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I Love Soap Operas (And They Made Me a Better Writer)

I Love Soap Operas (And They Made Me a Better Writer)

Deborah Shapiro on the Genre's Throwback Novelistic Qualities

By Deborah Shapiro | August 29, 2016

Maggie's Plan

Maggie's Plan

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By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 18, 2016

Marriage: Am I Doing It Right?

Marriage: Am I Doing It Right?

On James Salter, Ingmar Bergman, and Finding the Answers in Art

By Helen Chandler | July 7, 2016

From Page to Screen: Biopics, Brian De Palma, and the Boxcar Children

From Page to Screen: Biopics, Brian De Palma, and the Boxcar Children

Literary Adaptation News from Jane Eyre to J. D. Salinger

By Nandini Balial | June 17, 2016

Neil Gaiman on His Favorite Horror Movie

Neil Gaiman on His Favorite Horror Movie

The Wonderful Dream That Is The Bride of Frankenstein

By Neil Gaiman | June 7, 2016

Mitchell S. Jackson's <em>The Residue Years</em>, Part Three

Mitchell S. Jackson's The Residue Years, Part Three

The Story of a Writer's Life, from Prison to Publication

By Literary Hub | April 21, 2016

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Mitchell S. Jackson's The Residue Years, Part Two

By Literary Hub | April 20, 2016

Mitchell S. Jackson's The Residue Years, Part One

By Literary Hub | April 19, 2016

An Indian Abroad Watches Satyajit Ray in New York

By Karan Mahajan | March 30, 2016

From Page to Screen: Roxane Gay Headed to Hollywood!

From Page to Screen: Roxane Gay Headed to Hollywood!

Plus: Philip Roth, Daphne DuMaurier, and Saoirse Ronan Returns in Another McEwan Joint

By Nandini Balial | March 25, 2016

Kashmir: Border State, Dream State

Kashmir: Border State, Dream State

Githa Hariharan on a Crisis in Paradise

By Githa Hariharan | March 21, 2016

Why You Should Watch the New Nora Ephron Documentary

Why You Should Watch the New Nora Ephron Documentary

Michelle Dean On Everything is Copy, and the art of Ephronology

By Michelle Dean | March 18, 2016

From Page to Screen: Flynn, L'Engle, Grann, and... Franco!

From Page to Screen: Flynn, L'Engle, Grann, and... Franco!

The Week's News in Deals, Adaptions, Options, and Writers Getting Paid

By Nandini Balial | March 11, 2016

Superhero Journalists on the Silver Screen

Superhero Journalists on the Silver Screen

Woodward and Bernstein and Spotlight and Me

By Nandini Balial | February 26, 2016

Want to Win an Oscar? Base Your Movie on a Book

Want to Win an Oscar? Base Your Movie on a Book

Bruce Davis, former Director of the Academy, Runs the Numbers

By Brangien Davis | February 26, 2016

The Oscars: Who Will Win, Bookish Edition

The Oscars: Who Will Win, Bookish Edition

A Particularly Literary Year at the Oscars is Almost As White As Publishing

By Nandini Balial | February 26, 2016

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