Books We Loved in August 2023, by Stephanie Cowell, Fonda Lee, and Andrew Miller

Spotlight interview with the author Lynn C. Miller, who has just published a short story collection, The Lost Archive

Books We Loved at Five Directions Press in July, by Allegra Goodman, Jennifer Savran Kelly, and Luis Alberto Urrea

The Writer's Life: Joan Schweighardt discusses the inspiration for her characters Ben and Lola in her new novel "Under the Blue Moon"

Books We Loved in June, by Akwaeke Emezi, Alison Goodman, and Kate Morton—sent in by the authors of Five Directions Press

Interview with Claudia H. Long, author of Nine Tenths of the Law, Our Lying Kin, and other novels

Books We Loved in May, by Ginny Kubitz Moyer, Rebecca Makkai, and Ann Napolitano

With this issue of our online newsletter, we broaden our “Writing Tips” rubric to include an inside look at the writer’s life—starting...

Books We Loved in April 2023, by Sarah Adams, C.S. Harris, and Anne Korkeakivi

Written interview with R.D. Kardon, author of the Flygirl Trilogy

Books We Loved in March 2023, by G.P. Gottlieb, Molly Greeley, and Joanna Lowell

When, how—and how not—to use weather to reveal character and setting in fiction

Books we loved in February 2023, by Sophie Cousens, Maggie O'Farrell, and Sheri Cobb South

Joan Schweighardt shines a spotlight on flash fiction writer Chelsea Stickle in this month's interview.

Books We Loved in January 2023, by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Allison Winn Scotch, and Susan Stokes-Chapman

The importance of setting in a novel—so long as you don't overdo it.

Books We Loved in December 2022, by T. C. Boyle, Sam Lipsyte, and Anne Perry

Spotlight interview with A. E. Wasserman, author of the Lord Langsford Historical Mysteries

Books We Loved in November, by Nicola Cornick, Anthony Doerr, and Christopher M. Hood

Joan Schweighart discusses magical realism: what it is, and why you might want to use it in your writing.