• Craft and Criticism

    Epic poetry

    A Master Class in Words: On the Vitality and Vividness of The Iliad‘s Opening Lines

    By Robin Lane Fox  October 30, 2023
    Write-minded

    Isabel Cañas on the Gothic and Drawing from Everyday Monsters

    By Write-minded   October 30, 2023
    The History of Literature

    America’s First Man of Letters: Washington Irving

    By History of Literature  October 30, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Patty Crane on Translation and Influence

    By Patty Crane  October 27, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  October 27, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  October 27, 2023
    The Hub

    Dory Fantasmagory author Abby Hanlon has the real Tubtown toy.

    By Janet Manley  October 26, 2023
    Fact vs. Fiction

    Fact, Fiction, and Film: Jeremy Cooper on Creating Verisimilitude

    By Jeremy Cooper  October 26, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Molly McGhee on the Importance of Acknowledgments

    By The Maris Review  October 26, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jonathan Lethem on the Depths of Gentrification

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 26, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 26, 2023
    It's Magic

    Magic to Serve, Not Solve, a Story: KJ Dell’Antonia on Magical Rules in Literature

    By KJ Dell'Antonia  October 25, 2023
    Reading List

    Enough “How-To” Books: It’s Time For More “How-Come”

    By Jessica Elefante  October 25, 2023
    In Conversation

    Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

    By Peter Mishler  October 25, 2023
    Louisa May Alcott

    Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

    By Liz Rosenberg  October 24, 2023
    Mushrooms

    Instead of Writing, Margaret Renkl Forages for Fungi

    By Margaret Renkl  October 24, 2023
    In Conversation

    Marie Ndiaye on a Novel’s Many Twists and Turns

    By Jane Ciabattari  October 24, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Stories About Stories (About Stories): A Reading List of Meta-Narrators

    By Eskor David Johnson  October 24, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Jhumpa Lahiri on the Freedom of Writing

    By Talk Easy  October 24, 2023
    On Memoir

    Why It Matters How We Tell the Story of Sinead O’Connor

    By Allyson McCabe  October 23, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

    By History of Literature  October 23, 2023
    Write-minded

    Maggie Smith on Playing with Narration in Memoir

    By Write-minded   October 23, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Eli Grober on The Art of Satire

    By Eli Grober  October 20, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  October 20, 2023
    In Conversation

    Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on a Lifetime of Art and Activism

    By Aysegul Sert  October 19, 2023
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