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Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 17, 2024

The Sound of C: On Giving a Voice to the Words of Others

The Sound of C: On Giving a Voice to the Words of Others

Lissa Soep Chronicles the Process of Creating an Emotionally Authentic Audiobook

By Lissa Soep | April 16, 2024

Brianna Pastor Had to Write About Her Grief and Shame to Begin Healing

Brianna Pastor Had to Write About Her Grief and Shame to Begin Healing

The Author of “Good Grief” on the Bittersweet Experience of Writing Her Poetry Collection

By Brianna Pastor | April 16, 2024

How To Write Egoless Prose, At Least For a Little While

How To Write Egoless Prose, At Least For a Little While

Steve Almond Offers Some Strategies to Help Make Writer’s Block Work For You

By Steve Almond | April 15, 2024

Julia Alvarez on Mortality

Julia Alvarez on Mortality

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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

John McMurtrie on the State of the Book Review

John McMurtrie on the State of the Book Review

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

By Memoir Nation | April 15, 2024

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By Emily Skaja | April 12, 2024

Busting Genre, in Style: Geoff Dyer on the Joy of Writing “Unpublishable” Books

By George Makari | April 11, 2024

Opa! It’s All Greek to Me! Subverting the Tropes of Greek Culture in Media

By Henriette Lazaridis | April 11, 2024

Against Journaling: Dennis Tang on the Joys of Not Writing It All Down

Against Journaling: Dennis Tang on the Joys of Not Writing It All Down

“Don’t be afraid of losing touch with the past. After all, you were there, living it.”

By Dennis Tang | April 11, 2024

Phil Jones on Why We Read Samuel Johnson

Phil Jones on Why We Read Samuel Johnson

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 11, 2024

Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

Philip Eil Considers the Potentially Sensitive Nature of Book Promotion

By Philip Eil | April 10, 2024

What Do You Get When You Cross the Contemporary Novel with Nature Writing?

What Do You Get When You Cross the Contemporary Novel with Nature Writing?

Fiona Williams on Using Every Literary Tool Available to Us

By Fiona Williams | April 10, 2024

A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel <em>The Last Man</em>

A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel The Last Man

In Praise of a Truly Innovative Writer

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Katrina Carrasco on the Importance of Female Physicality in Fiction

Katrina Carrasco on the Importance of Female Physicality in Fiction

“I’ll always celebrate tall, strong women in my novels—partly as a love letter to myself, and partly as one to readers.”

By Katrina Carrasco | April 9, 2024

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

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

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