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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

Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Writing to Champion People and Causes

Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Writing to Champion People and Causes

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

By Memoir Nation | October 15, 2024

Mark Haber on the Beauty of Digression

Mark Haber on the Beauty of Digression

"I want the words to erupt, the sentences to flower and the ideas to go places I hadn’t expected."

By Mark Haber | October 11, 2024

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Choreographing Shows and Scenes: What Dance Can Teach Fiction Writers

By Shelley Noble | October 11, 2024

Text to Speech Troubles: Why Writers Don’t Always Make the Best Speakers

By Kate Greathead | October 10, 2024

Terry J. Benton-Walker and Sarah Henning on Writing Scary Stories for Kids

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | October 9, 2024

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

Debra Nystrom on the Power of Personal Story Alongside Objective Study

By Debra Nystrom | October 9, 2024

Secrets of Los Alamos: How Family Stories Can Help Inform Historical Fiction

Secrets of Los Alamos: How Family Stories Can Help Inform Historical Fiction

Rachel Robbins Considers the Roles of Fact, History and Memory in Storytelling

By Rachel Robbins | October 9, 2024

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

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

Featuring Charles Bock, Mike Fu, Kate Greathead, and More

By Teddy Wayne | October 8, 2024

Luis Jaramillo on Creating a Multigenerational Speculative Story of the Borderlands

Luis Jaramillo on Creating a Multigenerational Speculative Story of the Borderlands

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Witches of El Paso”

By Jane Ciabattari | October 8, 2024

On the Environmental and Philosophical Factors Behind Literary Creation

On the Environmental and Philosophical Factors Behind Literary Creation

Steve Wasserman Deconstructs the “Writer’s Space”

By Steve Wasserman | October 7, 2024

On the Remarkable Legacy of Lewis Lapham

On the Remarkable Legacy of Lewis Lapham

Elias Altman Remembers His Boss' Advice on Writing, Editing, and When a Deal's a Deal

By Elias Altman | October 7, 2024

Richard Powers on Catching Up with the Unconscious

Richard Powers on Catching Up with the Unconscious

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 7, 2024

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