Emma Donoghue on Populating Historical Fiction

Emma Donoghue on Populating Historical Fiction

“Instead of a permanent policy on how true my fictions need to be, I negotiate a set of rules with myself for each particular project.”

By Emma Donoghue | November 7, 2025

Contract Questions and Adapting Thornton Wilder on The Lit Hub Podcast

Contract Questions and Adapting Thornton Wilder on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Ethan Lipton, Jeremy McCarter, Aron Solomon, Drew Broussard, and a phone call from n+1's Dayna Totorici

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Dorothea Lasky Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Dorothea Lasky Is Reading Now, and Next

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How I Came to Know My Cuban Grandfather Through Archival Research

How I Came to Know My Cuban Grandfather Through Archival Research

Elena Sheppard: "I saw quickly and clearly that in many ways our minds were stuck in the same loops."

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A Different Side of the Self: On Finding Freedom By Telling My Story in English

A Different Side of the Self: On Finding Freedom By Telling My Story in English

Atash Yaghmaian: “In English, I’m just someone—free, unclaimed, and therefore, for the first time, self-defined.”

By Atash Yaghmaian | November 6, 2025

What Happened to My Political Novel When I Resisted Satire and Leaned Into Idealism

What Happened to My Political Novel When I Resisted Satire and Leaned Into Idealism

How Brian Schaefer‘s Town & Country Went From Snarky to Sincere

By Brian Schaefer | November 5, 2025

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Jodi-Ann Burey on Speechwriting, Authenticity, and Adapting Her TED Talk into a Book

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The Epiphany in the Ordinary: A Conversation With Teju Cole

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E. Jean Carroll on Writing on Trial

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Happy Halloween from <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

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Reading Anne Sexton’s Rejected Horror Stories

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Catherine Newman on the Humor of the Unexpected

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