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Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
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Kristen Arnett
| January 23, 2025
The Shape of a Story: On Losing (and Finding) the Plot of Your Novel
Emma Knight: “As the character in this story, I’ve evolved at least to this extent: it’s no longer plot I’m afraid of.”
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Emma Knight
| January 23, 2025
Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction
The Author of “Too Soon” Considers Her Novel in Relation to Etaf Rum, Hala Alyan, and the Politics of Influence
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Betty Samieh
| January 22, 2025
“When I Quit Drinking I Quit Writing.” Matthew Nienow on Stumbling Back Into Poetic Vulnerability
“I wrote into that darkness because that kind of honesty was the only thing that felt right.”
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Matthew Nienow
| January 22, 2025
Adrian Matejka and Austin Araujo Are “Whole-Neighborhood” Poets
In Conversation with Lena Crown on Awakeners
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awakeners
| January 22, 2025
Trump 2.0: What the Book World Should Do Now
An Essay Series by Josh Cook on How We Should Respond to the New Administration
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Josh Cook
| January 21, 2025
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Sara Sligar on Modernizing an 18th-Century Literary Cult Classic
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Jane Ciabattari
| January 21, 2025
Lee Wind on Creating the Heroes You Want to See in the World
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Memoir Nation
| January 21, 2025
David Wroblewski on Writing by Brute Force
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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
| January 21, 2025
Erika Swyler on Worldbuilding as Set Design
“Remember that every bit of worldbuilding that makes it to the page adds to the set, and stage space is limited.”
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Erika Swyler
| January 17, 2025
How to Talk About Your Own Book
Maris Kreizman’s Advice (to Herself) on Self-Promotion
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Maris Kreizman
| January 16, 2025
The Annotated Nightstand: What Aria Aber Is Reading Now, and Next
Featuring Han Kang, Isabella Hammad, Alice Notley, and Others
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Diana Arterian
| January 16, 2025
The Danger of Lowering Your Heart’s Volume: On the Writing of Ross Gay and Amy Leach
Criticism by Jane Zwart, From the Latest Issue of “Image” Magazine
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Jane Zwart
| January 15, 2025
My Cherished Friend, My Cursed Rival: On the Perils of Literary Envy
Layne Fargo Explores the Power of Celebrating Others' Literary Success (and Why Their Success Is Also Yours)
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Layne Fargo
| January 15, 2025
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.”
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Maria Zoccola
| January 14, 2025
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers
Featuring Pico Iyer, Karissa Chen, Betty Shamieh and More
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Teddy Wayne
| January 14, 2025
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