magic

Author as Illusionist: William Maxwell on Literary Magic and Refusing to Give Up as a Writer

Alec Wilkinson Introduces Maxwell’s Speech at Smith College in 1955

 
By William Maxwell  January 26, 2024
Witches

How Witches Shifted from Daily Healers to Heretics and Dangerous Women Under Christian Rule

By Marion Gibson  January 22, 2024
Lit Hub Questionnaire

Tim O’Brien on Letting the World Decide What He’ll Read Next

By Literary Hub  October 30, 2023
It's Magic

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

By KJ Dell'Antonia  October 25, 2023
Magic?

Playing with Fear: How Oracle Cards Taught Me To Ask More Honest Questions

By Rita Zoey Chin  October 21, 2022
The Hub

As a kid, George Orwell practiced black magic on a bully—and it worked.

By Walker Caplan  January 21, 2022
Book Dreams

How a World-Renowned Magician Stays in Touch with Wonder

By Book Dreams  September 30, 2021
New Books Network

Karen Salyer McElmurray on Eastern Kentucky and the Power of Magic

By New Books Network  July 23, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Marie-Helene Bertino on Using Humor to Connect with Readers

By Marie-Helene Bertino  June 18, 2021
The Hub

WandaVision is basically a retelling of The Scarlet Letter.

By Katie Yee  March 16, 2021
Singer Songwriters

Jenny Hval and Alexandra Kleeman Talk Magic Words, Witch Melodies, and Norwegian Black Metal Scene

By Alexandra Kleeman  October 30, 2020
Witches

A Witch’s Rules of Matrimony

By Lucile Scott  October 30, 2020
The Hub

Make some midnight margaritas because Practical Magic turns 25 today!

By Katie Yee  June 18, 2020
On Race

On the Dreams of Latinx Women in a Pandemic Year

By Felicia Zamora  May 14, 2020
Mother's Day

How Harry Houdini Became the Champion of Mother’s Day

By Mira Ptacin  May 8, 2020
MFA Life

Learning to Love the Loneliness of Writing After My MFA

By Sean Adams  January 6, 2020
Witches

In Order to Write, I Had to Break a Family Curse

By Amanda Yates Garcia  November 15, 2019
Magic?

A Most Rare Compendium:
An 18th-Century Guide to Magical Treasure Hunting?

By Hereward Tilton  October 31, 2019
News and Culture

The Trial of Harry Houdini

By Joe Posnanski  October 22, 2019
The Hub

Harry Potter banned in Catholic school after exorcists advise its dark magic is real.

By Eleni Theodoropoulos  September 3, 2019
Magic?

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

By Gabriel Urza  July 1, 2019
Harry Potter

On Bringing the World of Harry Potter to Life in… Florida

By Stephen M. Silverman  June 14, 2019
The Paranormal

When Mystics and Mediums Convinced Scientists the Paranormal Was Normal

By Matt Tompkins  May 30, 2019
Lit Hub Radio

Derren Brown on Magic in
the Modern Age

By Literary Hub  June 15, 2017
Conversations

Fantasy is About Power: An Interview with Lev Grossman

By Emily Temple  January 31, 2017
Art

Art Inspired by the Great Angela Carter

By Emily Temple  December 8, 2016
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