• Craft and Advice

    The Craft of Writing

    Jessie Gaynor on Finding the Why

    By Jessie Gaynor  June 23, 2023
    On Translation

    What Vera Mutafchieva’s The Case of Cem Tells Us About Europe’s Past and Present

    By Angela Rodel  June 23, 2023
    On Writing

    Winnie Li on Finding That Elusive Thing: A Perfect Writing Space

    By Winnie M. Li  June 23, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jacinda Townsend on Why Democrats Are Skeptical of President Biden—and How He Can Win Them Back

    By Fiction Non Fiction  June 22, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Keziah Weir on the Women Behind Great Literary Men and Guessing Other People’s Intentions

    By The Maris Review  June 22, 2023
    On Poetry

    Matt Mitchell on Writing Love Poems for Himself and For Others

    By Hanif Abdurraqib  June 22, 2023
    Women's History

    How Audrey Clare Farley Rewrote the Story of the Genain Quadruplets

    By Audrey Clare Farley  June 22, 2023
    Behind the novel

    How Taylor Swift Saved My Writing

    By Ethan Joella  June 21, 2023
    Write-minded

    N.D. Jones on Leveraging Your “Why”

    By Write-minded   June 21, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lorrie Moore: Writing’s Natural Place is As a Passionate Side Hustle

    By Literary Hub  June 20, 2023
    Life Advice for Book Lovers

    What to Do If Your House is Overflowing with Books

    By Emily Grosvenor  June 20, 2023
    Character Development

    How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

    By Claudia Cravens  June 20, 2023
    Advice

    Writers Don’t Need to Suffer To Make Art

    By Haley Jakobson  June 20, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Grace E. Lavery: You Already Write How You Write, Just Give In.

    By Grace Lavery  June 16, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Helen Ellis on Writing About People You Know (in a Nice Way).

    By Helen Ellis  June 16, 2023
    Jane Austen

    A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

    By Sayantani DasGupta  June 16, 2023
    Writing About War

    Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

    By Mirinae Lee  June 16, 2023
    Artists in Conversation

    An Interdisciplinary Friendship: Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim in Conversation

    By Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim  June 16, 2023
    The Hub

    Get a call or a critique from a high-powered agent AND do good in the world.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 15, 2023
    Climate Fiction

    How Writing About Climate Change Can Become a Form of Escapism

    By Deborah Willis  June 15, 2023
    Music Writing

    What 300 Hours of Interviewing Musicians Taught Chris Payne

    By Chris Payne  June 15, 2023
    Fairy Tales

    After Prince Charming: Why We Need Stories That Center Female Friendships

    By Salma El-Wardany  June 15, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Lights, Camera, White House: Matt Quirk on the Enduring Power of the West Wing in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Film

    By Fiction Non Fiction  June 15, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Mattie Lubchansky on Libertarianism and the Humongous Asterisk of Vegas

    By The Maris Review  June 15, 2023
    Rejection

    On the Joy of Literary Acceptance (and the Freedom of Rejection)

    By Amy Grace Loyd  June 14, 2023
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