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I Don’t Want to Read Anymore: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Don’t Want to Read Anymore: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | December 4, 2024

Tired of Today’s Tech: Writing Historical Fiction in a Technocratic American Present

Tired of Today’s Tech: Writing Historical Fiction in a Technocratic American Present

John Brandon on Coming to Terms with Contemporary Settings, How Technology Shapes Plots, and America’s Current Malaise

By John Brandon | December 4, 2024

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

Anita Felicelli Offers Some Advice For Writers Looking to Blend the Dreamy and the Mundane

By Anita Felicelli | December 4, 2024

Method Writing: What Novelists Can Learn From Actors About Self-Expression

Method Writing: What Novelists Can Learn From Actors About Self-Expression

Eliza Moss on Channeling the Human Condition on the Page and the Stage

By Eliza Moss | December 4, 2024

Reading With My Past Self: A Year of Revisiting Books

Reading With My Past Self: A Year of Revisiting Books

Angela Baggetta on What She’s Learned From Rereading Old Favorites

By Angela Baggetta | December 3, 2024

Why We Need More Queer Sex in Climate Fiction; Or, on Rereading Rachel Carson

Why We Need More Queer Sex in Climate Fiction; Or, on Rereading Rachel Carson

Gabrielle Korn Explores Bodily Autonomy, Self-Censorship, and How Desire Shapes Our Writing

By Gabrielle Korn | December 3, 2024

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Anita Felicelli on Crafting a Collection of Existential Speculative Short Stories

By Jane Ciabattari | December 3, 2024

Rick Barot & Brian Teare Remind Each Other to Look Again

By awakeners | December 3, 2024

Gay Talese! Gabrielle Korn! Poets respond to Taylor Swift 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 3, 2024

Nayantara Roy on the “Badge of Honor” That Inspired Her Debut Novel

Nayantara Roy on the “Badge of Honor” That Inspired Her Debut Novel

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | December 3, 2024

Some of Our Favorite Poetry Collections of the Year

Some of Our Favorite Poetry Collections of the Year

Plus Seven Poetry Collections to Read This December

By David Woo | December 2, 2024

Jeannine Ouellette on Bringing Attention, Playfulness, and Surprise to Your Writing

Jeannine Ouellette on Bringing Attention, Playfulness, and Surprise to Your Writing

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | December 2, 2024

Writing Advice, Book Recommendations, and More from the Newest Literary MacArthur Fellows

Writing Advice, Book Recommendations, and More from the Newest Literary MacArthur Fellows

Jericho Brown, Ling Ma, Jason Reynolds, and Juan Felipe Herrera on the Writing Life

By Emily Temple | November 27, 2024

In Praise of the Literary and Social Subversions of George Gissing’s <em>The Odd Women</em>

In Praise of the Literary and Social Subversions of George Gissing’s The Odd Women

Merve Emre and Adam Dalva in Conversation About a New Edition of a Victorian Classic

By Literary Hub | November 27, 2024

Samina Ali on Writing Through the Fear

Samina Ali on Writing Through the Fear

“Why are aspiring writers convinced that ‘real’ writers don’t struggle?”

By Samina Ali | November 27, 2024

Orhan Pamuk! Birth control in America! A history of beer! 11 new books out today.

Orhan Pamuk! Birth control in America! A history of beer! 11 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 26, 2024

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