Here are the CLMP's 2025 Firecracker Awards finalists.

Here are the CLMP's 2025 Firecracker Awards finalists.

By Literary Hub | May 21, 2025

Dawn Macdonald's <em>Northerny</em> has won the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize.

Dawn Macdonald's Northerny has won the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize.

By Literary Hub | May 21, 2025

One great short story to read today: Kevin Barry's

One great short story to read today: Kevin Barry's "Fjord of Killary"

By Dan Sheehan | May 21, 2025

Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

Curtis Duncan on George Floyd, Police Brutality, Community Organizations, and More

By Curtis Duncan | May 21, 2025

Why Are We So Obsessed With Avocados?

Why Are We So Obsessed With Avocados?

Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons Track the Evolution of America's Fixation

By Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons | May 21, 2025

The Eye of the Storm: Karie Fugett on What Draws Us to Danger in Our Relationships

The Eye of the Storm: Karie Fugett on What Draws Us to Danger in Our Relationships

"I couldn’t have known then that this was only the beginning. Soon, I would carry so much more than I ever asked to hold."

By Karie Fugett | May 21, 2025

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One great short story to read today: Aimee Bender, "Off"

By Emily Temple | May 20, 2025

A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

By Allison Buccola | May 20, 2025

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Daria Lavelle on the Joys of Experimenting With Food and Fiction

By Daria Lavelle | May 20, 2025

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Jesse Browner Explores Why the Core Rules of Fiction Still Apply in Stories of the Past

By Jesse Browner | May 20, 2025

What Spinoza's Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

What Spinoza's Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

Madeleine Thien on Using Fiction to Find the Many Rooms Within Ourselves

By Madeleine Thien | May 20, 2025

One great short story to read today:

One great short story to read today: "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington"

By Drew Broussard | May 19, 2025

"Writing is Fighting:" Inside Toni Morrison's Literary Collaboration With Muhammad Ali

Melina Moe on the Editorial Relationship Between a Great American Writer and "The Greatest"

By Melina Moe | May 19, 2025

“Please Keep Caring.” What John McPhee Taught Generations of Writers and Journalists

“Please Keep Caring.” What John McPhee Taught Generations of Writers and Journalists

Peter Hessler on a Beloved Mentor and Tireless Proponent of Creative Nonfiction

By Peter Hessler | May 19, 2025

Amman Compendium: Mariam Itani on Beirut, Home, and the Paradox of Living in Jordan

Amman Compendium: Mariam Itani on Beirut, Home, and the Paradox of Living in Jordan

In Translation by Wiam El-Tamami, from the Latest Issue of "The Common"

By Mariam Itani | May 19, 2025

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