On Memory’s Ghosts and the Search for the Perfect Writing Space

On Memory’s Ghosts and the Search for the Perfect Writing Space

Karen Salyer McElmurray: “Some days in my writing room, I really can hear my own breath.”

By Karen Salyer McElmurray | September 12, 2024

Why Aimie K. Runyan Spent Her First Literary Paycheck on a Coffee Mug

Why Aimie K. Runyan Spent Her First Literary Paycheck on a Coffee Mug

The Author of “Mademoiselle Eiffel” Reflects on the Self-Gift From Her Book Advance that Keeps Her Going

By Aimie K. Runyan | September 11, 2024

Finding the Strangeness in the Everyday: A Conversation With Srikanth Reddy

Finding the Strangeness in the Everyday: A Conversation With Srikanth Reddy

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of “Underworld Lit”

By Peter Mishler | September 11, 2024

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Reading Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

By Emily Temple | September 10, 2024

Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s <em>Waiting</em> and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s Waiting and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Rachel Khong: “We can’t help but wonder about the arbitrary demands and strictures placed on these individuals: What was it all for?”

By Rachel Khong | September 10, 2024

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

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

Featuring Devika Rege, Carolyn Jack, Matthew Davis and More

By Teddy Wayne | September 10, 2024

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Richard Mirabella on Blood Ties

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Modern Gun Ownership is Just Another Consumer Fantasy About Empowerment

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Anna Marie Tendler on Self-Doubt, Hospitals, and Living on Her Own Terms

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Silence is Power: Sara Nović on Joanne Greenberg’s <em>In This Sign</em>

Silence is Power: Sara Nović on Joanne Greenberg’s In This Sign

“The quietness... forces readers to reckon with the intricacies of deaf people as people.”

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Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

The Author of “Tablets: Secrets of the Clay” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2024

Brontez Purnell on Staying Unclassifiable

Brontez Purnell on Staying Unclassifiable

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

By Memoir Nation | September 9, 2024

Jessica Shattuck on Idealism, Aging, and Outlines

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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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 Rachel Kushner, Garth Greenwell, Weimar Germany, and More

By Book Marks | September 6, 2024

Six Writers on Getting Words on the Page

Six Writers on Getting Words on the Page

In Which There’s No Wrong Way to Write a Book

By Literary Hub | September 6, 2024

What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

Sara Fitzgerald on Unrequited Love and a Recently Declassified Epistolary Correspondence

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