The Rest is History: Andrew Ridker on Writing About the Recent Past

The Rest is History: Andrew Ridker on Writing About the Recent Past

“In a world that changes as rapidly as ours, all fiction is historical fiction.”

By Andrew Ridker | July 12, 2023

Inspiration, From a Distance: On Loving and Fictionalizing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Inspiration, From a Distance: On Loving and Fictionalizing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Elizabeth L. Silver Considers the Perks of a Near Miss

By Elizabeth L. Silver | July 12, 2023

Tom Hanks on What Nora Ephron Told Him About Writing

Tom Hanks on What Nora Ephron Told Him About Writing

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | July 11, 2023

Tessa Hadley on the Unapologetic Joys of Rereading

Tessa Hadley on the Unapologetic Joys of Rereading

The Author of After the Funeral and Other Stories Answers the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | July 11, 2023

Sarah Weinman on Crime as a Catalyst for Social Change

Sarah Weinman on Crime as a Catalyst for Social Change

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 11, 2023

Susan Williams on Charles Dickens’s <em>Bleak House</em>

Susan Williams on Charles Dickens’s Bleak House

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 11, 2023

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Ruth Madievsky on Creating Fiction From Poetry

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How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

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Ruth Madievsky on Burying Her Darlings in a Cemetery of Bangers

Ruth Madievsky on Burying Her Darlings in a Cemetery of Bangers

“My stylish one-liners were a crutch I used to get out of the more difficult decisions a novel requires.”

By Ruth Madievsky | July 10, 2023

Beyond Tropes: On Writing Straight Characters While Queer

Beyond Tropes: On Writing Straight Characters While Queer

Molly Dektar Explores the Art of Crafting an Ambiguous Narrative

By Molly Dektar | July 10, 2023

Oliver de la Paz on Absences and Using the Form of the Sonnet to Capture Life in a Diaspora

Oliver de la Paz on Absences and Using the Form of the Sonnet to Capture Life in a Diaspora

The Poet on His New Collection The Diaspora Sonnets

By Literary Hub | July 10, 2023

Therapeutic and Cathartic: On Self-Soothing With Satire

Therapeutic and Cathartic: On Self-Soothing With Satire

Christine Grillo Considers the Healing Potential of Political Humor

By Christine Grillo | July 10, 2023

Exploring Literary Dublin with Christopher Morash

Exploring Literary Dublin with Christopher Morash

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 10, 2023

Yasmin Azad on Coming-of-Age Stories

Yasmin Azad on Coming-of-Age Stories

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

By Memoir Nation | July 10, 2023

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