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Walter Mosley: “A Novel is Not a Machine”
On the Pleasure of Encountering Something New
By
Walter Mosley
| June 26, 2026
Walter Mosley on Learning to Love Rewriting
"The beauty of life is in its flaws and how you deal with them."
By
Walter Mosley
| June 11, 2021
Read Walter Mosley's Incredible Speech From Last Night's National Book Awards
to American Letters"">Winner of "The Medal for Distinguished Contribution
to American Letters"
By
Walter Mosley
| November 19, 2020
Walter Mosley on Discovering Who Your Book's Characters Really Are
"The creation of a novel is akin to a mad scramble up a mountainside."
By
Walter Mosley
| September 5, 2019
Walter Mosley in Conversation with Legendary Filmmaker Walter Bernstein
In Celebration of Bernstein's 100th Birthday
By
Walter Mosley
| August 20, 2019
Walter Mosley: Enough with the Victors Writing History
They Burn Whatever and Whoever Disagrees with Your Conception of the World
By
Walter Mosley
| September 5, 2018
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