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How Mr. Darcy Became One of Jane Austen’s Most Memorable Creations

How Mr. Darcy Became One of Jane Austen’s Most Memorable Creations

Janet Todd Explores the Origins and Afterlives of a Longtime Object of Literary Desire

By Janet Todd | March 19, 2025

Robert Macfarlane on the Beauty and Urgency of Nan Shepherd’s <em>The Living Mountain</em>

Robert Macfarlane on the Beauty and Urgency of Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain

In Praise of the Scottish Author’s Poetic, Universalist Parochialism

By Robert Macfarlane | March 19, 2025

Catharsis, Harpies, Harmatia, and More: Natasha Pulley on Her Favorite Greek Words

Catharsis, Harpies, Harmatia, and More: Natasha Pulley on Her Favorite Greek Words

The Author of “Hymn to Dionysus” Explores a Linguistic Venn Diagram of Meaning

By Natasha Pulley | March 19, 2025

Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Why She Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Why She Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”

From the Penguin Classics Collection “Twelve Stories by American Women”

By Literary Hub | March 19, 2025

The First Step in the Writing Process: Be Kind to Yourself

The First Step in the Writing Process: Be Kind to Yourself

Marcy Dermansky on the Different Paths, Practices and Strategies to a Complete Draft

By Marcy Dermansky | March 19, 2025

What the Work of Literary Production Reveals About the Resonance of History

What the Work of Literary Production Reveals About the Resonance of History

Stuart Nadler: “The work is everything, and the work is heartbreaking.”

By Stuart Nadler | March 19, 2025

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How Interviewing Celebrities Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

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Xhenet Aliu on Remembering Why We Write in the First Place

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Kristen Arnett! Amy Shearn! Emma Donoghue! 25 new books out today.

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