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A Syllabus for Attention: Megan Mayhew on John Elder’s Reading Life

A Syllabus for Attention: Megan Mayhew on John Elder’s Reading Life

What will I read? What ideas will I live beside? What deserves rereading? What will I memorize? What will I allow to alter me?

By Megan Mayhew | November 4, 2026

On Self-Doubt, Self-Worth, and How to Manage Your Self-Esteem as a Writer

On Self-Doubt, Self-Worth, and How to Manage Your Self-Esteem as a Writer

"There is no escape from low self-esteem other than to shift one’s focus away from the self."

By Helen Betya Rubinstein | November 4, 2026

Ry Herman on Finding Inspiration in Queer Fairytales

Ry Herman on Finding Inspiration in Queer Fairytales

"When I come across a story that makes assumptions about gender, my impulse is to question those assumptions."

By Ry Herman | November 4, 2026

Please Don't Put in the Novel That I Died: Olivia Manning’s (Lightly) Fictionalized Novels

Please Don't Put in the Novel That I Died: Olivia Manning’s (Lightly) Fictionalized Novels

Duncan Fyfe on the Author's Characters, and the Unhappy People Who Inspired Them

By Duncan Fyfe | November 4, 2026

Building a Community of Imposters: What It Means To Be a Literary Translator Today

Building a Community of Imposters: What It Means To Be a Literary Translator Today

Ilan Stavans Considers His Own Translation Journey While Offering Some Advice For Emerging Translators

By Ilan Stavans | November 4, 2026

Natasha Trethewey on the essential teachings of John Edgar Wideman.

Natasha Trethewey on the essential teachings of John Edgar Wideman.

By Literary Hub | November 3, 2026

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Mary Beth Keane on Writing a Novel of the Irish Diaspora

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How Derek Walcott’s Postcolonial Epic Helped Me Write My Novel

How Derek Walcott’s Postcolonial Epic Helped Me Write My Novel

Schneider K. Rancy on Writing a Haitian Reimagining of The Odyssey

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Louise Kennedy, Tom Drury, Elizabeth McCracken, and more: 20 new books out today!

Louise Kennedy, Tom Drury, Elizabeth McCracken, and more: 20 new books out today!

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Megan Nolan on Agnes Owens’s <br><em>A Working Mother</em>, an Ode to Working Class Scotland

Megan Nolan on Agnes Owens’s
A Working Mother, an Ode to Working Class Scotland

“Owens found a novel way of conveying the surrealness of everyday life”

By Megan Nolan | November 2, 2026

The Ghostly and the Real: On Spirit Worlds in African Literature

The Ghostly and the Real: On Spirit Worlds in African Literature

A Conversation About African Literary Traditions with Dilman Dila, Faraaz Mahomed, and Sven Axelrad

By Karina M. Szczurek | November 2, 2026

How Is Writing Like Nursing?

How Is Writing Like Nursing?

Theresa Brown on the Strange Alchemy of Moving Between the Two Disciplines

By Theresa Brown | October 30, 2026

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October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

October's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

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