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Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really?

Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really?

Terry McDonell Talks to Lance Richardson About Matthiessen’s Moral Ambiguity, Bigfoot, and More

By Terry McDonell | October 14, 2025

The Craft of This Mortal Coil: Jonathan Gluck on Writing a Different Cancer Story

The Craft of This Mortal Coil: Jonathan Gluck on Writing a Different Cancer Story

Terry McDonell in Conversation with the Author of “An Exercise in Uncertainty”

By Terry McDonell | June 11, 2025

Graydon Carter on <br>The Golden Age of Magazines

Graydon Carter on
The Golden Age of Magazines

Terry McDonell Talks to Legendary Editor About His New Book

By Terry McDonell | March 25, 2025

How To Write About Your Mother

How To Write About Your Mother

Terry McDonell: “I did not set out to write about Irma.”

By Terry McDonell | May 12, 2023

“I Never Saw Her Cry.” Terry McDonell Remembers His Mother, Irma

“I Never Saw Her Cry.” Terry McDonell Remembers His Mother, Irma

“What passes between a mother and a son is not defined by her love in the moment, but later by the echoes of her motherhood.”

By Terry McDonell | May 1, 2023

How Hunter S. Thompson Would Cover Donald Trump

How Hunter S. Thompson Would Cover Donald Trump

Swap the Name "Trump" for "Nixon" and Let It Rip…

By Terry McDonell | August 3, 2017

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So You've Decided to Write: How the Hell Do You Get Paid?

By Terry McDonell | August 2, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: Is Your Novel Actually Fiction or Non?

By Terry McDonell | August 1, 2017

So You’ve Decided to Write: The Best Way to Deal with Rejection

By Terry McDonell | July 27, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: The Writer I Never Had to Edit

So You've Decided to Write: The Writer I Never Had to Edit

Terry McDonell on the Value of Leaving Well Enough Alone

By Terry McDonell | July 26, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: Will You Tell the Truth?

So You've Decided to Write: Will You Tell the Truth?

Terry McDonell on the Deal All Writers Have to Make With Themselves

By Terry McDonell | July 25, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: On Editing James Salter

So You've Decided to Write: On Editing James Salter

Terry McDonell on Working with a "Writer's Writer"

By Terry McDonell | July 20, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: Take Advantage of Your Insomnia

So You've Decided to Write: Take Advantage of Your Insomnia

Terry McDonell on the Importance of Taking Nighttime Notes

By Terry McDonell | July 19, 2017

So You've Decide to Write: What I Learned Editing Hunter S. Thompson

So You've Decide to Write: What I Learned Editing Hunter S. Thompson

Terry McDonell on the Origin of 'Gonzo' and Late Night Calls from Hunter

By Terry McDonell | July 18, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: What I Learned From Editing Jim Harrison

So You've Decided to Write: What I Learned From Editing Jim Harrison

Part Three of Terry McDonell's Summer Series on Becoming a Writer

By Terry McDonell | July 13, 2017

So You've Decided to Write: When to Drown Your Darlings

So You've Decided to Write: When to Drown Your Darlings

Part Two in Terry McDonell's Summer Series on How to Be a Writer

By Terry McDonell | July 12, 2017