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“A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing <em>Broke Heart Blues</em>

“A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing Broke Heart Blues

“In rereading, I feel a clutch of the heart, and tears starting in my eyes.”

By Joyce Carol Oates | October 15, 2024

Mark Haddon! Dorothy Parker! Anthony Bourdain! 26 new books out today.

Mark Haddon! Dorothy Parker! Anthony Bourdain! 26 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 15, 2024

Elizabeth Strout on Complicated People

Elizabeth Strout on Complicated People

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 15, 2024

IAWB Presents 90s Book Club: Jane Shapiro with Sara Levine

IAWB Presents 90s Book Club: Jane Shapiro with Sara Levine

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | October 15, 2024

Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Writing to Champion People and Causes

Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Writing to Champion People and Causes

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | October 15, 2024

Why the American Labor Movement Matters: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Why the American Labor Movement Matters: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Jonny Diamond in Conversation with Kim Kelly

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 11, 2024

Best Reviewed
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A Beastly Love: Chronicling the Transformative Experience of Motherhood on the Page and on the Screen

By Literary Hub | October 11, 2024

Who Decides What Asian American Literature Is?

By Cherry Lou Sy | October 11, 2024

Mark Haber on the Beauty of Digression

By Mark Haber | October 11, 2024

Choreographing Shows and Scenes: What Dance Can Teach Fiction Writers

Choreographing Shows and Scenes: What Dance Can Teach Fiction Writers

Shelley Noble on Rhythm, Conveying Emotion, and Commanding the Stage in Life and Literature

By Shelley Noble | October 11, 2024

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 Alan Hollinghurst, John Lewis, John Edgar Wideman, and More

By Book Marks | October 11, 2024

Which One of You Sent Me <em>Lonesome Dove</em> in the Mail? Or: Tackling the Great American Western

Which One of You Sent Me Lonesome Dove in the Mail? Or: Tackling the Great American Western

In Which Maris Kreizman Reads Larry McMurtry’s Classic

By Maris Kreizman | October 10, 2024

From <em>Beowulf</em> to Foucault: On the Literary Influences of Cormac McCarthy

From Beowulf to Foucault: On the Literary Influences of Cormac McCarthy

Michael Lynn Crews Investigates the Inspiration Behind “Blood Meridian,” “Suttree” and Other Novels

By Michael Lynn Crews | October 10, 2024

Balancing the Books: Five Novels that Explore the Complexities of the Stock Market

Balancing the Books: Five Novels that Explore the Complexities of the Stock Market

Samantha Greene Woodruff Recommends Tom Wolfe, David Liss, Michael Lewis, and More

By Samantha Greene Woodruff | October 10, 2024

Text to Speech Troubles: Why Writers Don’t Always Make the Best Speakers

Text to Speech Troubles: Why Writers Don’t Always Make the Best Speakers

Kate Greathead: “In writing, I have the time to consider my thoughts, figure out exactly what I want to say, and the best words to say it.”

By Kate Greathead | October 10, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"It insists on patience as it doles out its pleasures."

By Book Marks | October 10, 2024

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