Donna Barba Higuera on Following the Storytelling Traditions of Her Family

Donna Barba Higuera on Following the Storytelling Traditions of Her Family

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | May 11, 2022

“To Learn From the Natural World.” On Ada Limón’s Brilliant Poetic Project

“To Learn From the Natural World.” On Ada Limón’s Brilliant Poetic Project

Sara Franklin Talks to the Author of The Hurting Kind

By Sara B. Franklin | May 10, 2022

Jennifer Weiner: How Plus-Size Women Finally—Finally!—Landed on Book Covers

Jennifer Weiner: How Plus-Size Women Finally—Finally!—Landed on Book Covers

“I could have cried with the joy of it.”

By Jennifer Weiner | May 10, 2022

Carlo Rovelli on How Literary Greats Find Inspiration in Scientific Rationality

Carlo Rovelli on How Literary Greats Find Inspiration in Scientific Rationality

Considering the Intersections of Literature and Science

By Carlo Rovelli | May 10, 2022

Bud Smith on the Quintessential “Road Trip” Novel

Bud Smith on the Quintessential “Road Trip” Novel

The Author of Teenager Recommends Tove Jansson, Tim O'Brien, and More

By Bud Smith | May 10, 2022

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

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

Alison Espach, Brad Listi, and More!

By Teddy Wayne | May 10, 2022

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The Unpronounceable Name of God: Concluding a Journey Through the Hebrew Bible

By The Cosmic Library | May 10, 2022

Reclaiming Pamela Moore from the Sisterhood of Sad Literary Girls

By Emmeline Clein | May 9, 2022

Whatever Ideas About Writing You Have It’s Really Just Something You Do (Or Don’t)

By Colin Barrett | May 9, 2022

Was Shakespeare a Plagiarist?

Was Shakespeare a Plagiarist?

Michael Blanding in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 9, 2022

Robin Hemley on Kafka and Writerly Ambition

Robin Hemley on Kafka and Writerly Ambition

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 9, 2022

On the Moment Darrel Alejandro Holnes Started to Identify as a Poet

On the Moment Darrel Alejandro Holnes Started to Identify as a Poet

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 9, 2022

The Dust of Ancient Suns: Making Art and Meaning From the Depths of Deep Time

The Dust of Ancient Suns: Making Art and Meaning From the Depths of Deep Time

David Farrier on the Work of Katie Paterson

By David Farrier | May 6, 2022

When You Learn Your Mother Was a Serious Writer Only After She’s Gone

When You Learn Your Mother Was a Serious Writer Only After She’s Gone

Michael Bourne Remembers His Mother, Nancy Bourne, Author of Spotswood, Virginia

By Michael Bourne | May 6, 2022

Why It’s Good News That Bad Mothers Are All the Rage on the Page and the Screen

Why It’s Good News That Bad Mothers Are All the Rage on the Page and the Screen

Emma Knight on Finding the Reality of Motherhood Represented in Fiction

By Emma Knight | May 6, 2022

Trieste vs. Milan, Poetry vs. Plot: Beppe Severgnini on the Italian Love—And Need—For Poetry

Trieste vs. Milan, Poetry vs. Plot: Beppe Severgnini on the Italian Love—And Need—For Poetry

“Poetry belongs not only to those who write it but also to those who read it and listen to it.”

By Beppe Severgnini | May 6, 2022

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