Tommy Orange on the Unconscious

Tommy Orange on the Unconscious

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Julia Phillips on the Writing Lessons of Fairy Tales

Julia Phillips on the Writing Lessons of Fairy Tales

"Close the circle—even if your characters suffer, your readers will remember it."

By Julia Phillips | June 28, 2024

Beauty in Discomfort: In Defense of the Trauma Narrative

Beauty in Discomfort: In Defense of the Trauma Narrative

Emily Usher on the Enduring Importance of Writing About Pain

By Emily Usher | June 28, 2024

Am the Literary Asshole For Wanting to Tell People Their Writing Sucks?

Am the Literary Asshole For Wanting to Tell People Their Writing Sucks?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | June 27, 2024

Akwaeke Emezi Doesn’t Outline Books and Waits for Their Cat to Sleep Before Writing

Akwaeke Emezi Doesn’t Outline Books and Waits for Their Cat to Sleep Before Writing

The Author of “Little Rot” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | June 27, 2024

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Alana Saab on Sharing a Mental Breakdown With Your Protagonist

By Alana Saab | June 26, 2024

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Christopher Chen on Jorge Luis Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”

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How Reading Grief Memoirs Helped Cody Delistraty Understand His Loss in New Ways

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Carina del Valle Schorske on Putting Rhythms into Prose

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In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | June 25, 2024

Why We All Should Have a “Good Art Friend”

Why We All Should Have a “Good Art Friend”

Rachel Zimmerman on an Invaluable Literary Friendship Cut Short By Cancer

By Rachel Zimmerman | June 25, 2024

Shze-Hui Tjoa on Her Debut Memoir

Shze-Hui Tjoa on Her Debut Memoir

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But — Live! At Exile in Bookville in Chicago!

By I'm a Writer But | June 25, 2024

The Literary Power of Hobbits: How JRR Tolkien Shaped Modern Fantasy

The Literary Power of Hobbits: How JRR Tolkien Shaped Modern Fantasy

Verlyn Flieger on the Late Addition of Tolkien's Most Iconic Characters

By Verlyn Flieger | June 24, 2024

Coffee, Booze, Undressing, Deprivation: How Writers Get in the Mood to Write

Coffee, Booze, Undressing, Deprivation: How Writers Get in the Mood to Write

Caitlin Shetterly on Some Famous Attempts to Beat Writers' Block and What Finally Worked for Her

By Caitlin Shetterly | June 24, 2024

Lauren Camp on Exploring the Dark

Lauren Camp on Exploring the Dark

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Shze-Hui Tjoa on Breaking New Ground in Memoir

Shze-Hui Tjoa on Breaking New Ground in Memoir

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

By Memoir Nation | June 24, 2024

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