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    Talk Easy

    David Remnick on the Continued Gift of the Written Word

    By Talk Easy  December 19, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Woefully Neglected (and Partially Unfilmable) Creations of Alasdair Gray

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  December 19, 2023
    Witches

    A Look Inside the 17th-Century Witch Trials of the Arctic Circle

    By Chelsea Iversen  December 19, 2023
    In Conversation

    Louise Kennedy on Discovering Fiction’s Complex Emotional Truths

    By Jane Ciabattari  December 19, 2023
    New Books Tuesdays

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    Best of 2023

    The 10 Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of the Year

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    Writers in Conversation

    “I’m Not Really Interested in Creating Sympathetic Characters.” Rachel Connolly Talks to Lucie Elven

    By Lucie Elven  December 18, 2023
    African Literature

    Sakiru Adebayo on the Diasporization of African Literature

    By Sakiru Adebayo  December 18, 2023
    Write-minded

    Baron Wormser on the Subtle Art of Attunement

    By Write-minded   December 18, 2023
    Beyond the Page

    Andrea Elliott on Her Passion for Immersive Journalism

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    Biggest Literary Stories

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Emily Temple  December 15, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Martín Solares on Creating Novelesque Excitement

    By Martin Solares  December 15, 2023
    Writing Race

    Writing in Tandem: Inside the Process of Cross-Racial Creative Collaboration

    By Christine Platt and Catherine Wigginton Greene  December 15, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Tracy K. Smith on Liberty

    By Fiction Non Fiction  December 14, 2023
    Awards

    The Award-Winning Novels of 2023

    By Book Marks  December 14, 2023
    On Translation

    Playing With Words: Heather Cleary on the Pleasures of Translating the Unfamiliar

    By Heather Cleary  December 14, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Zucker is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  December 14, 2023
    Pop Music

    Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

    By Kelly Marie Coyne  December 14, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Sarah Blakley-Cartwright On How Should a Mother Behave

    By The Maris Review  December 14, 2023
    Writing Process

    Micheal O’Siadhail on the Pleasure of Writing Poems by Hand

    By Micheal O'Siadhail  December 13, 2023
    Fiction vs. Nonfiction

    The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

    By Maura Lammers  December 13, 2023
    In Conversation

    Phyllis Rose on Writing About Real People in Nonfiction, Making Your Diaries Public, and More

    By Rumena Bužarovska  December 13, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Anne Enright on Growing Up in Ireland

    By History of Literature  December 13, 2023
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