Soft Skull Press

An Earthquake is A Shaking of the Surface of the Earth

Anna Moschovakis

 
By Lit Hub Excerpts  November 21, 2024
The Writing Life

How the Prospect of Publishing Can Paralyze the Writing Process

By Sofia Samatar  August 14, 2024
Poetry

“Dear Unfeeling Martinis,” a Poem by JoAnna Novak

By JoAnna Novak  July 19, 2024
craft advice

Literary Loops: Mariah Stovall on the Role of Repetition in Music and Fiction

By Mariah Stovall  February 13, 2024
Art and Life

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore  November 30, 2023
Poem

“The Therapist Asks Me, ‘What Are You Afraid Of?'” A Poem by Taylor Byas

By Taylor Byas  August 24, 2023
Poetry

“Grocery Shopping With My Mother.” A Poem by Kevin Powell

By Kevin Powell  December 15, 2022
Criticism

Choosing to Bear Witness: Writing the Story of a Body

By Emily Van Duyne  November 17, 2022
Daily Fiction

Tell Me I’m An Artist

By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 22, 2022
Craft

Elisa Gabbert on Writing and Capturing Beginner’s Luck

By Elisa Gabbert  September 2, 2022
Death

Lynne Tillman on Watching a Mother’s Final Days

By Lynne Tillman  August 3, 2022
AIDS

Edgar Gomez on Sex, Desire, and Going on PrEP

By Edgar Gomez  January 13, 2022
Free Speech

Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

By James Hannaham  November 30, 2021
Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Unmoored in a City of Ruins: On the Revelatory Power of Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren

By Joss Lake  June 22, 2021
Daily Fiction

“The Poisoners”

By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 12, 2021
Daily Fiction

The Weak Spot

By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 19, 2021
Healthcare

Boundaries and Care: On Touring French Pharmacies Before the Pandemic

By Lucie Elven  February 9, 2021
Art and Politics

On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

By Polly Barton  October 21, 2020
On Translation

Inside the Intricate Translation Process for a Murakami Novel

By David Karashima  September 2, 2020
Short Stories

Five Japanese Authors Share Their Favorite Murakami Short Stories

By David Karashima  July 20, 2020
Essayists

Wayne Koestenbaum Considers Incense, Irish Spring, and, Yes, Some Other Smells

By Wayne Koestenbaum  May 13, 2020
Daily Fiction

“Dragon”

By Lit Hub Daily  March 19, 2020
Daily Fiction

“Love Language”

By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 10, 2020
Excerpts

Loudermilk: Or, The Real Poet; Or, The Origin of the World

By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 10, 2019
Depression

Richard Chiem on Writing His Sad, Relatable Protagonist

By Otherppl with Brad Listi  April 11, 2019
Essay

What Lynne Tillman Thinks About While Making Tea in the Morning

By Lynne Tillman  March 21, 2019
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