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Julie Sedivy on Amplifying the Pleasure of Language

Julie Sedivy on Amplifying the Pleasure of Language

“I feel an extra jolt of delight when I read a sentence that achieves something out of the ordinary.”

By Julie Sedivy | October 25, 2024

Portal to a Forgotten Land: Finding Your Character’s Voice In Old Diaries

Portal to a Forgotten Land: Finding Your Character’s Voice In Old Diaries

Tyler Wetherall on Channeling Her Memories of Girlhood Through Fiction

By Tyler Wetherall | October 23, 2024

Kemi Ashing-Giwa and CJ Leede on Scaring and Being Scared

Kemi Ashing-Giwa and CJ Leede on Scaring and Being Scared

In Conversation with Drew Broussard

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | October 23, 2024

Charles Baxter Lets Stories Tell Him When It’s Time to Write (and Other Literary Morsels)

Charles Baxter Lets Stories Tell Him When It’s Time to Write (and Other Literary Morsels)

The Author of “Blood Test” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | October 22, 2024

Joshua Mohr on Writing a Genre-Blending Post-Modern Punk Rock Saga

Joshua Mohr on Writing a Genre-Blending Post-Modern Punk Rock Saga

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Saint the Terrifying”

By Jane Ciabattari | October 22, 2024

Elif Shafak on the Power of Literature and Being a Writer in the “Age of Angst”

Elif Shafak on the Power of Literature and Being a Writer in the “Age of Angst”

“The literary mind cannot be isolationist.”

By Elif Shafak | October 22, 2024

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The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

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Edwidge Danticat on Beginnings

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Michael Castleman on Optimism and Pessimism in Book Publishing

By Memoir Nation | October 21, 2024

Rebecca Nagle on Craft Lessons from (a Different Kind of) Crafting

Rebecca Nagle on Craft Lessons from (a Different Kind of) Crafting

“I care more about being a good editor than being a good writer.”

By Rebecca Nagle | October 18, 2024

Correcting for the Male Gaze: On the Unique Challenges of Writing Biographies of Women

Correcting for the Male Gaze: On the Unique Challenges of Writing Biographies of Women

How Iris Jamahl Dunkle Found the Fuller Story of the Life of Sanora Babb

By Iris Jamahl Dunkle | October 17, 2024

It Bugs Me That My Friend Claims to Be a Writer But Never Writes: Am I the Literary Asshole?

It Bugs Me That My Friend Claims to Be a Writer But Never Writes: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 17, 2024

To Fund, or Not to Fund: On Redefining What Type of Work Is Grant-Worthy

To Fund, or Not to Fund: On Redefining What Type of Work Is Grant-Worthy

Marian Crotty Shares How Her Queer Fiction Was Shaped by a Research Trip to South Dakota

By Marian Crotty | October 17, 2024

No Human Is An Island: On Fiction As a Way of Connecting Across Difference

No Human Is An Island: On Fiction As a Way of Connecting Across Difference

John Larison Considers the Importance and Responsibility of Writing “the Other”

By John Larison | October 16, 2024

“A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing <em>Broke Heart Blues</em>

“A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing Broke Heart Blues

“In rereading, I feel a clutch of the heart, and tears starting in my eyes.”

By Joyce Carol Oates | October 15, 2024

Elizabeth Strout on Complicated People

Elizabeth Strout on Complicated People

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 15, 2024

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