3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (557+ words) And nothing says fun quite like a spicy margarita, am I right? Little bit of lime, little bit of salt—it’s basically a health drink, chock full of essential vitamins and electrolytes. I’ll pour us a couple and we’ll jump…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (212+ words) The indie publisher Inpatient Press is doing fascinating, form-breaking work. The small publisher has been putting out fascinating novels, collections, zines and games since 2013. Inpatient’s publisher, Mitch Anzuoni, studied computer science and creative writing in college (fittingly) and aims “to…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1001+ words) What Peatlands Can Teach Us About Time Literary Hub What Peatlands Can Teach Us About Time Jennifer de Mooy on the Carbon Under Our Feet I am sitting in a frost pocket in West Virginia, looking at a Canada warbler....

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1893+ words) Writing is a challenge, at every level. There are constant pressures acting upon a writer: juggling between responsibilities and work; prioritizing health; making and somehow slowing down time; even, perhaps, the arresting, infinite possibilities of the page. Not to mention,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1313+ words) On my second day as a rookie English teacher at my alma mater, Stuyvesant High School, I walked down the fourth floor hallway on my way to class. Behind a thick column, lurking in the shadows, a kind looking man…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (405+ words) Literary Hub This Week in Literary History: William S. Burroughs Kills Joan Vollmer in a Drunken Game of “William Tell” The Most Notorious Party “Game” in Literary History On the afternoon of September 6, 1951, in a friend’s Mexico City apartment, a drunk…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (609+ words) One of the most celebrated classicists writing today, Emily Wilson achieved a rare kind of literary stardom in 2017, when her translation of Homer’s Odyssey made her the first woman to publish a complete English version of the epic. Her work,…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (290+ words) After Lorrie Moore and Kiese Laymon. You chose this program based on money and because you never had a Black person of any gender teach you anything about writing or reading. You learned math and Black Studies and the safest…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (190+ words) Welcome to season four of The Critic and Her Publics: The Art of the Interview. This season, host Merve Emre talks with professional interviewers of all kinds about how they get the answer they’re looking for, what makes a good…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (145+ words) But isn’t desire the place where so many stories begin? Someone wants something. And then something gets in the way of that wanting, and all of a sudden, we have the conflict and we have a story. Tips for Writing…...