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Edward Hirsch on Locating the Roots of the American Poetry Tradition

“A Spiritual-Industrial Complex.” SJ Sindu on Writing the Life of a Child God

Imagining the Lives of the Aviators Who Inspired William Faulkner

WATCH: Colleen Kinder and Friends Present Letter to a Stranger

On Fictionalizing the Long-Suppressed and Complicated Histories of Holland and Indonesia

Zac Smith: What’s the Point of Writing if You’re Not Having Any Fun?

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Austin Kleon on Asking the Right Questions

Alan Lee on Illustrating J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

Jesymn Ward on Discovering for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Talking to Myself: How Dictation Software Helped Me Navigate Pandemic Pain

What Does Gentrification Have to Do With Writing Place?

On Writing a Social Novel, Giving Clear Feedback, and Outlasting Doubt

Writing Climate Fiction Showed Me That a Different Life is Possible

Emily St. John Mandel on the Narrative Possibilities of Time Travel

Adrienne Celt on Losing Her Creative “Rival” Too Soon

How to Fictionalize New Technology Even As It’s Constantly Changing

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