• Craft and Advice

    Poetry

    Talking How We Talk: On Exploring the Poetic Plenitude of Black Life

    By Ali Black  August 2, 2021
    First Draft

    From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 2, 2021
    The Common

    Talia Lakshmi Kolluri on Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience Through Literature

    By The Common  July 30, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

    By Laura van den Berg  July 30, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

    By Corinne Segal  July 30, 2021
    The Hub

    “You don’t always have to talk.” Read Chang-rae Lee’s best writing advice.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  July 29, 2021
    Book Dreams

    How a Heroic Carrot Set Marla Frazee on the Path to Illustrating Children’s Books

    By Book Dreams  July 29, 2021
    Reading Women

    Pik-Shuen Fung on the Intense Experience of Narrating Her Own Audiobook

    By Reading Women  July 28, 2021
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    What It Means to Exist: Bethany C. Morrow, TJ Klune, and Naomi Wiens on Sci-Fi for Teens

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   July 28, 2021
    Otherppl

    Matthew Specktor on the “Cubist Razor Blade” of Extreme Success

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  July 28, 2021
    Writers on Writers

    More Dogs, More Dogs: Chloe Shaw in Conversation with Dinah Lenney

    By Dinah Lenney  July 28, 2021
    Thresholds

    Michelle Orange on the Particular Anger Between Mothers and Daughters

    By Thresholds   July 28, 2021
    Revision

    Maggie Smith on How to Revise Poems Without Losing the Initial Spark

    By Maggie Smith  July 27, 2021
    Storytelling

    The Benefits of People-Watching: How My Weird Subway Ritual Became a Storytelling Device

    By Nora Zelevansky  July 27, 2021
    The Writing Life

    Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

    By Jane Ciabattari  July 27, 2021
    Authors in the Tent

    WATCH: Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 27, 2021
    Craft

    Alix Ohlin on How to Map the Shape of Your Short Story

    By Alix Ohlin  July 26, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Meg Tilly on the Crossover Between Acting in Thrillers and Writing Them

    By History of Literature  July 26, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 26, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 23, 2021
    Post-Apocalyptic Lit

    Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

    By Geoff Rodkey  July 23, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

    By Zadie Smith  July 23, 2021
    Gender

    On Freaks and Geeks and Finding My Voice: How Pop Culture Shaped My Poetry

    By Matt Mitchell  July 22, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Why Yaa Gyasi Wants Us to Remember the Brain Is an Organ

    By The Maris Review  July 22, 2021
    Book Dreams

    Native Comedian Adrianne Chalepah Against Pandering to White Audiences

    By Book Dreams  July 22, 2021
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