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From Ancient Troy to 1990s Tennessee: Maria Zoccola on Creating an Afterlife For Homer’s Helen

From Ancient Troy to 1990s Tennessee: Maria Zoccola on Creating an Afterlife For Homer’s Helen

“We’re raising eidolons, real and not-real, tales that move and breathe and stand side by side, speaking Troy into the future.”

By Maria Zoccola | January 14, 2025

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

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

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By Teddy Wayne | January 14, 2025

In Defense of the Messy Queers: Why “Good” Representation Isn”t Enough

In Defense of the Messy Queers: Why “Good” Representation Isn”t Enough

For Edward Underhill, “The fullness of life comes from the struggle.”

By Edward Underhill | January 14, 2025

Danielle Legros Georges on Docupoetics, the Nuances of Haiti, and Letter-Writing as Poetry

Danielle Legros Georges on Docupoetics, the Nuances of Haiti, and Letter-Writing as Poetry

The “Author of Three Leaves, Three Roots: Poems on the Haiti–Congo” Story in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | January 13, 2025

Paolo Bacigalupi on Building Worlds

Paolo Bacigalupi on Building Worlds

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Susan Lieu on Not Letting the Past Stay in the Past

Susan Lieu on Not Letting the Past Stay in the Past

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By Memoir Nation | January 13, 2025

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Adam Haslett on the Uses of Doubt

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I Want to Write About This Jerk Who Ghosted Me: Am I the Literary Asshole?

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What Will You Save When the Climate Crisis Comes For You?

By Eiren Caffall | January 8, 2025

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From the Wakefield Twins to Claudia Kishi: How We See and Don’t See Ourselves in What We Read

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It’s Not My Job to Understand Agents or the Marketplace. My Job is to Write.

It’s Not My Job to Understand Agents or the Marketplace. My Job is to Write.

Kevin Maloney on Henry David Thoreau, Kurt Vonnegut, and Rewriting His Life Story Across Multiple Books

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Bylines and Big Edits: How a Career in Journalism Taught Elizabeth Harris the Techniques of Fiction

Bylines and Big Edits: How a Career in Journalism Taught Elizabeth Harris the Techniques of Fiction

The Author of "How to Sleep at Night" on Revising, Writerly Advice, and Making People Very Mad

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Amitava Kumar and Claire Messud on Literary Friendship

Amitava Kumar and Claire Messud on Literary Friendship

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Forrest Gander on the Poem as Novel

Forrest Gander on the Poem as Novel

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By Memoir Nation | January 6, 2025

Boyce Upholt on Finding Hope in Dark Times

Boyce Upholt on Finding Hope in Dark Times

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The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024

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