In Order to Write, I Had to Break a Family Curse

In Order to Write, I Had to Break a Family Curse

Amanda Yates Garcia on Witchcraft and Writer's Block

By Amanda Yates Garcia | November 15, 2019

Rebecca F. Kuang on Violence, History, and Writing a Female Warrior

Rebecca F. Kuang on Violence, History, and Writing a Female Warrior

In Conversation About The Poppy War on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | November 15, 2019

The Secret Society of Women Writers in Oxford in the 1920s

The Secret Society of Women Writers in Oxford in the 1920s

Mo Moulton on the Legendary Mutual Admiration Society

By Mo Moulton | November 14, 2019

The Elusive Lure of Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

The Elusive Lure of Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Philip Metres on Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Anything, and the Stories of the Living

By Philip Metres | November 14, 2019

Wild Ecologies: So Go the Salmon, So Goes the World

Wild Ecologies: So Go the Salmon, So Goes the World

Tucker Malarkey, Will Bardenwerper, and Stan Brewer In Conversation on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 14, 2019

Lessons in worldbuilding from N. K. Jemisin (plus a preview of her next book).

Lessons in worldbuilding from N. K. Jemisin (plus a preview of her next book).

By Aaron Robertson | November 13, 2019

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High School Crush: On Literary Longing and Misdirected Lust

By Janet Manley | November 13, 2019

Broken Heart? Immanuel Kant is Here to Help

By Marie Robert | November 13, 2019

Let's Talk About Love: A Lost Vocabulary of Amorous Terms

By Paul Anthony Jones | November 13, 2019

What would an AI text generator do with the first lines of literature's greatest novels?

What would an AI text generator do with the first lines of literature's greatest novels?

By Jonny Diamond | November 12, 2019

The Woman Who Brought Dostoevsky and Chekhov to English Readers

The Woman Who Brought Dostoevsky and Chekhov to English Readers

Sara Wheeler on Constance Garnett and the Problem
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By Sara Wheeler | November 12, 2019

Elizabeth Bishop in Key West, Island of Her Dreams

Elizabeth Bishop in Key West, Island of Her Dreams

On a 20th-Century Writers' Paradise

By Thomas Travisano | November 12, 2019

Lydia Davis: Ten of My Recommendations for Good Writing Habits

Lydia Davis: Ten of My Recommendations for Good Writing Habits

Advice for Writers on Editing, Revising, and Taking Notes

By Lydia Davis | November 12, 2019

Why Resistance Is Foundational to Kurdish Literature

Why Resistance Is Foundational to Kurdish Literature

Ava Homa on What Statelessness, Trauma, and Political Exile Have Taught Her as a Writer

By Ava Homa | November 12, 2019

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

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

Susannah Cahalan, Jaquira Díaz, and More Take the
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By Teddy Wayne | November 12, 2019

Kurt Vonnegut's Advice for the Impatient Writer

Kurt Vonnegut's Advice for the Impatient Writer

Hint: Don't Wait For Your Loved Ones to Die

By Suzanne McConnell and Kurt Vonnegut | November 11, 2019

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