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The Best Stories Break at Least One of Their Own Rules

The Best Stories Break at Least One of Their Own Rules

Blair Hurley Recommends You Try Touching the Bear

By Blair Hurley | April 3, 2018

What is the Writer's Responsibility To Those Unable to Tell Their Own Stories?

What is the Writer's Responsibility To Those Unable to Tell Their Own Stories?

On Writing About Autism, Alzheimer's, and Coma Patients

By Stefan Merrill Block | April 3, 2018

On the Anxiety of the Chronically Early

On the Anxiety of the Chronically Early

"I started wearing a watch as soon as I could tell time."

By Rachel Z. Arndt | April 2, 2018

How John J. Lennon Became a Prison Journalist—From the Inside

How John J. Lennon Became a Prison Journalist—From the Inside

“There’s Plenty of Story Around Me, and Within Me"

By Daniel A. Gross | April 2, 2018

How the Make-Believe World of Peter Pan Inspired My Writing

How the Make-Believe World of Peter Pan Inspired My Writing

On the Intermingling of Fact and Fantasy in J.M. Barrie's Neverland

By Jenny Boully | April 2, 2018

Why <em>The Odyssey</em> is the Perfect Book for High School English

Why The Odyssey is the Perfect Book for High School English

On the Surprising Relevance of the World's First Novel

By A.G. Lombardo | March 30, 2018

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After 20 Years of Rambling I Broke Down and Wrote a Novel

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How to Make Bookstore Appearances Ten Times More Interesting

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Writer Craig Terlson Wants to Hear All Your Crazy Stories

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Rediscovering a France I Thought I'd Lost

Rediscovering a France I Thought I'd Lost

Jane Delury Recalls Memories of the Chateauroux Forests

By Jane Delury | March 28, 2018

Letter to an Emerging Indigenous Writer

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"If you have the gift, you’re called upon to use it for the People."

By Daniel Heath Justice | March 27, 2018

Wendy Xu on the Impossible Complexity of Immigrant Love

Wendy Xu on the Impossible Complexity of Immigrant Love

Lives of the Poets: Peter Mishler in Conversation with the Author of Phrasis

By Peter Mishler | March 27, 2018

How I Learned to Write About My Patients... Without Breaking Their Trust

How I Learned to Write About My Patients... Without Breaking Their Trust

Dr. Daniela Lamas on Consent, Empathy, and Obscuring Details

By Daniela Lamas | March 27, 2018

On the Fine Art of Unraveling

On the Fine Art of Unraveling

The Hardest Part of Making Anything is Knowing When to Start Over

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Young Writers Need to Believe Their Stories Matter

Young Writers Need to Believe Their Stories Matter

Nick Ripatrazone on the Power of Praise

By Nick Ripatrazone | March 26, 2018

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