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Hannah Thurman on Writing a Family Drama Set in a Mental Hospital

Hannah Thurman on Writing a Family Drama Set in a Mental Hospital

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Mercy Hill

By Jane Ciabattari | May 12, 2026

Tove Ditlevsen, Vanessa Hua, Barry Walters, and more: 20 new books out today!

Tove Ditlevsen, Vanessa Hua, Barry Walters, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | May 12, 2026

What We Talk About When We Talk About the Weather

What We Talk About When We Talk About the Weather

Ella Frances Sanders Explores Words About Weather

By Ella Frances Sanders | May 11, 2026

What Close Reading Can Reveal About an Author’s Intentions

What Close Reading Can Reveal About an Author’s Intentions

Suzanne Berne Considers the Story As a Relationship Between Writers and Readers

By Suzanne Berne | May 11, 2026

Schiaparelli and Spark: On the Fashion of <em>The Girls of Slender Means</em>

Schiaparelli and Spark: On the Fashion of The Girls of Slender Means

Lilian Pizzichini Looks for The Dress at the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Schiaparelli Exhibition

By Lilian Pizzichini | May 11, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Virginia Woolf’s <em>Mrs Dalloway</em> is Published.

This Week in Literary History: Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway is Published.

The Origin of a Masterpiece

By Literary Hub | May 11, 2026

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Mysterious, Isolated and Seductive: The Map of Literary Islands That Inspired My Novel

By Christiana Spens | May 11, 2026

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

By Book Marks | May 8, 2026

Tom Junod on Finding the Right Trick

By Tom Junod | May 8, 2026

Why Writing Stories For Children is So Much Harder Than Writing Stories For Adults

Why Writing Stories For Children is So Much Harder Than Writing Stories For Adults

Claire Swinarski on the Fulfilling Job of Creating Stories for Kids

By Claire Swinarski | May 8, 2026

Am I the Literary Asshole For Thinking Most Writers Are Trash, Actually?

Am I the Literary Asshole For Thinking Most Writers Are Trash, Actually?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 7, 2026

Fellow Travelers: On Reimagining Chaucer in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Fellow Travelers: On Reimagining Chaucer in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Irene Zabytko Recounts the Process of Creating Her Own Version on The Canterbury Tales

By Irene Zabytko | May 7, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“One can barely imagine the intolerable weight of this family inheritance... irresistible for so many years yet the only thing one wants to escape.”

By Book Marks | May 7, 2026

In Writing About Cults (and Religion) Telling is Better than Showing

In Writing About Cults (and Religion) Telling is Better than Showing

Harrison Hill in Conversation with Benjamin Hale

By Literary Hub | May 7, 2026

Ocean Vuong: Photographer First, Writer Second?

Ocean Vuong: Photographer First, Writer Second?

Sarah Moroz on a Recent Exhibition of the Poet-Turned-Novelist Who’s Always Had a in Camera Hand

By Sarah Moroz | May 7, 2026

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

Davin Malasarn in Conversation With Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez

By Davin Malasarn | May 7, 2026

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