Writers are fed a bevy of mantras—“show don’t tell,” “kill your darlings”—which provide the security that there are rules, but little else. A new book by Lucy Ives offers a more expansive view of ...

Writing an effective literature review is a core component of academic research. Beyond summarizing prior studies, it helps identify research gaps, justify new inquiries, and position research within ...

What the rise of A.I. and the gutting of books coverage across U.S. media will mean for literature. By Dwight Garner In 1981, Donald Barthelme published “Challenge,” a funny and weirdly prescient ...

WRITING CREATIVITY AND SOUL. By Sue Monk Kidd. Knopf. 240 pages. $30. Beloved novelist and memoirist Sue Monk Kidd is a native of Georgia who now makes her home in North Carolina — but her literary ...