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Lidia Yuknavitch on Finding the Words to Convey Unfathomable Loss

Lidia Yuknavitch on Finding the Words to Convey Unfathomable Loss

“I do what I do know how to do. I throw them into stories; I watch them move and I can walk again.”

By Lidia Yuknavitch | February 10, 2025

What If? Lidia Yuknavitch on Her Philosophy of Teaching

What If? Lidia Yuknavitch on Her Philosophy of Teaching

“What is a writer in these times? How do we share the space of writing and making art?”

By Lidia Yuknavitch | March 3, 2023

Lidia Yuknavitch Describes Her Four Perfect Writing Spaces

Lidia Yuknavitch Describes Her Four Perfect Writing Spaces

“It would not be an exaggeration to say I have spent my life swimming in the art of others.”

By Lidia Yuknavitch | June 28, 2022

I Was Already Leaving Florida When I Arrived

I Was Already Leaving Florida When I Arrived

Lidia Yuknavitch on Abuse, Love, and How to Gut a Largemouth Bass

By Lidia Yuknavitch | November 13, 2017

Lidia Yuknavitch: The Time I Snuck Into Ken Kesey's Fiction Class

Lidia Yuknavitch: The Time I Snuck Into Ken Kesey's Fiction Class

On Fitting in with Misfits, from Ken Kesey to Melissa Febos

By Lidia Yuknavitch | October 17, 2017

Lidia Yuknavitch: I Will Always Inhabit the Water

Lidia Yuknavitch: I Will Always Inhabit the Water

On Living a Swimmer's Life

By Lidia Yuknavitch | April 12, 2017

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