• Craft and Criticism

    It's Magic

    Magic to Serve, Not Solve, a Story: KJ Dell’Antonia on Magical Rules in Literature

    On Vampires, Witches, and the (Literary) Craft of the (Magickal) Craft

     
    By KJ Dell'Antonia  October 25, 2023
    In Conversation

    Christopher Kennedy on Defining Prose Poetry and Working-Class Stories

    By Peter Mishler  October 25, 2023
    Louisa May Alcott

    Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott

    By Liz Rosenberg  October 24, 2023
    Mushrooms

    Instead of Writing, Margaret Renkl Forages for Fungi

    By Margaret Renkl  October 24, 2023
    In Conversation

    Marie Ndiaye on a Novel’s Many Twists and Turns

    By Jane Ciabattari  October 24, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Stories About Stories (About Stories): A Reading List of Meta-Narrators

    By Eskor David Johnson  October 24, 2023
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Talk Easy

    Jhumpa Lahiri on the Freedom of Writing

    By Talk Easy  October 24, 2023
    On Memoir

    Why It Matters How We Tell the Story of Sinead O’Connor

    By Allyson McCabe  October 23, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Erin Sharkey on the Black Experience of Nature

    By History of Literature  October 23, 2023
    Reading List

    Enough “How-To” Books: It’s Time For More “How-Come”

    Jessica Elefante on Books for Understanding Contemporary Life

    By Jessica Elefante  October 25, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Eli Grober on The Art of Satire

    By Eli Grober  October 20, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  October 20, 2023
    In Conversation

    Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on a Lifetime of Art and Activism

    By Aysegul Sert  October 19, 2023
    In Conversation

    Masha Gessen and Nathan Thrall on The Whole Story of Israel and Palestine

    In Conversation on Thrall’s Book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

    By Literary Hub  October 19, 2023
    Sex

    Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial

    By Ahmed Naji  October 19, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    John Freeman and Omar El Akkad on a Literary Magazine’s Final Issue

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 19, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Justin Torres on the Tricky Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction

    By The Maris Review  October 19, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    "The terror Shibli evokes intensifies slowly, smoldering, until it is shining off the page."

    By Book Marks  October 19, 2023
    Endings

    On the Ending of a Literary Journal

    By Freeman's   October 18, 2023
    Women in Science

    How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

    By Ritu Mukerji  October 18, 2023
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Fear, Friendship, and Finding Your Place: Kristen Simmons and Johnny Compton

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   October 18, 2023
    Dick Lit

    Men Who Don’t Know Women: On Unlearning the Lessons of “Dick Lit”

    Molly McGhee on David Foster Wallace, Violence, and Writing Her Own Novel

    By Molly McGhee  October 17, 2023
    Politics

    John Lee Clark on Why Capitalization Matters to the DeafBlind Community

    By John Lee Clark  October 17, 2023
    Historical Fiction

    The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

    By Allison Epstein  October 17, 2023
    Write-minded

    Maggie Smith on Playing with Narration in Memoir

    By Write-minded   October 23, 2023
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