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A DIY Literary Education: How Zines Taught Me To Be a Novelist

The Craft Challenges of Writing Political Fiction

From Birdsong to Sheep’s Eyes: How Nature Helps Us Tell Time

The Neverending Book

Chief Librarian Edwin B. Maxwell on his favorite books about libraries.

One great poem to read today: Carson Jordan’s “Permiso”

Meet the shortlisted writers for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Lit Hub Daily: April 22, 2026

Are Shakespeare’s Commas Really That Important?

The Power of Prophecy, from Apollo to AI

Jayne Anne Phillips Wonders What Happens to Writers If They Don’t Write?

Have We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency?

“Clitter” is a Real World: And Other Discoveries Reading the First Draft of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary

lithub.com··r/horrorlit

A Poem by Christopher Kondrich

Pollinating Our Stories: What Honeybees Taught Me About Writing

Permanence

Becca Rothfeld (with Herman Melville and John Updike)

Why a group of writers and artists is boycotting the 92nd Street Y.

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.

One great poem to read today: Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California”

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