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The Rules of the Game: How Genre Can Illuminate Theme

The Rules of the Game: How Genre Can Illuminate Theme

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu on Crafting and Subverting Colonial and Postcolonial Narratives

By Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu | September 27, 2023

The Diving Suit and the Bathtub, or: How a Single Image Sparked a Whole Novel

The Diving Suit and the Bathtub, or: How a Single Image Sparked a Whole Novel

Steve Stern on the Haphazard Affair of Writing a Book

By Steve Stern | September 27, 2023

Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant,

Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant, "Unerring Stylist"

"A writer for whom nothing is alien and everything is possible"

By Hermione Lee | September 26, 2023

How Nora Fussner Turned a Reality TV Job Into a Novel

How Nora Fussner Turned a Reality TV Job Into a Novel

The Author of The Invisible World on Her Life as a Logger

By Nora Fussner | September 26, 2023

Jake Tapper on What Happens to People Who Get Power

Jake Tapper on What Happens to People Who Get Power

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | September 26, 2023

Ken Follett Wants His Books to Feel as Exciting as James Bond

Ken Follett Wants His Books to Feel as Exciting as James Bond

The Author of The Armor of Light Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | September 25, 2023

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Maternal Vertigo: Molly Lynch on Chaos, Childcare, and Civilizational Collapse

By Molly Lynch | September 25, 2023

Another Possible World: Jen Silverman on Imagining Dystopias and Utopias

By Jen Silverman | September 25, 2023

Marsha Gordon on Ursula Parrott's Fascinating Life

By History of Literature | September 25, 2023

Tzivia Gover on Dreaming and Writing

Tzivia Gover on Dreaming and Writing

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

By Memoir Nation | September 25, 2023

Beth Nguyen on Taylor Swift, Edith Wharton, and Creating a Double Perspective

Beth Nguyen on Taylor Swift, Edith Wharton, and Creating a Double Perspective

"What do we reveal and what do we keep to ourselves, and for what reasons?"

By Beth Nguyen | September 22, 2023

Their Own Promised Land: Halle Hill on Good Women and the Spirituality of Girlhood

Their Own Promised Land: Halle Hill on Good Women and the Spirituality of Girlhood

"Faith gave the women around me strengths and simultaneous burdens."

By Halle Hill | September 21, 2023

Kristi Coulter on Being Inside Amazon in the Early Days

Kristi Coulter on Being Inside Amazon in the Early Days

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 21, 2023

Wham! Biff! Kapow! ACTION! with S.L. Huang, Julia Vee, and Ken Bebelle

Wham! Biff! Kapow! ACTION! with S.L. Huang, Julia Vee, and Ken Bebelle

Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre S03E04

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | September 20, 2023

Anne Enright Stays Inside the Work

Anne Enright Stays Inside the Work

The Author of The Wren, The Wren Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Anne Enright | September 19, 2023

Betty Gilpin on Being In It For Big Feelings

Betty Gilpin on Being In It For Big Feelings

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | September 19, 2023

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