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Khadijah Queen on What It’s Like to Write Poetry on a Naval Destroyer

Khadijah Queen on What It’s Like to Write Poetry on a Naval Destroyer

“I’d steal a moment to write future me into existence, or to write my way through my feelings after another tedious day.”

By Khadijah Queen | August 6, 2025

Doubles, Glitches, Hallucinations, Dreams: Nine Books that Feature David Lynchian Deja Vu

Doubles, Glitches, Hallucinations, Dreams: Nine Books that Feature David Lynchian Deja Vu

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By Vanessa Roveto | August 6, 2025

How Tochi Eze Found Her Writing Voice in Igbo Folklore

How Tochi Eze Found Her Writing Voice in Igbo Folklore

“Myth is not just fabrication or metaphor, it is method and craft.”

By Tochi Eze | August 5, 2025

On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection

On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection

Elaine U. Cho: “If you want to belong to the world, you’ll have to pick up on its lingo.”

By Elaine U. Cho | August 5, 2025

How Writers Write Characters Who Are Writers Writing About Themselves; Or, But Is It Autofiction?

How Writers Write Characters Who Are Writers Writing About Themselves; Or, But Is It Autofiction?

Megan Cummins Explores the Porous Borders of Narrativizing Oneself on the Open Road

By Megan Cummins | August 5, 2025

Why a Nineteenth-Century Scandal of Class and Identity Still Speaks to Us

Why a Nineteenth-Century Scandal of Class and Identity Still Speaks to Us

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By Nell Stevens | August 4, 2025

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How Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider Helped Introduce Maori Literature to the World

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Ed Park on Trusting the Generative Mind

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Jane Alison and Jeannine Ouellette on Craft and Form

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Aymann Ismail on Asking the Right Questions (at the Right Time)

Aymann Ismail on Asking the Right Questions (at the Right Time)

“Memoirs ought to interrogate certainties.”

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Amy Silverberg Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Amy Silverberg Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Rita Bullwinkel, Rebecca Lee, Marie-Helene Bertino, and Others

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The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of August

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Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

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The Art of Lying: Kate Weinberg on the Similarities Between Fibs and Fiction

The Art of Lying: Kate Weinberg on the Similarities Between Fibs and Fiction

“Let’s be more honest with ourselves and all those who may learn from us: about the slipperiness of truth, about the wonders of fiction.”

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

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