Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Benjamin Hale Remembers His Literary Mentor

By Benjamin Hale | June 23, 2025

Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

Brendan O’Meara Offers Some Advice to Writers and Journalists Seeking to Go Beyond the Sanitized

By Brendan O’Meara | June 23, 2025

How <em>Sex and the City</em> Exemplifies Late 20th-Century Feminist Despair

How Sex and the City Exemplifies Late 20th-Century Feminist Despair

Alice Bolin on the Possibilities and Pitfalls of Gender Relations Amidst Women’s Ongoing Struggle For Sexual Autonomy

By Alice Bolin | June 23, 2025

Diana Arterian on Agrippina the Younger, Writing Historical Women, and Poetry as Liberty

Diana Arterian on Agrippina the Younger, Writing Historical Women, and Poetry as Liberty

The Author of “Agrippina the Younger” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | June 23, 2025

Lori Ostlund on Finding Endings

Lori Ostlund on Finding Endings

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 23, 2025

Jennifer Croft on Illustrations and Photos in Memoir

Jennifer Croft on Illustrations and Photos in Memoir

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | June 23, 2025

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On Egypt’s Unjust Incarceration of the Writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, and the Hunger Strike of Dr. Laila Soueif

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Kate McKean on the Nuts and Bolts of the Query Letter

Kate McKean on the Nuts and Bolts of the Query Letter

Or, How to Do a Lot in a Little Space

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On the Lit Hub Podcast: Book Bans in Llano County and Community Supported Lit Mags

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featuring Leila Green Little, Anthony Aycock, Benjamin Davis, and Drew Broussard

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

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How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott Explore the Reasoning Behind Some Very Well Known Pseudonyms

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How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

John Birdsall on the Unconventional, Trailblazing Existence of an Icon of Southern Cooking

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Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

Jane Smiley in Conversation with Susan Swan, Author of “Big Girls Don’t Cry”

By Jane Smiley | June 20, 2025

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