Bill McKibben on the Joys of Writing a Serialized Novel

Bill McKibben on the Joys of Writing a Serialized Novel

Why Weekly Installments Can Make For the Best Kind of Storytelling

By Bill McKibben | January 4, 2023

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

"It’s possible that carrying around cracks in the first foundation... helps a person accept a cosmos flawed at its core."

By Ken Babstock | January 4, 2023

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

V.V. Ganeshananthan on Writing About Sri Lanka

By V.V. Ganeshananthan | January 4, 2023

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 4, 2023

“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 4, 2023

12 new books to kick off your 2023 reading.

12 new books to kick off your 2023 reading.

By Katie Yee | January 3, 2023

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  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
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How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

By Tracey Rose Peyton | January 3, 2023

What to Read Before and After Seeing James Baldwin Abroad

By Literary Hub | January 3, 2023

“My Ithaca Burned Down, Too.” A Letter from a Teenage Joycean and Ukrainian Refugee

By José Vergara | January 3, 2023

Peter Orner on Looking for “Solace in Remembering” and His Pursuit of Chronology

Peter Orner on Looking for “Solace in Remembering” and His Pursuit of Chronology

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 3, 2023

Susanne Pari on Iran’s Rich History of Feminist Rebellion

Susanne Pari on Iran’s Rich History of Feminist Rebellion

The Author of In the Time of Our History Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | January 3, 2023

Past Winners of the Baillie Gifford Prize Reflect on Their Year in Reading

Past Winners of the Baillie Gifford Prize Reflect on Their Year in Reading

Craig Brown, Antony Beevor, and Philippe Sands Reflect on the Books They Read in 2022

By Literary Hub | January 1, 2023

Lit Hub’s Favorite Books of 2022, with Emily Temple and Katie Yee

Lit Hub’s Favorite Books of 2022, with Emily Temple and Katie Yee

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 29, 2022

24 Book Recommendations from the Guests of <em>Book Dreams</em>

24 Book Recommendations from the Guests of Book Dreams

An End-of-Year Holiday Extravaganza

By Book Dreams | December 28, 2022

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

Bans, Blocked Deals, and More Bans

By Literary Hub | December 26, 2022

Judith Thurman on Elena Ferrante and Writing That Rattles the Cage of Gender

Judith Thurman on Elena Ferrante and Writing That Rattles the Cage of Gender

"This body of work defies the conventions of writing 'like a woman' as radically as did Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein."

By Judith Thurman | December 23, 2022

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