Secrets of Los Alamos: How Family Stories Can Help Inform Historical Fiction

Secrets of Los Alamos: How Family Stories Can Help Inform Historical Fiction

Rachel Robbins Considers the Roles of Fact, History and Memory in Storytelling

By Rachel Robbins | October 9, 2024

10 Best Books for Understanding American Class

10 Best Books for Understanding American Class

Matthew Desmond, Isabel Wilkerson, Thomas Piketty, and More

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2024

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Charles Bock, Mike Fu, Kate Greathead, and More

By Teddy Wayne | October 8, 2024

Luis Jaramillo on Creating a Multigenerational Speculative Story of the Borderlands

Luis Jaramillo on Creating a Multigenerational Speculative Story of the Borderlands

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Witches of El Paso”

By Jane Ciabattari | October 8, 2024

Margaret Atwood’s poems! Spamalot! Marie Curie! 25 new books out today.

Margaret Atwood’s poems! Spamalot! Marie Curie! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 8, 2024

“Those Folks Never Had Their Lights Turned Off.” On the Literary Importance of Highlighting the Haves and the Have-Nots

“Those Folks Never Had Their Lights Turned Off.” On the Literary Importance of Highlighting the Haves and the Have-Nots

From Barroom Chats with Raymond Carver to the Aperçus of Thomas Piketty, Douglas Unger Explores Class Consciousness in American Letters

By Douglas Unger | October 7, 2024

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On the Environmental and Philosophical Factors Behind Literary Creation

By Steve Wasserman | October 7, 2024

Satanic Sympathies: On the Demon Depictions That Helped Jamie Quarto Write Two-Step Devil

By Jamie Quatro | October 7, 2024

On the Remarkable Legacy of Lewis Lapham

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All or Nothing: Deborah Levy on Marguerite Duras’s <em>The Lover</em>

All or Nothing: Deborah Levy on Marguerite Duras’s The Lover

“Duras never covertly apologizes for the moral or psychological way that she exists in the world.”

By Deborah Levy | October 7, 2024

Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

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Douglas J. Penick on Capturing the Essence of South Asian Mythology For a Contemporary Western Audience

By Douglas J. Penick | October 7, 2024

Richard Powers on Catching Up with the Unconscious

Richard Powers on Catching Up with the Unconscious

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 7, 2024

Joshua Mohr on Getting Out of the Comfort Zone

Joshua Mohr on Getting Out of the Comfort Zone

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

By Memoir Nation | October 7, 2024

Mikhail Zygar on Putin, Ukraine, and the Future of Russia

Mikhail Zygar on Putin, Ukraine, and the Future of Russia

On Sun Valley Writers’ Conference’s Beyond the Page

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | October 7, 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 New Titles by Louise Erdrich, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and More

By Book Marks | October 4, 2024

Two Apple Problem: What “Show, Don't Tell” Means in Graphic Narratives

Two Apple Problem: What “Show, Don't Tell” Means in Graphic Narratives

Jesse Lee Kercheval on Drawing a Memoir

By Jesse Lee Kercheval | October 4, 2024

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