Edith Wharton on How to Write a Vivid First Line

Edith Wharton on How to Write a Vivid First Line

"[It] should be something more than a trick."

By Edith Wharton | March 11, 2022

Austin Kleon Looks Back on the Creation of <em>Steal Like an Artist</em>, Ten Years Later

Austin Kleon Looks Back on the Creation of Steal Like an Artist, Ten Years Later

When the What-Ifs Become Real

By Austin Kleon | March 11, 2022

Ten Percent Space Opera, Ninety Percent Family Drama: Mike Chen on Using Sci-Fi to its Fullest Capacity

Ten Percent Space Opera, Ninety Percent Family Drama: Mike Chen on Using Sci-Fi to its Fullest Capacity

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | March 11, 2022

Tom Sleigh on Translating War Zone Experiences into Poetry

Tom Sleigh on Translating War Zone Experiences into Poetry

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | March 11, 2022

Alejandro Zambra on Writing Two Books in One

Alejandro Zambra on Writing Two Books in One

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | March 10, 2022

How an Argument Over <em>The Hobbit</em> Inspired Marlon James’s Dark Star Trilogy

How an Argument Over The Hobbit Inspired Marlon James’s Dark Star Trilogy

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | March 10, 2022

Best Reviewed
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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

John Keene on Punks, Elegies, and the Heroics of Survival

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 10, 2022

Transformation and Precision: On Writing Dreams

By Corinne Hoex | March 10, 2022

What Does it Look Like to Decenter Whiteness in Fiction?

By Kasim Ali | March 10, 2022

WATCH: Rebecca Mead and Jia Tolentino on Identity, Nationality, and Inheritance

WATCH: Rebecca Mead and Jia Tolentino on Identity, Nationality, and Inheritance

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | March 10, 2022

What Makes a Great Opening Line?

What Makes a Great Opening Line?

Allegra Hyde Considers Love at First Sentence

By Allegra Hyde | March 9, 2022

How Trees Helped Ben Okri To Write His New Children’s Book

How Trees Helped Ben Okri To Write His New Children’s Book

“As the story grew, I felt the need for nature.”

By Ben Okri | March 9, 2022

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Amanda Pellegrino on Writing for TV Versus Writing a Novel

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Amanda Pellegrino on Writing for TV Versus Writing a Novel

"Writing a TV show is a team sport from day one."

By Amanda Pellegrino | March 8, 2022

Imagining the Many Futures—and Complex Humanity—of the Archetypal Missing Girl

Imagining the Many Futures—and Complex Humanity—of the Archetypal Missing Girl

Erin Kate Ryan on the Real Person Behind the Missingness

By Erin Kate Ryan | March 8, 2022

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

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

Featuring Kathryn Davis, Maud Newton, and More!

By Teddy Wayne | March 8, 2022

“Dare to Love Anyway, Even if We Are Also Deeply Fucked.” A Conversation with Sara Lippmann

“Dare to Love Anyway, Even if We Are Also Deeply Fucked.” A Conversation with Sara Lippmann

This Week from I'm a Writer But with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter

By I'm a Writer But | March 8, 2022

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