[go: up one dir, main page]
The Diving Suit and the Bathtub, or: How a Single Image Sparked a Whole Novel

The Diving Suit and the Bathtub, or: How a Single Image Sparked a Whole Novel

Steve Stern on the Haphazard Affair of Writing a Book

By Steve Stern | September 27, 2023

Beth Nguyen on Taylor Swift, Edith Wharton, and Creating a Double Perspective

Beth Nguyen on Taylor Swift, Edith Wharton, and Creating a Double Perspective

"What do we reveal and what do we keep to ourselves, and for what reasons?"

By Beth Nguyen | September 22, 2023

Kathleen Rooney on Writing Architecturally

Kathleen Rooney on Writing Architecturally

"In fiction, architecture can reveal that which might otherwise remain unreveal-able."

By Kathleen Rooney | September 15, 2023

What Writing Under the Constant Threat of Deluge Taught Me about the Creative Process

What Writing Under the Constant Threat of Deluge Taught Me about the Creative Process

Carol Dunbar on the Risk and Romance of Working in a Water Tower

By Carol Dunbar | September 14, 2023

A Small Parenthesis: How Gardens and Stories Can Create Space to Breathe

A Small Parenthesis: How Gardens and Stories Can Create Space to Breathe

Juan Cárdenas Considers the Possibilities of Closed Spaces

By Juan Cárdenas | September 13, 2023

Alicia Kennedy on Navigating the Thorny Terrain of Food Writing

Alicia Kennedy on Navigating the Thorny Terrain of Food Writing

"We’re entrusting each other not just with words, but with our bodies, our tastes, and our time at the cutting board."

By Alicia Kennedy | September 1, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Yves Jeffcoat on the Slow Work of Writing That Centers Identity

By Yves Jeffcoat | August 25, 2023

Letting a Psychic Into the Space Between Me and My Mother

By Kyo Maclear | August 23, 2023

Brando Skyhorse on the Fantastic Art of Revision

By Brando Skyhorse | August 18, 2023

Julia Cameron on Learning to Write Sober

Julia Cameron on Learning to Write Sober

"I was dubious about writing with such ease. Wasn’t I supposed to suffer? Wasn’t writing supposed to take everything I had?"

By Julia Cameron | August 11, 2023

Jimin Han on Letting Your Experiences Simmer

Jimin Han on Letting Your Experiences Simmer

"Fragments might turn into something I can’t see as a whole right now."

By Jimin Han | August 4, 2023

Yael Goldstein-Love on Elegantly Weaving Science into Fiction

Yael Goldstein-Love on Elegantly Weaving Science into Fiction

"I'd forgotten the fundamental law of fiction: don’t mess with suspension of disbelief."

By Yael Goldstein-Love | July 28, 2023

Paula Hawkins on Creating a Strong Story Structure

Paula Hawkins on Creating a Strong Story Structure

“Give yourself space for surprises.”

By Paula Hawkins | July 21, 2023

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

"Rooms are springboards for time and time is for the poets."

By Megan Fernandes | July 14, 2023

In Praise of the Liminal Spaces and Uncertain Endings of Folklore

In Praise of the Liminal Spaces and Uncertain Endings of Folklore

Thao Thai on the Forward Momentum and Emotional Resonance of Handed Down Stories

By Thao Thai | June 27, 2023

Why">Jessie Gaynor on Finding the <emWhy">

Why">Jessie Gaynor on Finding the Why

“A love of the micro need not preclude attention to the macro.”

By Jessie Gaynor | June 23, 2023

Page 7 of 24

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member