• Craft and Advice

    On Poetry

    I Made a Book of Erasure Poems Out of Stephen King’s Misery

    By Sarah J. Sloat  September 25, 2020
    The Literary Life

    Carl Hiaasen on Satire as a Product of Anger

    By The Literary Life  September 25, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy on Musical Storytelling and Early Influences

    By Literary Hub  September 23, 2020
    Poetry

    How I Found Small Joys in My Life as a Poem Elf

    By Maggie Lane  September 23, 2020
    WMFA

    Linda Kay Klein on Being a Steward of Others’ Stories

    By WMFA   September 23, 2020
    Otherppl

    Amy Shearn on the Narrative Usefulness of Ghosts

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  September 23, 2020
    Reading Women

    Vicki Laveau-Harvie on Writing Family Tragicomedy… Longhand

    By Reading Women  September 23, 2020
    On Death

    On the Challenges of Writing About Death

    By Annie Lyons  September 22, 2020
    Theater

    Character-Building: On Past Traumas and a Future for the Stage

    By Dan O'Brien  September 18, 2020
    On Craft

    Let’s Stop with the Realism Versus Science Fiction and Fantasy Debate

    By Lincoln Michel  September 17, 2020
    Thresholds

    Cathy Park Hong on Motherhood and Turning From Poetry to Prose

    By Thresholds   September 16, 2020
    Damian Barr's Literary Salon

    A Not Entirely Safe for Work Conversation with Mary Beard

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  September 16, 2020
    WMFA

    Margaret Wilkerson Sexton on Listening to Your Inner Voice

    By WMFA   September 16, 2020
    So Many Damn Books

    Raven Leilani on Disco, Nail Polish, and Writing Like No One’s Watching

    By So Many Damn Books  September 16, 2020
    Otherppl

    Kathleen Rooney on the Risk of Losing Readers by Narrating from a Pigeon’s Point of View

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  September 16, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    How Fiction Reckons with a World in Constant Crisis

    By Literary Hub  September 15, 2020
    Publishing

    In Case You Need Reminding, a Book is Not a Baby

    By Ayden LeRoux  September 15, 2020
    War

    War, Anonymity, and the Dangerous Line Between Truth and Fiction

    By Eva Nour  September 14, 2020
    First Draft

    Cherie Dimaline on Representing Native Youth in Her Work

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 14, 2020
    Beyond the Page

    Ayad Akhtar on Finding a Voice to Address the American ‘Us’

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  September 14, 2020
    Writers in Conversation

    To Imagine Life Post-Climate Change: A Conversation with Diane Cook

    By Amanda Goldblatt  September 11, 2020
    Latin American Literature

    Did a Revolution in Latin American Publishing Make One Hundred Years of Solitude the Success It Is Today?

    By Álvaro Santana-Acuña  September 11, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Daniel Mendelsohn on How Greek Tragedy Speaks to Our Present Moment

    By The Quarantine Tapes  September 11, 2020
    The Literary Life

    Alka Joshi on the Surprise of Becoming a Debut Novelist at 62

    By The Literary Life  September 11, 2020
    New Books Network

    Premee Mohamed Is Not a
    ‘New’ Writer

    By New Books Network  September 11, 2020
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