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Why Online Dating Spells the End of the Meet Cute

Why Online Dating Spells the End of the Meet Cute

Lauren Forsythe on Romance Fiction and Why We Tend to Transform Love into Narratives

By Lauren Forsythe | September 29, 2023

Isle McElroy on the Art of the Sex Scene

Isle McElroy on the Art of the Sex Scene

"Desire is always silly, and self-serious, and enormous, and and and and and and."

By Isle McElroy | September 29, 2023

You Too? Kim DeRose on Telling and Retelling Stories of Sexual Assault

You Too? Kim DeRose on Telling and Retelling Stories of Sexual Assault

"When we craft stories, we don’t necessarily write ourselves; sometimes we write the characters and stories we need to see."

By Kim DeRose | September 28, 2023

Aparna Nancherla on Writing as a Procrastinator

Aparna Nancherla on Writing as a Procrastinator

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 28, 2023

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

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Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant, "Unerring Stylist"

By Hermione Lee | September 26, 2023

How Nora Fussner Turned a Reality TV Job Into a Novel

By Nora Fussner | September 26, 2023

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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

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

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

"At the very moment that you take on the greatest act of caring, you discover how powerless you are."

By Molly Lynch | September 25, 2023

Another Possible World: Jen Silverman on Imagining Dystopias and Utopias

Another Possible World: Jen Silverman on Imagining Dystopias and Utopias

"What better future can we believe in, so that it can be made?"

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Marsha Gordon on Ursula Parrott's Fascinating Life

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From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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Tzivia Gover on Dreaming and Writing

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

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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."

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