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The Pugnacious Outlaw Women Behind My Protagonist

The Pugnacious Outlaw Women Behind My Protagonist

From Hellcat Maggie to the Great Sandwina, Eight Women Who Defied Their Era

By Katrina Carrasco | November 20, 2018

Writing Women's Pain: A Roundtable

Writing Women's Pain: A Roundtable

Part One of a Conversation with Alethea Black, Abby Norman,
Esme Weijun Wang and More

By Literary Hub | November 19, 2018

Jonathan Franzen's 10 Rules for Novelists

Jonathan Franzen's 10 Rules for Novelists

Number Eight Just Makes Us Sad

By Jonathan Franzen | November 15, 2018

You Can’t Rely on Inspiration: Essential Writing Advice from J.G. Ballard

You Can’t Rely on Inspiration: Essential Writing Advice from J.G. Ballard

"Self-discipline is enormously important."

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2018

When a Story is Best Told Backwards

When a Story is Best Told Backwards

Samantha Harvey on the Melancholy of Reverse Narratives

By Samantha Harvey | November 15, 2018

Herman Melville: How to Promote Your Future Classic About Whales

Herman Melville: How to Promote Your Future Classic About Whales

Did People Even Talk About Books Before Twitter? As Told to Thomas Swick

By Herman Melville | November 14, 2018

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Reading Across America: Literature and Community in Sin City

By Kayla Dean | November 14, 2018

Advice from the NBA 5 Under 35 Honorees About Writing a Second Book

By Corinne Segal | November 13, 2018

George Saunders on the Best Writing Advice He's Received

By Literary Hub | November 13, 2018

Kay Eldredge Salter: My Husband's Choice to Be a Writer Was the Hardest of His Life

Kay Eldredge Salter: My Husband's Choice to Be a Writer Was the Hardest of His Life

On the Notes and Drafts of James Salter

By Kay Eldredge Salter | November 13, 2018

Poetry is Infinite: A Conversation with Jeffrey Schultz

Poetry is Infinite: A Conversation with Jeffrey Schultz

"The poem should reveal an image of what is beyond linguistic expression."

By Peter Mishler | November 13, 2018

See Oscar Wilde's Handwritten Edits to <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>

See Oscar Wilde's Handwritten Edits to The Picture of Dorian Gray

Did Wilde Self-Censor the Earliest Version of His Only Novel?

By Literary Hub | November 9, 2018

If You Have These Traits You Might Be a Writer

If You Have These Traits You Might Be a Writer

Karen E. Bender Tries to Answer a Very Difficult Question

By Karen E. Bender | November 8, 2018

How Kazuo Ishiguro Used

How Kazuo Ishiguro Used "Dream Techniques" to Write His Most Polarizing Novel

Revelations from the Nobel Laureate's Archives

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2018

Rakesh Satyal on the Pick-Up Line That Changed His Life

Rakesh Satyal on the Pick-Up Line That Changed His Life

(And Some Very Good Writing Advice, Too!)

By Rakesh Satyal | November 7, 2018

Having No Time is the Best Time to Get Writing Done

Having No Time is the Best Time to Get Writing Done

Jessie Greengrass on Writing in the Cracks of a Busy Day

By Jessie Greengrass | November 7, 2018

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