What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

What Do We Mean When We Say a Novel is Without Plot?

Rónán Hession on Writing a Reflective, Digressive, and Quiet Novel

By Rónán Hession | May 10, 2021

Why Elizabeth McCracken Loves Ventriloquism and Other Weird Show Business

Why Elizabeth McCracken Loves Ventriloquism and Other Weird Show Business

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on First Draft

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 10, 2021

Interview with a Journal: <em>The Point</em>

Interview with a Journal: The Point

Everything You Need to Know About the James Wood-Approved Magazine of Philosophical Writing

By Vanessa Willoughby | May 10, 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib on Censoring the Desires of Whiteness in Storytelling

Hanif Abdurraqib on Censoring the Desires of Whiteness in Storytelling

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | May 7, 2021

Interview with a Journal: <em>ZYZZYVA</em>

Interview with a Journal: ZYZZYVA

Everything You Need to Know About the San Francisco-Based Literary Journal

By Vanessa Willoughby | May 7, 2021

Elissa Washuta on the Questions that Animate an Essay

Elissa Washuta on the Questions that Animate an Essay

"I want to control everything, but the essay won’t let me."

By Elissa Washuta | May 7, 2021

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Writer’s Block? Maggie Shipstead Befriends It Instead of Fighting It

By Literary Hub | May 7, 2021

Deborah Lindsay Williams on Asking Better Questions About the Status Quo

By The Common | May 7, 2021

Greta Kelly on Beauty as Weaponry in The Frozen Crown

By New Books Network | May 7, 2021

My Boxing is Everything: On Trying to Punch Like Ernest Hemingway

My Boxing is Everything: On Trying to Punch Like Ernest Hemingway

Alison Dean Explores What It Means to Write, Drink, and
Fight to Feel Alive

By Alison Dean | May 6, 2021

When You’re the Target Audience for the Futurist Paintings of a Long-Dead Swedish Artist

When You’re the Target Audience for the Futurist Paintings of a Long-Dead Swedish Artist

Patrick Allington Can’t Stop Thinking About Hilma af Klint

By Patrick Allington | May 6, 2021

“Writers Write.” Laura Dave on Writerly Affirmations and Love for Nora Ephron

“Writers Write.” Laura Dave on Writerly Affirmations and Love for Nora Ephron

The Author of The Last Thing He Told Me Takes
the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 6, 2021

Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 6, 2021

Celia C. Peréz on Creating the Zines She Couldn’t Find in the 90s

Celia C. Peréz on Creating the Zines She Couldn’t Find in the 90s

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | May 6, 2021

Gina Nutt on the Creative Usefulness of Feeling Stuck

Gina Nutt on the Creative Usefulness of Feeling Stuck

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 6, 2021

All in the Timing: On Publishing a Novel Nine Years After Giving Up on It

All in the Timing: On Publishing a Novel Nine Years After Giving Up on It

Joy Lanzendorfer Considers Ambition, Failure, and Serendipity

By Joy Lanzendorfer | May 5, 2021

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