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On the Pitfalls and Power of <br>the Religious Essay

On the Pitfalls and Power of
the Religious Essay

Sonja Livingston: "Go to where the silence is."

By Sonja Livingston | August 5, 2019

When Novelists Become Method Actors

When Novelists Become Method Actors

Leland Cheuk on Comedy, Immersive Research, and the Underrated Value of Experience in 2019

By Leland Cheuk | July 31, 2019

The Late-Capitalist Privileges of<br> Being an Art Monster

The Late-Capitalist Privileges of
Being an Art Monster

Sarah Elaine Smith on Working a Tech Job While Trying to Make Art

By Sarah Elaine Smith | July 31, 2019

On Learning to Use My Inner Cheerleader to Find Writerly Confidence

On Learning to Use My Inner Cheerleader to Find Writerly Confidence

Liz Astroff Wrestles to Balance Parenting and Writing

By Liz Astrof | July 30, 2019

Learning How to Write Girls with Agency in Fiction

Learning How to Write Girls with Agency in Fiction

Stephanie Jimenez: Imagining Girlhood Beyond the Threat
of Sexual Violence

By Stephanie Jimenez | July 29, 2019

Why Don't I Read All My Books?

Why Don't I Read All My Books?

Karen Olsson on the Ghosts on Her Shelves

By Karen Olsson | July 26, 2019

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In the Woods: Telling the Finnish-American Immigrant Story

By Karl Marlantes | July 23, 2019

Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again

By Margaret Renkl | July 19, 2019

On the Fine (and Difficult) Art of Science Writing

By Randi Hutter Epstein | July 17, 2019

How <em>General Hospital</em> Inspired My New Novel

How General Hospital Inspired My New Novel

Why Marcy Dermansky is Not Afraid to Mess With Her Characters

By Marcy Dermansky | July 11, 2019

The Liberation and Consternation of Writing a Whole Book with Paper and Pen

The Liberation and Consternation of Writing a Whole Book with Paper and Pen

In Which Jeff Gordinier Writes an Essay on the Train

By Jeff Gordinier | July 10, 2019

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

Randy Boyagoda on Religious-Political Satire

By Randy Boyagoda | July 9, 2019

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

Kimi Eisele on Finding Light in the Darkness of a Financial Dystopia

By Kimi Eisele | July 8, 2019

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

Gabriel Urza on the Literary Virtues of Defamiliarization

By Gabriel Urza | July 1, 2019

Working on a Novel About an Artist? Write Like a Painter

Working on a Novel About an Artist? Write Like a Painter

Kummer on Picasso, van Gogh, Hopper, and the
Painterly Art of Observation

By Luke Jerod Kummer | July 1, 2019

Alix Ohlin: How to Write—and Not—About the Struggle to Have a Child

Alix Ohlin: How to Write—and Not—About the Struggle to Have a Child

On Motherhood, Fertility, and Gendered Readings of Women's Books

By Alix Ohlin | June 26, 2019

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