When People Assume Your Fiction is About Your Life

When People Assume Your Fiction is About Your Life

Alejandro Varela on the Everlasting Struggle of Writers to Explain Otherwise

By Alejandro Varela | March 22, 2022

“I wish you a sexy, dangerous, jazz-shaped immortality.“ Diane Seuss’s Advice for Life as a Writer

“I wish you a sexy, dangerous, jazz-shaped immortality.“ Diane Seuss’s Advice for Life as a Writer

Read Her Commencement Address to the Bennington Writing Seminars

By Diane Seuss | March 21, 2022

The Mermaid, C'est Moi: Rewriting the Story of a Universal Myth

The Mermaid, C'est Moi: Rewriting the Story of a Universal Myth

Monique Roffey on Creating a Feminist Version of a Male Fantasy

By Monique Roffey | March 21, 2022

Why Having a Baby Led Evie Wyld to More Perilous Stories

Why Having a Baby Led Evie Wyld to More Perilous Stories

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 21, 2022

Garth Greenwell on Writing Fiction like a Poet

Garth Greenwell on Writing Fiction like a Poet

"I did, in a weird way, write a novel like a poem."

By Garth Greenwell | March 18, 2022

Why Romance Needs Its Tropes: A Defense

Why Romance Needs Its Tropes: A Defense

India Holton on the Joy and Universality of an Oft-Derided Genre Staple

By India Holton | March 18, 2022

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Susan Orlean Is a Really Serious Chicken Lady

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This Week on Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

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Danté Stewart Reads From <em>Shoutin’ In The Fire: An American Epistle</em>

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On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

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From Matt Bell, here's what a successful academic cover letter for creative writers looks like.

From Matt Bell, here's what a successful academic cover letter for creative writers looks like.

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Rare Thoughts on Writing From Cormac McCarthy in This Unlikely Interview

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It Only Took Two Arizona High School Students to Get Answers From the Legendarily Reclusive Author

By Murray Carpenter | March 15, 2022

How <em>Twilight Zone</em> and a Japanese Art Installation Inspired Sequoia Nagamatsu's Novel

How Twilight Zone and a Japanese Art Installation Inspired Sequoia Nagamatsu's Novel

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | March 15, 2022

How a Secret Becomes a Story: Melissa Fu on the Importance of Listening to Elders

How a Secret Becomes a Story: Melissa Fu on the Importance of Listening to Elders

“There was a sense I had to write this story now. A sense that time was running out.”

By Melissa Fu | March 15, 2022

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