Archive - Lit With Charles

Here are five fun stories that came across my desk recently that I thought I’d share.

Jun 16 •

Short Story of the Week

A Wagner Matinée, Willa Cather (1904)

Jun 15 •

Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 77

“When I'm not writing, it's as if I've never written a word or had any desire to write. I fall into bad habits. I stay up too late and sleep in too…

Jun 11 •

Here are five fun stories that came across my desk recently that I thought I’d share.

Jun 9 •

Short Story of the Week

Smote, or When I Find I Cannot Kiss You in Front of a Print by Bridget Riley, Eley Williams (2015)

Jun 8 •

Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 76

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” – Jane Austen

Jun 4 •

Here are five fun stories that came across my desk recently that I thought I’d share.

Jun 2 •

Short Story of the Week

Li Fan, Alexandra Chang (2016)

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 75

“Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.” – Toni Morrison

May 28 •

Short Story of the Week

My Superstitions Are Your Inheritance, Esther Hayes (2024)

May 25 •

Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 74

“When you’re writing, you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know. The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you don’t want…

May 21 •

Best of Season 2

Time to close another season of the Lit with Charles podcast!

May 19 •

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