• Memoir

    New in Nonfiction

    From the Nightmares of the Third Reich to Elon Musk: 10 Nonfiction Books to Read in April

    Featuring Work by Faiz Siddiqui, Heather Christle, Ada Limón, and More

     
    By Literary Hub  March 31, 2025
    Community

    My Name is Kyle Seibel. So Obviously I Went to Kyle Fest in Kyle, Texas.

    By Kyle Seibel  March 26, 2025
    Going Viral

    Life After One-Word Virality: Yes, I’m the Person Who Came Up With #Scandoval

    By Hannah Selinger  March 26, 2025
    Fan Culture

    “Be Faithful, Steady, and True.” What K-Pop Taught Me About My Korean-American Identity

    By Giaae Kwon  March 26, 2025
    Writing Trauma

    Why Testimonial and Confessional Writing Remains Necessary in the Post-#MeToo Era

    By Jamie Hood  March 25, 2025
    Magazines

    Graydon Carter on
    The Golden Age of Magazines

    By Terry McDonell  March 25, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    craft advice

    The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

    By Sanam Mahloudji  March 25, 2025
    Blackness

    Constructing Blackness: Reading My Identity in Maryse Condé’s “Segu”

    By Mia Fowler  March 24, 2025
    The Uncanny

    The Two Times You Meet the Devil: On Chance Encounters With the Everyday Strange

    By A. Kendra Greene  March 21, 2025
    The Writing Life

    How Tennis Helped Me Manage the Competitive Beast That Was Ruining My Writing

    Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya on Finding Balance Between Drive and Acceptance

    By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya  March 27, 2025
    Historical Fiction

    What the Work of Literary Production Reveals About the Resonance of History

    By Stuart Nadler  March 19, 2025
    On The Self

    To Run With Music is to Encounter Yourself With Every Step

    By Ben Ratliff  March 17, 2025
    Latin American Literature

    “My First Porno, My First Dildo, My First Love.” On José Donoso’s The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

    By Gabriela Wiener  March 17, 2025
    News and Culture

    How Visions of Freediving Helped Diane Mehta Finish Her Novel

    The Author of "Happier Far" Reflects on Racism and the Religious Experience of Underwater Immersion

    By Diane Mehta  March 17, 2025
    Publishing

    Shilling Books While Rome Burns: Why Politicians Need to Focus on Their Day Jobs

    By Maris Kreizman  March 13, 2025
    Pen names

    When an (Extremely Prolific) Author Shares Your Name

    By Bryan Alistair Charles  March 11, 2025
    Ukraine

    You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

    By Victoria Amelina  March 6, 2025
    Illness

    Unweaving the Web: On Creating Your Own Narrative of Illness and Health

    Sophie Strand Explores the Limitations of Traditional Ideas About Disease, Trauma and Healing

    By Sophie Strand  March 6, 2025
    Gaza

    A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

    By Seema Jilani  March 5, 2025
    The Writing Life

    How Loneliness and Companionship Can Impact a Writer’s Creative Life

    By Emily Hodgson Anderson  March 5, 2025
    Motherhood

    The Cords That Bind: On the Elusiveness of Solitude in Motherhood

    By Nicole Graev Lipson  March 5, 2025
    Craftsmanship

    Patchworks of Memory: Quilting Remembrance and Healing

    Lisa Gail Collins on the Creative Traditions of a Black Farming Community in Alabama

    By Lisa Gail Collins  March 5, 2025
    The Hub

    A Small Press Book We Love:
    Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    By Jonny Diamond  March 4, 2025
    Nonfiction

    From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

    By Literary Hub  February 28, 2025
    Illness

    On Writing the Hospital

    By Madeleine Wulfahrt  March 20, 2025
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