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Pep Talks That I Give to Authors That I Will Now Give to Myself

Pep Talks That I Give to Authors That I Will Now Give to Myself

In Which Maris Kreizman Attempts to Take Her Own Advice

By Maris Kreizman | June 20, 2025

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

From Kamila Shamsie’s English PEN Lecture

By Kamila Shamsie | June 20, 2025

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

Featuring Catherine Lacey, Michelle Huneven, ABBA, and More

By Book Marks | June 20, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“While reading ‘Next to Heaven,’ I sometimes thought I could feel individual cells in my body trying to die.”

By Book Marks | June 20, 2025

Kate McKean on the Nuts and Bolts of the Query Letter

Kate McKean on the Nuts and Bolts of the Query Letter

Or, How to Do a Lot in a Little Space

By Kate McKean | June 20, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Book Bans in Llano County and Community Supported Lit Mags

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Book Bans in Llano County and Community Supported Lit Mags

featuring Leila Green Little, Anthony Aycock, Benjamin Davis, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 20, 2025

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

By Diana Arterian | June 20, 2025

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

By Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott | June 20, 2025

Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

By Jane Smiley | June 20, 2025

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Radha Vatsal on the Contemporary Echoes of Her Ancestor’s Groundbreaking 19th-Century Novel

By Radha Vatsal | June 20, 2025

Hot, Moist, Hydrofeminist: Seven Sapphic Books with Themes of Water and Fludity

Hot, Moist, Hydrofeminist: Seven Sapphic Books with Themes of Water and Fludity

Siouxzi Connor Recommends Dylin Hardcastle, Julia Armfield, Sophie Mackintosh, and More

By Siouxzi Connor | June 20, 2025

Geoff Dyer on Homework and Play

Geoff Dyer on Homework and Play

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 20, 2025

Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

Donna Seaman on the Books About Books You Need

By Donna Seaman | June 18, 2025

“I Feed on Queer Literature.” Michelle Tea on Her Ten Favorite Gay Books

“I Feed on Queer Literature.” Michelle Tea on Her Ten Favorite Gay Books

“Why are so many people afraid of questions?”

By Michelle Tea | June 18, 2025

Why America Can’t Get Enough of <em>The Wizard of Oz</em>

Why America Can’t Get Enough of The Wizard of Oz

Hazel Gaynor Celebrates the Films, Prequels, Sequels, and More

By Hazel Gaynor | June 18, 2025

Less Matters More: Joanna Walsh on the Expansive Possibilities of the Short Story

Less Matters More: Joanna Walsh on the Expansive Possibilities of the Short Story

“The memory of these fragments is always created, as a matter of reconstruction. And creation is always hope.”

By Joanna Walsh | June 18, 2025

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