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Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Lincoln Michel Recommends Alejandro Zambra, Renee Gladman, Percival Everett and More

By Lincoln Michel | May 13, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Lincoln Michel, Susanna Kwan, Domenica Ruta and More

By Teddy Wayne | May 13, 2025

Horse Girls, Ghostly Aftertastes, and Alien Plants: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Horse Girls, Ghostly Aftertastes, and Alien Plants: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Fiction from Joe Abercrombie, Mira Grant, Guy Gavriel Kay, and More

By Natalie Zutter | May 2, 2025

Lincoln Michel on the Pulpy, Rollicking, Resonant Early Sci-Fi of John Wyndham

Lincoln Michel on the Pulpy, Rollicking, Resonant Early Sci-Fi of John Wyndham

Stowaway to Mars Asked: “Does man rule machine or do machines rule man?”">Way Back in 1936, Stowaway to Mars Asked: “Does man rule machine or do machines rule man?”

By Lincoln Michel | July 6, 2022

Twelve Writers Share the Stories Behind Their Author Photos

Twelve Writers Share the Stories Behind Their Author Photos

Rachel Krantz Asks Destiny O. Birdsong, Courtney Maum, and More About an Unavoidable Publishing Ritual

By Rachel Krantz | January 21, 2022

Why is Baseball the Most Literary of Sports?

Why is Baseball the Most Literary of Sports?

Lincoln Michel Goes Deep Into the Prose of America’s Pastime

By Lincoln Michel | October 28, 2021

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In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

By Lincoln Michel | September 21, 2021

16 new books to get you out of your pandemic reading funk.

By Katie Yee | September 21, 2021

The Body Scout">COVER REVEAL: Lincoln Michel’s The Body Scout

By Lincoln Michel | February 2, 2021

Let's Stop with the Realism Versus Science Fiction and Fantasy Debate

Let's Stop with the Realism Versus Science Fiction and Fantasy Debate

Lincoln Michel Proposes a New Way to Think About Fictional Worlds

By Lincoln Michel | September 17, 2020

On the Many Different Engines That Power a Short Story

On the Many Different Engines That Power a Short Story

It's Not Just Plot or Character That Drives Fiction

By Lincoln Michel | October 24, 2019

Literary Twitter's Best Responses to Jonathan Franzen's Rules for Writing

Literary Twitter's Best Responses to Jonathan Franzen's Rules for Writing

"He's won. Franzen's won."

By Jessie Gaynor | November 16, 2018

Do Great Writers Really Steal? On Plagiarism and Publishing

Do Great Writers Really Steal? On Plagiarism and Publishing

The Art of Fielding Law Suit Has Come to an End. OR HAS IT?">The Art of Fielding Law Suit Has Come to an End. OR HAS IT?

By Lincoln Michel | July 19, 2018

Will Iain M. Banks's Bonkers Space Opera Novels Work On Screen?

Will Iain M. Banks's Bonkers Space Opera Novels Work On Screen?

Everything You Need to Know About the Culture Novels

By Lincoln Michel | February 28, 2018

Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Remix

Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Remix

Why It’s Ok to Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle Fiction

By Lincoln Michel | January 12, 2018

A Literary Party Institution, Both Cheeky and Sacred

A Literary Party Institution, Both Cheeky and Sacred

A Report From One Story's 15th Anniversary Debutante Ball

By Kyle Lucia Wu | May 15, 2017