The Literary Favor Economy: In Praise of the Oft-Maligned Book Blurb

The Literary Favor Economy: In Praise of the Oft-Maligned Book Blurb

Ada Calhoun on Finding Community as a Professional Writer

By Ada Calhoun | February 25, 2025

Non-Canon Compliant: In Praise of Classic Lit Fan Fiction

Non-Canon Compliant: In Praise of Classic Lit Fan Fiction

Allison Epstein Explores the Benefits of Creating Your Own Version of a Canonical Mainstay

By Allison Epstein | February 25, 2025

Want to Write Better Fiction? Break Seven Ribs

Want to Write Better Fiction? Break Seven Ribs

Jane Pek on Exploring the Passage of Time on the Page and in Real Life While Recovering From Injury

By Jane Pek | February 24, 2025

Paul Lisicky on Joni Mitchell, Anti-Memoirs, and How Songwriting Influences His Nonfiction

Paul Lisicky on Joni Mitchell, Anti-Memoirs, and How Songwriting Influences His Nonfiction

The Author of “Song So Wild and Blue” in Conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg

By Emma Copley Eisenberg | February 24, 2025

Just a Little Blip: A Conversation with Sheila Heti

Just a Little Blip: A Conversation with Sheila Heti

Fiona Warnick Talks to the Author of “Alphabetical Diaries” About AI, Writing for Children, and the Negotiation of Public and Private Selves

By Fiona Warnick | February 24, 2025

Elaine Equi on Blankness, Condensing Verse, and the Joy of Writing Short Poems

Elaine Equi on Blankness, Condensing Verse, and the Joy of Writing Short Poems

The Author of “Out of the Blank” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | February 24, 2025

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Paul Theroux on His Ideal Reader

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Jean Kwok on Infusing Mystery into Literary Fiction

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Eric Puchner: How to Be Funny When Writing a Novel

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Clinging to an Ardent Hope: Eli Zuzovsky on Film, Selfhood, and Being an Israeli Writer Today

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Neel Mukherjee in Conversation with the Author of "Mazeltov"

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Am I the Literary Asshole for Thinking All Book Covers Look the Same?

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Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

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Inky and Determined: In Praise of Writers Who Self-Publish

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Lewis Buzbee on the Benefits of Taking Book Production Into Your Own Hands

By Lewis Buzbee | February 20, 2025

How Walking Shaped Simone and Hélène de Beauvoir's Art and Thought

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Annabel Abbs-Streets on the Idiosyncratic Way the Beauvoirs Hiked Through the World

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How the Kremlin’s Truly Epic Adaptation of <em>War and Peace</em> Helped Me Write a Novel

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Elyse Durham on Sergei Bondarchuk’s Seven-Hour Cinematic Classic

By Elyse Durham | February 19, 2025

Novelists, Trust Me: You Can Really Learn a Lot About Storytelling From Video Games Like <em>Elden Ring</em>

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Nick Newman Considers the Act of Writing as a Form of (Game) Play

By Nick Newman | February 19, 2025

What My Father’s Emails Taught Me About the Craft of Writing

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Emily J. Smith: “If my voice was anything, it was the shadow of his.”

By Emily J. Smith | February 19, 2025

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