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Happy Halloween from <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

Happy Halloween from The Lit Hub Podcast

trick or treat!

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 31, 2025

Reading Anne Sexton’s Rejected Horror Stories

Reading Anne Sexton’s Rejected Horror Stories

“Imperfect and thorny, but just strange enough to kindle fear.”

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 31, 2025

Catherine Newman on the Humor of the Unexpected

Catherine Newman on the Humor of the Unexpected

“Anything catching on fire and crashing through the chimney into the living room is funny—but it’s really funny if it’s raccoons.”

By Catherine Newman | October 31, 2025

Feeding Our Ghosts: How Food Invokes Memories of Ones Loved and Lost

Feeding Our Ghosts: How Food Invokes Memories of Ones Loved and Lost

Daria Lavelle on the Bond Between Taste and the Departed

By Daria Lavelle | October 31, 2025

Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction

Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 30, 2025

Porn, But Also Literature: On John Cleland’s <em>Fanny Hill</em>

Porn, But Also Literature: On John Cleland’s Fanny Hill

A Conversation Between Chelsea G. Summers and Jessica Stoya

By Chelsea G. Summers and Jessica Stoya | October 30, 2025

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By Teresa Dzieglewicz | October 29, 2025

Susan Straight on Chronicling the Impact of COVID-19 in Fiction

By Jane Ciabattari | October 28, 2025

Writers Beware: On the Dangerous Fine Print of Creative Contract Law

Writers Beware: On the Dangerous Fine Print of Creative Contract Law

“If Kafka were alive today, he wouldn’t be unpublished—he’d be under NDA.”

By Aron Solomon | October 27, 2025

Jaquira Díaz on Trust

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 27, 2025

Roy Wood Jr. on the Legacies We Inherit and Pass On

Roy Wood Jr. on the Legacies We Inherit and Pass On

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | October 27, 2025

<em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em> Talks the 2025 Booker Prize Shortlist

The Lit Hub Podcast Talks the 2025 Booker Prize Shortlist

Featuring Ryan Chapman and Drew Broussard — plus a voicemail from Nicole Brinkley

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 24, 2025

When Telling Your Own Story Gets in the Way of Processing Trauma

When Telling Your Own Story Gets in the Way of Processing Trauma

Gabriel Urza on Making the Move From Criminal Justice to Creative Writing

By Gabriel Urza | October 24, 2025

How Being a Writer Broke (Then Healed) My Queer Little Heart

How Being a Writer Broke (Then Healed) My Queer Little Heart

Grant Chemidlin on Finding Poetry In the Process of Coming Out

By Grant Chemidlin | October 24, 2025

Julian Brave NoiseCat on How Directing a Documentary Shaped His Memoir

Julian Brave NoiseCat on How Directing a Documentary Shaped His Memoir

“Nonfiction is, at its core, about how one chooses to live and observe life.”

By Julian Brave NoiseCat | October 24, 2025

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