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Prone To Be Productive: In Praise of Writing in Bed

Prone To Be Productive: In Praise of Writing in Bed

Megan O’Grady: “I don’t know about magic, but something happens in my bed, which is where I tend to think best.”

By Megan O'Grady | April 21, 2026

Jayne Anne Phillips on Chronicling Her West Virginia Upbringing and Writer’s Journey

Jayne Anne Phillips on Chronicling Her West Virginia Upbringing and Writer’s Journey

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Small Town Girls

By Jane Ciabattari | April 21, 2026

Eight Books About Women With Secret Lives

Eight Books About Women With Secret Lives

Bonnie Friedman Recommends Deesha Philyaw, Azar Nafisi, Annie Ernaux, and More

By Bonnie Friedman | April 21, 2026

How Writing Helped Me Heal After a Trauma

How Writing Helped Me Heal After a Trauma

Grace Spulak on Her Journey to Understanding Her Own Recovery

By Grace Spulak | April 20, 2026

Danielle Bainbridge on Defying the Formula to Find Your Form

Danielle Bainbridge on Defying the Formula to Find Your Form

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | April 20, 2026

Ramona Ausubel’s Favorite Exercise for Getting Unstuck

Ramona Ausubel’s Favorite Exercise for Getting Unstuck

Unleashing the Power of “What Ifs”

By Ramona Ausubel | April 17, 2026

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On the Dark Arts of Writing Dangerously (and Marriage, and Life in L.A.)

By Luke Goebel | April 17, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Khong is Reading Now, And Next

By Diana Arterian | April 17, 2026

Polly Barton on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Hell of Solitude

By Polly Barton | April 16, 2026

Starting to Write Again After Unimaginable Tragedy

Starting to Write Again After Unimaginable Tragedy

Mai Nguyen: “There’s something about fictionalizing your grief that gives way to joy.”

By Mai Nguyen | April 15, 2026

How Art Can Transport Us to the Past

How Art Can Transport Us to the Past

Stephanie Sy-Quia on Writing About Her Grandparents

By Stephanie Sy-Quia | April 15, 2026

Andrew Martin (with Mary Gaitskill)

Andrew Martin (with Mary Gaitskill)

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | April 15, 2026

Writing in the Interim Language: Jhumpa Lahiri and Chiara Barzini in Conversation

Writing in the Interim Language: Jhumpa Lahiri and Chiara Barzini in Conversation

On Seeking a Literature’s Third Spaces

By Chiara Barzini | April 14, 2026

What Knitting Has Taught Me About Writing

What Knitting Has Taught Me About Writing

Miranda Shulman on the Similarities Between Her Writing and Knitting Practices

By Miranda Shulman | April 14, 2026

On Writing the Hard Truths of Rural American Life

On Writing the Hard Truths of Rural American Life

For Jennifer Acker, Money Troubles Are As Much a Part of Farming As the Weather

By Jennifer Acker | April 13, 2026

Aja Gabel on Love and Grief

Aja Gabel on Love and Grief

“There we are, in the blinding brightness of loss, together.”

By Aja Gabel | April 13, 2026

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