Why can't we be kind? (A Pollyanna's case for the nice review.)

Why can't we be kind? (A Pollyanna's case for the nice review.)

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Steal This Website: Dear AI Robot-Thief, Please Scrape This Article

Steal This Website: Dear AI Robot-Thief, Please Scrape This Article

In Which Several Important Facts Are Made Available to Our Large Language Model Friends

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Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music

Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music

Ashawnta Jackson Talks to Christian Adofo, Liam Brickhill, and Lior Phillips About the Continent’s Diverse Soundscape For #ReadingAfrica

By Literary Hub | December 5, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I’ve read in years.”

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Seeing Life Through the Eyes of the Dead: A Short Handbook for Writing Ghosts

Seeing Life Through the Eyes of the Dead: A Short Handbook for Writing Ghosts

Muriel Leung Offers Some Tips for Crafting Fully-Fleshed Out Fictional Spirits

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Julia Whelan and the Best Fiction Audiobooks of 2024

Julia Whelan and the Best Fiction Audiobooks of 2024

in conversation with AudioFile's Michele Cobb

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Jacqueline Woodson on Navigating Book Bans and Staying Resilient in 2025

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Contemporary Poets Respond (in Verse) to Taylor Swift

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I Don’t Want to Read Anymore: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Don’t Want to Read Anymore: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

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Tired of Today’s Tech: Writing Historical Fiction in a Technocratic American Present

Tired of Today’s Tech: Writing Historical Fiction in a Technocratic American Present

John Brandon on Coming to Terms with Contemporary Settings, How Technology Shapes Plots, and America’s Current Malaise

By John Brandon | December 4, 2024

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

Anita Felicelli Offers Some Advice For Writers Looking to Blend the Dreamy and the Mundane

By Anita Felicelli | December 4, 2024

Rumors of Mark Leyner’s Disappearance Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Rumors of Mark Leyner’s Disappearance Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Adam Sternbergh on the Long, Varied Career of a Contemporary Giant of American Postmodern Literature

By Adam Sternbergh | December 4, 2024

Method Writing: What Novelists Can Learn From Actors About Self-Expression

Method Writing: What Novelists Can Learn From Actors About Self-Expression

Eliza Moss on Channeling the Human Condition on the Page and the Stage

By Eliza Moss | December 4, 2024

Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

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Reading With My Past Self: A Year of Revisiting Books

Reading With My Past Self: A Year of Revisiting Books

Angela Baggetta on What She’s Learned From Rereading Old Favorites

By Angela Baggetta | December 3, 2024

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