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The Racist History of Celebrating the American Tomboy

The Racist History of Celebrating the American Tomboy

Lisa Selin Davis on the Endless Privileges Accorded to White Girls

By Lisa Selin Davis | August 11, 2020

Charlotte Wood on the Subconscious Act of Writing

Charlotte Wood on the Subconscious Act of Writing

"In 20 years of writing I’d never abandoned ship like this."

By Charlotte Wood | August 11, 2020

When One Doctor-Turned-Novelist Reads Another

When One Doctor-Turned-Novelist Reads Another

Dr. Melanie Cheng Revisits the Fiction of Jacinta Halloran

By Melanie Cheng | August 11, 2020

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

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

Featuring Raven Leilani, Héctor Tobar, Jessica Gross, and More

By Teddy Wayne | August 11, 2020

Connected at the Roots: <br>A Conversation with Margot Livesey

Connected at the Roots:
A Conversation with Margot Livesey

Steven Wingate Talks to the Author of The Boy in the Field

By Steven Wingate | August 10, 2020

A Serial Online Novel Journeys Through a Queer, Eerie NYC During Shut Down

A Serial Online Novel Journeys Through a Queer, Eerie NYC During Shut Down

Speaking with Author Carley Moore and Artist Neeti Banerji
About Panpocalypse

By Literary Hub | August 10, 2020

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The Quest for Kindness is One of Fiction's Great Challenges

By Rónán Hession | August 7, 2020

My Father: The Genius, The Poet, Richard Eberhart

By Gretchen Cherington | August 7, 2020

Reading the First Drafts of
Anna Karenina

By Bob Blaisdell | August 6, 2020

On Flannery O’Connor’s Chronic Illness... and Chronic Racism

On Flannery O’Connor’s Chronic Illness... and Chronic Racism

Maggie Levantovskaya Searches for Literary Narratives of Lupus

By Maggie Levantovskaya | August 6, 2020

WATCH: Jazz Pianist Marcus Roberts Get the Blues and Talks Musical Influences

WATCH: Jazz Pianist Marcus Roberts Get the Blues and Talks Musical Influences

Episode Two of the Mighty SONG Writers Video Series

By Literary Hub | August 5, 2020

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Odie Lindsey on POV Shifts and Moral Dilemmas on
Red Headed Stranger

By Odie Lindsey | August 5, 2020

"Too much exercise!" Read Flaubert's (very harsh) writing advice for Guy de Maupassant.

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2020

A Taxonomy of Nonfiction; <br>Or the Pleasures of Precision

A Taxonomy of Nonfiction;
Or the Pleasures of Precision

Karen Babine on the Peculiarities of Genre, Form, and More

By Karen Babine | August 3, 2020

The Essential Steven Millhauser: Where to Start With An Underrated American Master

The Essential Steven Millhauser: Where to Start With An Underrated American Master

Spoiler Alert: It's Not With Martin Dressler

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2020

Jeet Heer on the Complex Origins of Little Orphan Annie

Jeet Heer on the Complex Origins of Little Orphan Annie

"No one story can completely explain Annie."

By Jeet Heer | August 3, 2020

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