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Philip Pullman on Children's Literature and the Critics Who Disdain It

Philip Pullman on Children's Literature and the Critics Who Disdain It

Don't Let Anyone Tell You What You Should or Should Not Be Reading

By Philip Pullman | October 8, 2019

The Lives of the Editors, from Big Press to Indie

The Lives of the Editors, from Big Press to Indie

With Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 3, 2019

Why Newspaper

Why Newspaper "Scoops" Don't Work in Narrative Nonfiction

Steve Luxenberg on Journalism Versus Storytelling

By Steve Luxenberg | October 1, 2019

Why Give a Rapist a Voice?

Why Give a Rapist a Voice?

Jeannie Vanasco on Writing the Character of Her Abuser

By Jeannie Vanasco | October 1, 2019

Anthony Doerr on Throwing Out All the Rules for Writing a Short Story

Anthony Doerr on Throwing Out All the Rules for Writing a Short Story

“Wait, dog point of view wasn’t allowed?”

By Anthony Doerr | September 30, 2019

The Three Words That Almost Ruined Me As a Writer: 'Show, Don't Tell'

The Three Words That Almost Ruined Me As a Writer: 'Show, Don't Tell'

Sonya Huber: "Tell. Tell me everything."

By Sonya Huber | September 27, 2019

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Grown Ups Were Getting on Her Nerves, so Rivka Galchen Wrote a Kids' Book

By Rivka Galchen | September 25, 2019

Writing As Therapy: My Year of Teaching in the Locked Ward

By Ayelet Gundar-Goshen | September 25, 2019

On the Famous Photograph of My Late Uncle That Inspired a Collection

By Jake Skeets | September 24, 2019

Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Kate Angus on the Importance of Fallow Periods

By Kate Angus | September 24, 2019

Jim Shepard on Why We Still Need Literary Journals

Jim Shepard on Why We Still Need Literary Journals

Thank God for the Small Magazines

By Jim Shepard | September 19, 2019

Kevin Barry on the Need to Sustain Our Literature

Kevin Barry on the Need to Sustain Our Literature

5 Questions for the Author of Night Boat to Tangier

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2019

The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

Kassandra Montag on Learning to Write Blunt, Unabashed Characters

By Kassandra Montag | September 13, 2019

Emma Donoghue on <em>Hamilton</em>, Writer's Block, and Giving Up on <em>War and Peace</em>

Emma Donoghue on Hamilton, Writer's Block, and Giving Up on War and Peace

5 Questions for the Author of Room and Akin

By Literary Hub | September 11, 2019

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

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

Jennifer Croft, Angie Cruz, Alan Lightman and More Take the
Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Teddy Wayne | September 10, 2019

Just Because Walt Whitman Self-Published, Doesn't Mean You Should, Too

Just Because Walt Whitman Self-Published, Doesn't Mean You Should, Too

On Self-Publishing, Vanity, and the Need of a Good Editor

By Nick Ripatrazone | September 9, 2019

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