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Crystal Hana Kim and Laura van den Berg on What It Means to 'Learn to Write'

Crystal Hana Kim and Laura van den Berg on What It Means to 'Learn to Write'

Research As a Creative Act, The Limits of First-Person Point of View, and More

By Laura van den Berg | October 7, 2019

Laura van den Berg on Divining the Unseeable, and Her Family's History with the Paranormal

Laura van den Berg on Divining the Unseeable, and Her Family's History with the Paranormal

From Tarot Readings on Book Tour, to a Medium for Pets

By Laura van den Berg | September 11, 2019

Laura van den Berg on the Horror Films That Inspired Her New Novel

Laura van den Berg on the Horror Films That Inspired Her New Novel

Lurking in the Shadows of The Third Hotel

By Laura van den Berg | August 24, 2018

Writing Rules That Were Made to Be Broken: Kill Your Darlings

Writing Rules That Were Made to Be Broken: Kill Your Darlings

Laura Van Den Berg for Grub Street's "Rules to Be Broken" Series

By Laura van den Berg | March 13, 2018

A History of Encounters with <em>The Lover</em>

A History of Encounters with The Lover

On Rereading Marguerite Duras's Masterpiece

By Laura van den Berg | August 25, 2015

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