Jhumpa Lahiri on Michael F. Moore’s Translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s <em>The Betrothed</em>

Jhumpa Lahiri on Michael F. Moore’s Translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed

“The fruit of the union between an author and a translator is what enables literature to proliferate and seduce readers.”

By Jhumpa Lahiri | September 13, 2022

Was It Ever Possible For One Person To Read Every Book Ever Written (in English)?

Was It Ever Possible For One Person To Read Every Book Ever Written (in English)?

Randall Munroe Provides a Serious Answer To a Very Hypothetical Literary Question

By Randall Munroe | September 13, 2022

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

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

Featuring A.M. Homes, Hua Hsu, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, and More!

By Teddy Wayne | September 13, 2022

Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

“The greatest poems demand change. Maybe we need to change to meet them.”

By Matthew Zapruder | September 13, 2022

Ling Ma on Patterns of Return and the Ways Speculative Fiction Helps Illuminate Real Life

Ling Ma on Patterns of Return and the Ways Speculative Fiction Helps Illuminate Real Life

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Bliss Montage

By Jane Ciabattari | September 13, 2022

Chantal V. Johnson on Letting the Reader Be Smarter Than Her Character

Chantal V. Johnson on Letting the Reader Be Smarter Than Her Character

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

By I'm a Writer But | September 13, 2022

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“I hunt and fish because it helps my writing.” Some Very Specific Writing Advice from Jim Harrison

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Five Writers on How Writing with Creative Constraints Unlocked Their Projects

Five Writers on How Writing with Creative Constraints Unlocked Their Projects

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On Muriel Spark’s Complicated Balancing of Writing and Motherhood

On Muriel Spark’s Complicated Balancing of Writing and Motherhood

Begoña Gómez Urzaiz Considers the Competing Demands of Career and Childcare

By Begoña Gómez Urzaiz | September 12, 2022

Read Some of Annette Dauphin Simon’s Book Spine Poetry

Read Some of Annette Dauphin Simon’s Book Spine Poetry

What Happens When You Read a Bookshelf?

By Annette Dauphin Simon | September 12, 2022

Carlos Allende: How to Make Stories More Compelling

Carlos Allende: How to Make Stories More Compelling

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 12, 2022

Here We Go Again: <em>The Rings of Power</em> Gives Us Yet Another Abdicated Royal

Here We Go Again: The Rings of Power Gives Us Yet Another Abdicated Royal

Tolkien Devotee Jenna Kass and Fantasy Philistine Dylan Roth Recap Episode 3

By Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth | September 9, 2022

Streaming Autofiction: On Nathan Fielder’s Search for Authenticity in <em>The Rehearsal</em>

Streaming Autofiction: On Nathan Fielder’s Search for Authenticity in The Rehearsal

Yurina Yoshikawa Places the HBO Series in Context with Its Literary Predecessors

By Yurina Yoshikawa | September 9, 2022

Rabih Alameddine on Only Writing When You Have Something to Say

Rabih Alameddine on Only Writing When You Have Something to Say

Or, an Ode to Re-Reading Books and Being a Lazy Bum

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2022

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