On her new EP, Bloom , Kimberly Perry offers an intimate portrait of her life through five gorgeous songs that prove she still has the capability to write a compelling country song. Introducing the project with “ If I Die Young Pt. 2 ,” Perry is honest about a lot of life she’s lived since […]
Welcome to a new century of Bloomsdays (long may they run). As James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses , turns 101, let us take a moment to honor one of the great works of literature ever produced, set on this day in Dublin, 1904. If you’re reading this, you probably don’t need my particular exegesis on the […]
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Writer Rajesh Parameswaran ( I Am An Executioner: Love Stories ) and painter and multimedia artist Joeun Kim Aatchim met at Yaddo in 2023, where they struck up an interdisciplinary friendship. In this conversation, they discuss the distractions of residencies, how much viewers and readers should be asked to imagine, artistic layering, shifts in perspective, […]
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter— sign up here . The essay that shifted me from the “promising kid” to “young upstart” category, and almost deposited me prematurely in the “overrated incontinent” bin where I presently dwell, was a scholarly essay about a book collector named Mikimoto Ryuzo. I had become […]
Since OpenAI launched its ChatGPT chatbot in November 2022, it has been used by people to help them write everything from poems, to work emails, to research papers. Yet, while ChatGPT may masquerade as a human, the inaccuracy of its writing can introduce errors that could be devastating if used for serious tasks like academic […]
Jamal with confetti. Rachel B. Glaser. The collective dream is over. Squinting, we walk out of the playoffs and return to Life. Images linger—a giant holding a toddler in a storm of confetti. A shiny, exuberant, mantis-like man standing next to a trophy. The woman who sat courtside wearing red and white gowns. The inexplicable […]
5 Mindsets To End Procrastination Immediately Photo by Peter Conlan on Unsplash You want to be creative and you are facing an empty page. You are determined to create something new, fresh, and exciting. And then you are stuck. You feel the great burden, fear, and resistance inside you. There are a thousand voices inside […]
As Johnny Carson used to say (this, or some variation, often enough that he was made fun of for doing it), “That was weird wild stuff.” Adding: “I did not know that.” (It’s a four second clip on YouTube now.) This reaction offers a way into Frederick Barthelme’s story, “Box Step,” though when it was […]
These stories — heartfelt family sagas, thrillers and everything in between — dive into the beauty, challenges and complexity of being queer today. June 15, 2023, 5:01 a.m. ET Looking to dive into a new queer young adult novel? We’ve got you covered! We asked 20 authors of queer Y.A. literature to recommend a queer […]
