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Ten MFA Archetypes To Avoid (Becoming)

Ten MFA Archetypes To Avoid (Becoming)

Caroline Zancan Recommends You Not Be These People

By Caroline Zancan | February 3, 2020

What the Great Russian Writers Didn't Get About the Criminal Mind

What the Great Russian Writers Didn't Get About the Criminal Mind

Varlam Shamalov Served 15 Years in a Soviet Labor Camp

By Varlam Shalamov | February 3, 2020

Scarlett Thomas on the Tricky Work of Writing the Unsayable

Scarlett Thomas on the Tricky Work of Writing the Unsayable

The Author of Oligarchy in Conversation with Lori Feathers

By Lori Feathers | February 3, 2020

Mourning Jade Sharma, Her Irreverence, Her Audacity

Mourning Jade Sharma, Her Irreverence, Her Audacity

Melissa Mesku Remembers the Author of Problems

By Melissa Mesku | February 3, 2020

How to Write Autofiction About Your Family Without Losing Your Mind

How to Write Autofiction About Your Family Without Losing Your Mind

"It wasn’t my job to save anyone."

By Eleanor Anstruther | February 3, 2020

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

The Best Writing at the Site in January

By Literary Hub | January 31, 2020

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How Robert Bly Helped Create a Thriving Ecosystem of Minnesota Writers

By Mark Gustafson | January 31, 2020

It Was Never About Economic Anxiety: On the Book That Foresaw the Rise of Trump

By Samuel Freedman | January 30, 2020

The Chaotic Side of Learning: Keeping High School Seniors From Falling Asleep

By Nick Ripatrazone | January 30, 2020

What is the point of this terrible book review?

What is the point of this terrible book review?

By Dan Sheehan | January 29, 2020

Dear Oprah Winfrey: 142 Writers Ask You to Reconsider <em>American Dirt</em>

Dear Oprah Winfrey: 142 Writers Ask You to Reconsider American Dirt

By 141 Writers | January 29, 2020

When Did Self-Help Books Become Literary?

When Did Self-Help Books Become Literary?

Beth Blum on a Debate Over Bookish Advice That Goes
As Far Back as the Renaissance

By Beth Blum | January 29, 2020

On One of the Greatest Children's Ghost Books Ever Published

On One of the Greatest Children's Ghost Books Ever Published

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By Jessica Mesman Griffith | January 29, 2020

A Reading Series for People to Share Their Grief

A Reading Series for People to Share Their Grief

Since U Been Gone Aims at Catharsis for Those Experiencing Loss

By Laura Winnick | January 29, 2020

It is 1979 and Ludvík Vaculík Has a Terrible Case of Writer's Block

It is 1979 and Ludvík Vaculík Has a Terrible Case of Writer's Block

Diary Entries from Communist Czechoslovakia

By Ludvík Vaculík | January 29, 2020

Belletrist Studio Sessions: <br>Mira Jacob on Drawing the America She Loves

Belletrist Studio Sessions:
Mira Jacob on Drawing the America She Loves

Behind the Scenes with the Author of Good Talk

By Literary Hub | January 28, 2020

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