Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel <em>Bel Canto</em> Twenty Years Later

Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel Bel Canto Twenty Years Later

“Through annotation, I saw patterns in the book I’d scarcely been aware of...”

By Ann Patchett | November 11, 2024

On Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

On Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

Julian Zabalbeascoa Explores His Family’s Experience of the Spanish Civil War Through Fiction

By Julian Zabalbeascoa | November 11, 2024

Kathryn Davis Couldn’t Live Without Musicals and Writes Fiction Like a Piano Player (and Other Tidbits)

Kathryn Davis Couldn’t Live Without Musicals and Writes Fiction Like a Piano Player (and Other Tidbits)

The Author of “Versailles” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | November 11, 2024

On Poetry as Historical Record, the Legacy of Colonialism, and Depicting Disaster in Verse

On Poetry as Historical Record, the Legacy of Colonialism, and Depicting Disaster in Verse

Dorsía Silva Smith in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | November 11, 2024

Megan Pinto on Moving With Language

Megan Pinto on Moving With Language

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 11, 2024

Elizabeth Rosner on Listening

Elizabeth Rosner on Listening

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

By Memoir Nation | November 11, 2024

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In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

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Tracy O'Neill on Interpretation

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Barbara Ridley on Centering Marginalized Characters in Your Fiction

Barbara Ridley on Centering Marginalized Characters in Your Fiction

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Leonard Cassuto on Taking Care of Your Reader

Leonard Cassuto on Taking Care of Your Reader

“As Simone Weil put it: ‘Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.’”

By Leonard Cassuto | November 1, 2024

I Really Want to Call Out My Friend For Bragging About How Much YA She Reads: Am I the Literary Asshole?

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Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 31, 2024

Charles Baxter on the Realm of Possibility

Charles Baxter on the Realm of Possibility

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 28, 2024

Edwidge Danticat on Being Fascinated and Daunted

Edwidge Danticat on Being Fascinated and Daunted

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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

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