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William Styron's Misguided Meditation on History

William Styron's Misguided Meditation on History

Chris Tomlin Asks Who Can Claim the Story of Nat Turner

By Christopher Tomlins | April 20, 2020

What Are the Boundaries of a Memoir?

What Are the Boundaries of a Memoir?

On Mark Doty, Paul Lisicky, and the Role of the Self

By Beth Kephart | April 17, 2020

Jessi Jezewska Stevens Goes to Some Galleries and Looks at Art

Jessi Jezewska Stevens Goes to Some Galleries and Looks at Art

The Author of The Exhibition of Persephone Q Takes a
Virtual Tour with Michael Barron

By Michael Barron | April 17, 2020

Brief Variations on the Writer's Life

Brief Variations on the Writer's Life

Roger Rosenblatt Approaches the Writer's Task from Unexpected Angles

By Roger Rosenblatt | April 17, 2020

We Owe More to Our Young Writers: On the Relevance of the Workshop

We Owe More to Our Young Writers: On the Relevance of the Workshop

Ru Freeman Considers the Responsibility of the Writing Life

By Ru Freeman | April 16, 2020

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and T Kira Madden on Craft, Candles, and Character

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and T Kira Madden on Craft, Candles, and Character

Authors, and Real-Life Friends, in Conversation

By Literary Hub | April 16, 2020

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Life As It Really Is: Translator Richard Pevear on the Stories of Chekhov

By Richard Pevear | April 14, 2020

The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman's Poetry

By Mark Doty | April 14, 2020

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

By Teddy Wayne | April 14, 2020

Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

"Separate and Secluded" We Pass Our Days

By Siri Hustvedt | April 13, 2020

Like Talking With a Friend: Intimacy in Lucia Berlin’s Peripatetic Narratives

Like Talking With a Friend: Intimacy in Lucia Berlin’s Peripatetic Narratives

Alexandra Chang on Learning from a Master

By Alexandra Chang | April 13, 2020

J.M.G. Le Clézio Talks the Common Good (and Other People's Books)

J.M.G. Le Clézio Talks the Common Good (and Other People's Books)

Ayşegül Sert in Conversation with the Nobel Laureate

By Aysegul Sert | April 13, 2020

Jenny Odell and Wendy Liu on Liberating Ourselves From Usefulness

Jenny Odell and Wendy Liu on Liberating Ourselves From Usefulness

"I don't always need a purpose for everything."

By Jenny Odell | April 13, 2020

Kay Ryan on the Preposterous Beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Kay Ryan on the Preposterous Beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins

One Legendary Poet Analyzes Another

By Kay Ryan | April 13, 2020

My Writing Schedule is for Satisfaction, Not Fun

My Writing Schedule is for Satisfaction, Not Fun

A No-Frills Look at Elizabeth George's Routine

By Elizabeth George | April 10, 2020

Alternate Histories and Silenced Women: Sue Monk Kidd on Her New Novel <em>The Book of Longings</em>

Alternate Histories and Silenced Women: Sue Monk Kidd on Her New Novel The Book of Longings

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 9, 2020

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