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From <em>Star Wars</em> to <em>Lord of the Rings</em>, How to Build a World

From Star Wars to Lord of the Rings, How to Build a World

The Art of Making the Imaginary Seem Real

By A.D. Jameson | May 29, 2018

Where Hemingway Went to Write, After Partying in Venice

Where Hemingway Went to Write, After Partying in Venice

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What If I'm Just a Minor Writer?

What If I'm Just a Minor Writer?

Karl Taro Greenfeld: Not Every Author is Destined for Greatness

By Karl Taro Greenfeld | May 24, 2018

The Best Ways to Read Over the Summer

The Best Ways to Read Over the Summer

Suggestions on What to Read and Where to Do It

By Susan LaTempa | May 24, 2018

Ursula K. Le Guin, Editing to the End

Ursula K. Le Guin, Editing to the End

David Naimon on Collaborating with a Literary Legend

By David Naimon | May 22, 2018

Did Camp Change Me? It Made Me a Liar, Which Is to Say a Novelist

Did Camp Change Me? It Made Me a Liar, Which Is to Say a Novelist

On the Myth-Making Lessons of Summer Camp

By Heather Abel | May 21, 2018

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Dear Rick Moody: How Do I Accept My Illness and My Inability to Write?

By Rick Moody | May 21, 2018

A Close Reading of True Grit's Perfect First Paragraph

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Be a Better Reader: Get Outside Your Genre Comfort Zone

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William Trevor in America

William Trevor in America

Patrick Cox on his father's travels across the USA

By Patrick Cox | May 15, 2018

On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

Twilight Zone Episode"">"Whenever I’m in Marfa I Feel like I’m in a Twilight Zone Episode"

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How I Learned to Claim Space as a Multilingual Author

How I Learned to Claim Space as a Multilingual Author

YZ Chin on Choosing to Write in a "Colonizer's Language"

By YZ Chin | May 14, 2018

The Unexpected Poetry of Sleeping Outside

The Unexpected Poetry of Sleeping Outside

"I’d Rather Be Huddled Somewhere and a Little Underprepared"

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Transcendent Compositions: On Making Perfume and Writing Fiction

Transcendent Compositions: On Making Perfume and Writing Fiction

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22 Photos of Famous Authors and Their Moms

22 Photos of Famous Authors and Their Moms

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Dear Book Therapist: What Do I Read When the Worst Has Happened?

Dear Book Therapist: What Do I Read When the Worst Has Happened?

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