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Announcing the Winners of the 2025 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Series Editor Jenny Minton Quigley on the Timeless Power of Channeling Truth Through Imagination

By Jenny Minton Quigley | April 21, 2025

More than Cosplaying the Past: Andrea Barrett on Learning to Write Fresh Historical Fiction

More than Cosplaying the Past: Andrea Barrett on Learning to Write Fresh Historical Fiction

The Author of “Dust and Light” Shares Her Formative Influences for Using Fact in Fiction

By Andrea Barrett | February 26, 2025

Lit From the Chocolate City: Ten Washington D.C Books That Aren’t About Politicians

Lit From the Chocolate City: Ten Washington D.C Books That Aren’t About Politicians

Charlotte Taylor Fryar Recommends Edward P. Jones, Dinaw Mengestu, Morowa Yejidé, and More

By Charlotte Taylor Fryar | February 26, 2025

Bret Anthony Johnson on Creating a Story’s Foundation

Bret Anthony Johnson on Creating a Story’s Foundation

"In fiction, place is where the writer and reader first collaborate."

By Bret Anthony Johnson | August 2, 2024

Jamel Brinkley Spends His Time Rereading Incredible Prose

Jamel Brinkley Spends His Time Rereading Incredible Prose

Witness Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire "> The Author of Witness Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | August 2, 2023

Five Short Story Collections To Have You Reading Like a Writer

Five Short Story Collections To Have You Reading Like a Writer

Aaliyah Bilal Recommends Edward P. Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, and More

By Aaliyah Bilal | July 6, 2023

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Everything is Connected: A Reading List of Linked Stories

By Shannon Bowring | June 7, 2023

One great short story to read today: Edward P. Jones's "Bad Neighbors."

By Emily Temple | May 3, 2023

From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 2, 2021

How 5 Books on Black Motherhood Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

How 5 Books on Black Motherhood Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

Morgan Jerkins Recommends Toni Morrison, Edward P. Jones, and More

By Morgan Jerkins | April 8, 2021

Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.

Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.

That's Right.

By Emily Temple | November 11, 2020

In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

S. Kirk Walsh Looks Back at 33 Years of Writers in Public

By S. Kirk Walsh | October 14, 2020

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Emily Temple on Edward P. Jones's Master Class in Time Management

By Emily Temple | October 5, 2020

The Shape of His Stories: In Praise of Edward P. Jones

The Shape of His Stories: In Praise of Edward P. Jones

Lost in the City ">Elizabeth Poliner Returns to Three Stories in Lost in the City

By Elizabeth Poliner | October 5, 2020

Bringing Together Kaleidoscopic Plots: A Reading List

Bringing Together Kaleidoscopic Plots: A Reading List

Anna Solomon on the Stories that Guided Her Writing

By Anna Solomon | May 7, 2020

On Writing a Short Story: 'Everything is Always Happening, All the Time.'

On Writing a Short Story: 'Everything is Always Happening, All the Time.'

A Lucky Man">Jamel Brinkley Talks to Brandon Taylor About His New Collection,
A Lucky Man

By Brandon Taylor | July 11, 2018