• Craft and Advice

    In Conversation

    Pamela Painter on Reading’s Pleasures—and Badly Behaved Characters

    By Margot Livesey  November 24, 2020
    Literary History

    When Adrienne Rich Refused The National Book Award

    By Hilary Holladay  November 23, 2020
    On Craft

    The Uncertainty of the Future Has Made Storytellers of Us All

    By Nancy Star  November 23, 2020
    Diaries

    Writing and Parenting in the Pandemic Blur of
    Day to Day Life

    By Ellen O'Connell Whittet  November 23, 2020
    First Draft

    Yishai Sarid on the Haunting Questions That Propelled His New Book

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 23, 2020
    Reading Women

    Why the Video Game Scenes in Raven Leilani’s Luster Are So Important

    By Reading Women  November 20, 2020
    Storytelling

    Bill T. Jones on the Uneasy Liaison Between Storytellers and Listeners

    By Bill T. Jones  November 20, 2020
    Bookable

    Ayad Akhtar and Cathy Park Hong: Is the Personal
    Always Political?

    By Bookable   November 20, 2020
    On Race

    Read Walter Mosley’s Incredible Speech From Last Night’s National Book Awards

    By Walter Mosley  November 19, 2020
    The Maris Review

    Kiese Laymon on Walking Backwards to Explore the Now

    By The Maris Review  November 19, 2020
    Just the Right Book

    Ijeoma Oluo, Leslie Gray Streeter, and Jennifer Palmieri on Writing—and Thriving—in a World of Mediocre White Men

    By Just the Right Book   November 19, 2020
    Politics

    Government Security Clearance Isn’t Always Great for
    a Writing Career

    By James Stejskal  November 18, 2020
    Queer Lit

    The Limitless Future of Queer Fiction

    By Corinne Segal  November 18, 2020
    Craft

    A ‘How to Write’ Craft Syllabus From Non-White, Non-Cis Writers

    By Alex Lockwood  November 18, 2020
    Otherppl

    Kasey Thornton on the Power of Writing What You Know

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  November 18, 2020
    Debut Novels

    7 of the Year’s Best Debut Novelists on Their First
    Literary Loves

    By Literary Hub  November 17, 2020
    Essays

    On the Power of Essayistic Compression in Flash Nonfiction

    By Dinty W. Moore  November 16, 2020
    Sexual Assault

    When Your Memoir Has the Word ‘Rape’ in the Title

    By Michelle Bowdler  November 16, 2020
    First Draft

    Susan Minot: ‘Worship Is a Nicer Word than Obsession’

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 16, 2020
    Personal Essay

    Lily King on Writing the Novel She Needed 30 Years Ago

    By Lily King  November 13, 2020
    Material History

    A Toy, a Tool, a Piece of Art: Sarah Haas on What a Book Can Be

    By Sarah Haas  November 12, 2020
    Childhood

    Eudora Welty: How My Parents Built a Childhood of Books

    By Eudora Welty  November 12, 2020
    The Maris Review

    Diane Cook on Letting Her Characters Loose in the Wilderness

    By The Maris Review  November 12, 2020
    So Many Damn Books

    So Many Damn Short Stories with Lena Valencia

    By So Many Damn Books  November 12, 2020
    Otherppl

    Andrew Weatherhead on the Art (and Necessity) of Writing Collage

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  November 11, 2020
    Page 123 of 180

    • Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member: Because Books Matter

    For the past decade, Literary Hub has brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. But our future relies on you. In return for a donation, you’ll get an ad-free reading experience, exclusive editors’ picks, book giveaways, and our coveted Joan Didion Lit Hub tote bag. Most importantly, you’ll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving on the internet.

    Become a member for as low as $5/month

    Dismiss without supporting Lit Hub
    x