Würger’s Controversial Novel, Stella

By Leora Fridman | March 8, 2021

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into<br> Sublime Horror

How Algernon Blackwood Turned Nature Into
Sublime Horror

Eugene Thacker on the 1907 Novella The Willows

By Eugene Thacker | March 8, 2021

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Megan Nolan Recommends Jeffrey Eugenides, John Irving, 
Oyinkan Braithwaite, and More

By Megan Nolan | March 8, 2021

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Writing Through the Microscope: Intimate Versus Epic Narration

By Gabriela Houston | March 8, 2021

Betina González on Economic Precarity, End Times, and
Killer Deer

By Yuri Herrera | March 8, 2021

George Saunders on Thinking of Story as Ceremony

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 8, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration</em> by Nicole R. Fleetwood

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Nicole R. Fleetwood

J. Howard Rosier on One of the Finalists for Criticism

By J. Howard Rosier | March 8, 2021

The Publisher Who Transformed the Careers of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams

The Publisher Who Transformed the Careers of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams

Alan M. Klein on the Mystery of Ronald Lane Latimer

By Alan M. Klein | March 5, 2021

How Do You Keep a Novel Alive When It Keeps Trying To Die?

How Do You Keep a Novel Alive When It Keeps Trying To Die?

Kate Hope Day on Checking In With Your Work and Persistence

By Kate Hope Day | March 5, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Homie</em> by Danez Smith

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Homie by Danez Smith

Diego Báez on One of the Finalists for Poetry

By Diego Báez | March 5, 2021

Carol Edgarian: ‘Every Book, You Have to Woo Your <br>Readers Again’

Carol Edgarian: ‘Every Book, You Have to Woo Your
Readers Again’

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | March 5, 2021

Being a Writer When You Literally Cannot<br> Visualize Scenes

Being a Writer When You Literally Cannot
Visualize Scenes

Alexandra Oliva on Aphantasia, the Joys of Voice, and Scenic Details

By Alexandra Oliva | March 4, 2021

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

Chris Whitaker Recommends Harper Lee, Angie Thomas, and More

By Chris Whitaker | March 4, 2021

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