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Dwyer Murphy Explains How to Build a House (in Your Novel)

Dwyer Murphy Explains How to Build a House (in Your Novel)

“I needed to know about houses—big and rambling houses, and how they alter people.”

By Dwyer Murphy | May 16, 2025

I Refuse to Support My Friend’s Crappy Self-Published Novel: Am I the Asshole?

I Refuse to Support My Friend’s Crappy Self-Published Novel: Am I the Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 15, 2025

Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books

Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books

The Author of “Returning to My Father’s Kitchen” Recalls Visiting Book Markets in the Philippines

By Monica Macansantos | May 15, 2025

Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

Ling Ling Huang on the Importance of Keeping True to Your Own Thoughts

By Ling Ling Huang | May 14, 2025

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Lincoln Michel Recommends Alejandro Zambra, Renee Gladman, Percival Everett and More

By Lincoln Michel | May 13, 2025

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

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

Featuring Lincoln Michel, Susanna Kwan, Domenica Ruta and More

By Teddy Wayne | May 13, 2025

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Nicole Graev Lipson on Self as a Fictional Character

Nicole Graev Lipson on Self as a Fictional Character

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Craig Mod on the Creative Power of Walking

Craig Mod on the Creative Power of Walking

“From this boredom, words flow. I can’t stop them.”

By Craig Mod | May 9, 2025

Friend, Foe, Family, Stranger: Fourteen Books on Black Motherhood by Black Daughters

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By Tramaine Suubi | May 9, 2025

Locked in Rapunzel’s Tower: Reflections on the Art Monster and Women’s Loneliness

Locked in Rapunzel’s Tower: Reflections on the Art Monster and Women’s Loneliness

Amie Souza Reilly Reimagines the Fairytale’s Sorceress, Surrealism, and Motherhood

By Amie Souza Reilly | May 9, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Jennifer Hope Choi Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Jennifer Hope Choi Is Reading Now, and Next

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By Diana Arterian | May 8, 2025

Literary Alchemy: On Fusing Research and Film Techniques to Write a Novel

Literary Alchemy: On Fusing Research and Film Techniques to Write a Novel

How Mo Ogrodnik Depicts Violence Against Women from Multiple Perspectives

By Mo Ogrodnik | May 8, 2025

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