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Sorry, Chicago Manual of Style: I’m Not Going to Stop Capitalizing the Word “Earth”

Sorry, Chicago Manual of Style: I’m Not Going to Stop Capitalizing the Word “Earth”

Meg Charlton on Aliens, Sayaka Murata’s Earthlings, and Style Guides

By Meg Charlton | June 22, 2026

How Do You Create Surprise When Your Story’s Ending Is Inevitable?

How Do You Create Surprise When Your Story’s Ending Is Inevitable?

Ayşe Papatya Bucak on What to Do When Your Characters Can't Do Much

By Ayşe Papatya Bucak | June 22, 2026

My Newly Successful Friend Won’t Stop Namedropping: Is She the Literary Asshole?

My Newly Successful Friend Won’t Stop Namedropping: Is She the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | June 18, 2026

Follow Awe: Deb Olin Unferth on Writing Speculative Fiction

Follow Awe: Deb Olin Unferth on Writing Speculative Fiction

“Eco-fiction feels to me like the most important thing I could be writing right now.”

By Deb Olin Unferth | June 18, 2026

How to Write a Novel in 33 Days

How to Write a Novel in 33 Days

Catriona Silvey on Turning an Inspiration-Fueled First Draft Into a Coherent Novel

By Catriona Silvey | June 18, 2026

Beyond Cli-Fi: Why Every Story is a Climate Change Story

Beyond Cli-Fi: Why Every Story is a Climate Change Story

Heather Abel on Reading and Writing Through the Lens of Climate Emergency

By Heather Abel | June 18, 2026

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A Poem For Bad Dads: Annakeara Stinson on The Cremation of Sam McGee

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Karen Solie on Tomas Tranströmer's Selected Poems

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There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Wedding: On Finding Inspiration in Someone Else’s Nuptials

There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Wedding: On Finding Inspiration in Someone Else’s Nuptials

“The most wonderful thing about attending someone else’s wedding is that it’s not my own.”

By Bobby Finger | June 16, 2026

Working in Advertising Helped Me Write My Memoir

Working in Advertising Helped Me Write My Memoir

Lu Chekowsky on Writing the Truth After a Career in Fiction

By Lu Chekowsky | June 15, 2026

Between Verdict and Voice, From Judge to Writer

Between Verdict and Voice, From Judge to Writer

Jacqueline St. Joan on Language and Life on the Bench

By Jacqueline St. Joan | June 12, 2026

Claire Fuller on Taking Writing Lessons from Sculpting

Claire Fuller on Taking Writing Lessons from Sculpting

The What Ifs of Writing, or Carving Stone

By Claire Fuller | June 12, 2026

I Thought I Had Nothing to Write About. Then I Got a Dog.

I Thought I Had Nothing to Write About. Then I Got a Dog.

Camille Perri in Praise of Furry Friends and Furry Muses

By Camille Perri | June 11, 2026

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Helen Bain on Taking a Plathian Pilgrimage

By Helen Bain | June 10, 2026

To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

Sofia Montrone: “Where else does writing come from, if not the desire to peer through the keyhole of someone else’s mind?”

By Sofia Montrone | June 10, 2026

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