More Craft Than Art: Approaching a Novel As a Carpenter Would

More Craft Than Art: Approaching a Novel As a Carpenter Would

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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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Ethel Rohan on the Replenishing Beauty of Ireland and Eschewing Likable Characters

Ethel Rohan on the Replenishing Beauty of Ireland and Eschewing Likable Characters

The Author of In the Event of Contact in Conversation with Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | June 8, 2021

Are you surprised that Stephen King doesn’t outline his plots?

Are you surprised that Stephen King doesn’t outline his plots?

By Jonny Diamond | June 7, 2021

Once and For All: Is Drunkenness Actually Good for Art?

Once and For All: Is Drunkenness Actually Good for Art?

Edward Slingerland Considers the History of—and Science Behind—Alcohol as Muse

By Edward Slingerland | June 7, 2021

On Writing Through a Residency That Never Happened (But Did?)

On Writing Through a Residency That Never Happened (But Did?)

Marta Bausells Puzzles Over the Conundrum of Time and Space

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Matthew Clark Davison on Care, Abuse, and the Narrative Possibilities of Brotherhood

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The Advantages of Failure: What Thoreau Taught Me About Journal Writing

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David Gessner on the Transformative Power of a Daily Writing Practice

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Why Andrea Stewart Didn’t Want to Write Another Patriarchal Fantasy Novel

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In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

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Making the Tricky Switch From Writing Adult Literature to Children’s

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Interview with a Journal: <em>The Sewanee Review</em>

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Kristen Arnett on Discovering the Shape of a Book

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WATCH: Angie Thomas Talks to Jenny Valentine at the Hay Festival

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The Author Discusses the Film Adaptation of The Hate U Give and Her New Novel, Concrete Rose

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Wallace Shawn on His Classic, “Why I Call Myself a Socialist”

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In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

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