The Literary Life

Marc Schulz on The Comparison Trap of Our Modern Age

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

 
By The Literary Life  February 17, 2023
The Literary Life

How Does It Feel Different to Develop a Voice For a Story Versus a Novel?

By The Literary Life  February 10, 2023
The Literary Life

Tracy Kidder on How One Doctor Brought Healing to the Homeless

By The Literary Life  February 3, 2023
The Literary Life

Emma Straub on Being Present, No Matter Where You Are

By The Literary Life  January 27, 2023
The Literary Life

Quentin Tarantino on How He Never Intended to Write a Book of Film History

By The Literary Life  December 2, 2022
The Literary Life

Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of Signal Fires

By The Literary Life  November 4, 2022
The Literary Life

David Maraniss on the Afterlife of Jim Thorpe

By The Literary Life  October 21, 2022
The Literary Life

Cory Doctorow: Why Our Current Tech Monopolies Is All Thanks to Ronald Reagan and Robert Bork

By The Literary Life  October 13, 2022
The Literary Life

Ibram X. Kendi on Why Our Children Need to Be Told the Stories of Slavery and Colonialism

By The Literary Life  September 30, 2022
The Literary Life

Jonathan Escoffery on How Nella Larsen’s Helga Crane Influenced His Debut Collection

By The Literary Life  September 23, 2022
The Literary Life

Christopher M. Finan: How to Battle Book Banning in Your Community

By The Literary Life  September 16, 2022
The Literary Life

Javier Zamora: You Can’t Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

By The Literary Life  September 9, 2022
The Literary Life

Dwyer Murphy on the Romantic Optimism in L.A. and South Florida Crime Novels

By The Literary Life  August 12, 2022
The Literary Life

Monique Roffey: How to Write About Colonialism Without Talking About Colonialism

By The Literary Life  August 5, 2022
The Literary Life

Blitz Bazawule on Why Crop Rotation is the Perfect Metaphor For the Creative Mind

By The Literary Life  July 22, 2022
The Literary Life

How Frank O’Hara Brought a Father and Daughter Closer Together

By The Literary Life  July 15, 2022
The Literary Life

Geraldine Brooks on the Beauty of Implausible Truth

By The Literary Life  July 8, 2022
The Literary Life

Ottessa Moshfegh: “Why Do I Write About Such Darkness?”

By The Literary Life  July 1, 2022
The Literary Life

Mark Kurlansky: Why Short Stories are Pure Storytelling

By The Literary Life  June 24, 2022
The Literary Life

Why Are Novels About Wealth Almost Absent From the Literary Canon?

By The Literary Life  June 17, 2022
The Literary Life

Alexander Maksik No Longer Condemns Metafictional Novels

By The Literary Life  June 6, 2022
The Literary Life

Steve Almond on the Myth of Reaganism

By The Literary Life  May 27, 2022
The Literary Life

Don Winslow Is Hopeful For the Future

By The Literary Life  May 20, 2022
The Literary Life

Peter Balakian on How the Transmission of Trauma Across Generations Informs His Poetry

By The Literary Life  May 13, 2022
The Literary Life

Douglas Stuart on the Strangeness of Sharing Your Own Grief and Loss in Fiction

By The Literary Life  May 6, 2022
Page 1 of 6

We Need Your Help:

Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member

Lit Hub has always brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. But our future relies on you. In return for your contribution, you'll get an ad-free site experience, editors' picks, and our Joan Didion tote bag. Most importantly, you'll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving.