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Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners.

Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners.

By Brittany Allen | May 5, 2025

Players Upon the Page: How Directing Plays Taught Nicole Galland to Write Novels

Players Upon the Page: How Directing Plays Taught Nicole Galland to Write Novels

The Author of “Boy” on Scripting, Literary Dress Rehearsals, Story Props, and More

By Nicole Galland | April 17, 2025

Saying the Unsayable, and Listening to Silence: Jon Fosse on How Writing Plays Transformed His Craft

Saying the Unsayable, and Listening to Silence: Jon Fosse on How Writing Plays Transformed His Craft

From the Author’s Nobel Lecture in “A Silent Language”

By Jon Fosse | May 13, 2024

Order vs. Randomness: What Math Can Teach Us About the Stage

Order vs. Randomness: What Math Can Teach Us About the Stage

Leopoldstadt"> Stephen Abbott Helps Make Sense of the Mathematical Underpinnings of Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt

By Stephen Abbott | June 9, 2023

Ancient Drama for Modern Readers: Top 5 Greek Plays to Read in Translation

Ancient Drama for Modern Readers: Top 5 Greek Plays to Read in Translation

Claire Heywood Guides You Into the Underworld of the Greek Epic

By Claire Heywood | February 24, 2023

When Philip Roth Switched Publishers, Drama Ensued

When Philip Roth Switched Publishers, Drama Ensued

Ira Nadel Dishes on Life in the Literary 70s

By Ira Nadel | March 10, 2021

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The Austrian Writer Whose Forgotten Plays Inspired His Greatest Work of Fiction

By Genese Grill | December 17, 2020

Everything is terrible, but at least we're getting a Jackie Collins documentary.

By Emily Temple | August 9, 2019

Writing About Religion?">Why Was Shakespeare Wary of
Writing About Religion?

By Jonathan Bate | April 30, 2019

Reading About My Great-Grandparents, Scott and Zelda"> Scenes From a Marriage: <br

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Reading About My Great-Grandparents, Scott and Zelda">

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Reading About My Great-Grandparents, Scott and Zelda

Blake Hazard Introduces Tender Is the Night

By Blake Hazard | April 24, 2019

The Ongoing Obsession with Shakespeare's True Identity

The Ongoing Obsession with Shakespeare's True Identity

Baconians, Oxfordians, Marlovians, Derbyites, Rutlanders, Groupists. Oh My.

By Stuart Kells | April 23, 2019

Announcing the 2019 Whiting Award Winners

Announcing the 2019 Whiting Award Winners

The Ten Emerging Writers Who Won the Prestigious $50,000 Award

By Literary Hub | March 20, 2019

Enjoying the Fleeting Nature of Theater, in the Wake of Cancer

Enjoying the Fleeting Nature of Theater, in the Wake of Cancer

Dan O'Brien Reflects on the Dramaturgical Beat

By Dan O'Brien | January 24, 2018

Making the Jump from Stage to Page

Making the Jump from Stage to Page

Playwright-Turned-Novelist Kia Corthron on the Varieties of Storytelling

By Kia Corthron | December 15, 2017

Is America in a Period of Moral Decline?

Is America in a Period of Moral Decline?

John Biguenet on Summoning the Resolve to Call Out Evil Wherever it Lives

By John Biguenet | October 5, 2017

Writing My Trauma With a Little Help From a Jason Bourne Car Chase

Writing My Trauma With a Little Help From a Jason Bourne Car Chase

Winnie M. Li on What Writers Can Take from the Big Screen

By Winnie M. Li | September 18, 2017

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