Mohammed Massoud Morsi on Writing About Palestinian Lives Beyond the Headlines

Mohammed Massoud Morsi on Writing About Palestinian Lives Beyond the Headlines

“Turning to fiction allowed for stories that would otherwise have disappeared into the chest of time, to live on.”

By Mohammed Massoud Morsi | October 23, 2026

How a Love of Salem and <em>The House of Seven Gables</em> Inspired My Debut Novel

How a Love of Salem and The House of Seven Gables Inspired My Debut Novel

Ashley Woo on Otherness, the Darkness of the Past, and How History Shapes Her Writing

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How to Find the Perfect Writing Soundtrack

How to Find the Perfect Writing Soundtrack

Marissa Levien on the Sound of Creativity

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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Nicole Bedera on the Cornell 7, Title IX, and How Universities Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

Nicole Bedera on the Cornell 7, Title IX, and How Universities Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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Tanaïs Writes Their Drafts At Night and Revises During the Day

Tanaïs Writes Their Drafts At Night and Revises During the Day

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"Sometimes Hanawalt’s perspective veers into the horrifying, and the transition from Richard Scarry to Extremely Scary can be shocking."

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On Searching For Nabokov’s Rarest Paperbacks Across America

On Searching For Nabokov’s Rarest Paperbacks Across America

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Lit Hub is Hiring a Senior Editor For a New Vertical

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Meet the Best Debut Novelists of 2026

The Seven Finalists for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize on Their Reading and Writing Lives

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“If You Write Properly You Shouldn’t Have to Punctuate.” Was Cormac McCarthy That Guy in Your MFA?

“If You Write Properly You Shouldn’t Have to Punctuate.” Was Cormac McCarthy That Guy in Your MFA?

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What John Berryman’s Lectures Revealed About Young Shakespeare—and Himself

What John Berryman’s Lectures Revealed About Young Shakespeare—and Himself

Rory Loughnane on the American Poet’s Contributions to the Study of the Bard’s Early Life

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