• Craft and Advice

    craft advice

    Chaos Is My Co-Pilot: In Praise of Tumultuous, Unruly Storytelling

    By Jen Fawkes  July 26, 2024
    Journalism

    Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)

    By Lauren Markham  July 26, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Phil Christman on the Poetics of Place

    By Phil Christman  July 26, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I’m Jealous of My Friend’s Writing Success: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  July 25, 2024
    On Poetry

    Poetry’s Mysterious Power: A Conversation With Dara Barrois/Dixon

    By Peter Mishler  July 25, 2024
    Neurodiversity

    On Writing—and Then Becoming—the “Other”

    By Mathangi Subramanian  July 24, 2024
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Jen Hadfield on Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   July 24, 2024
    In Conversation

    Lev Grossman on Adapting Arthurian Legends For a World in Turmoil

    By Jane Ciabattari  July 23, 2024
    I'm a Writer But

    Joanna Pearson on Writing a Literary Whodunnit

    By I'm a Writer But   July 23, 2024
    Write-minded

    Naomi Klein on Being a Voice for Causes That Matter

    By Write-minded   July 22, 2024
    Seeing Yourself

    The Hard Art of Seeing Your Own Writing Through Rose-Colored Glasses

    By Mira Ptacin  July 22, 2024
    First Draft

    Amitava Kumar on the Importance of Being an Amateur

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 22, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Anna DeForest on Writing Without Artifice

    By Anna DeForest  July 19, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Politics and Grace in Early Modern Literature

    By History of Literature  July 18, 2024
    Speculative fiction

    A Visa for a Hobbit: How the Tools of Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Can Help Immigrant Writers

    By Minsoo Kang  July 17, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Jeffrey Eugenides and Yiyun Li on Colm Tóibín

    By Literary Hub  July 17, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    Jeffrey Eugenides on Colm Tóibín, “The Kindest Person in the World”

    By Jeffrey Eugenides  July 17, 2024
    literary criticism

    Yiyun Li on the Master, Colm Tóibín

    By Yiyun Li  July 17, 2024
    Goths

    Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

    By Alisa Alering  July 17, 2024
    In Conversation

    Laura Van Den Berg on Merging Autofiction With Speculative Fiction

    By Jane Ciabattari  July 16, 2024
    Children's Literature

    What Does It Mean to Write Escapist Literature?

    By Caroline Carlson  July 16, 2024
    literary criticism

    Joy Williams on the Wild, Lyrical Stories of Brad Watson

    By Joy Williams  July 16, 2024
    I'm a Writer But

    Barrie Miskin on Plumbing Dark Places

    By I'm a Writer But   July 16, 2024
    Horror

    What Nickelodeon’s “Are You Afraid of the Dark” Can Teach Horror Writers

    By Jordan Kopy  July 15, 2024
    Write-minded

    Margaret Juhae Lee on How Secrets Fuel Memoir Writing

    By Write-minded   July 15, 2024
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