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Inside Vladimir Nabokov's Dream Journal

Inside Vladimir Nabokov's Dream Journal

"Several dreams, one of them keenly erotic..."

By Vladimir Nabokov | November 30, 2017

Encountering My Son's Older Doppelganger

Encountering My Son's Older Doppelganger

Ashley Hay on the Scandinavian Concept of Vardøger

By Ashley Hay | November 30, 2017

James Salter: Why I Write

James Salter: Why I Write

An American Master on the Origins of His Craft

By James Salter | November 29, 2017

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Tacoma

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Tacoma

From Natural Beauty to Bookstore Cats, We'll Probably Relocate to Washington

By Renee Simms | November 29, 2017

The Dangerous Lure of Writing For White Readers in an MFA

The Dangerous Lure of Writing For White Readers in an MFA

Aisha Sabatini Sloan Wonders About the Work She Might Have Done...

By Aisha Sabatini Sloan | November 28, 2017

How 11 Writers Organize Their Personal Libraries

How 11 Writers Organize Their Personal Libraries

You can't put Pynchon next to Plato (Unless They're Both Pink)

By Emily Temple | November 21, 2017

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Adrian McKinty Tries to Get Some Writing Done in Kafka's Old Office

By Adrian McKinty | November 21, 2017

See the Detailed Diagrams Kathy Acker Drew of Her Dreams

By Literary Hub | November 20, 2017

Garth Risk Hallberg on Updating His Debut Novella—10 Years Later

By Garth Risk Hallberg | November 17, 2017

Charles Bukowski Wrote So Fast His Publisher Couldn’t Keep Up

Charles Bukowski Wrote So Fast His Publisher Couldn’t Keep Up

On Trying to Get a Poet to Make Copies of His Poems

By Abel Debritto | November 17, 2017

Susan Sontag on Being a Writer:

Susan Sontag on Being a Writer: "You Have to Be Obsessed"

And other insights on craft from the legendary critic and novelist

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2017

Counting Feet: On Running and Poetic Meter

Counting Feet: On Running and Poetic Meter

The Library and the Track Have More in Common Than You Might Think

By Chris Townsend | November 15, 2017

Eduardo Galeano: Why I Became a Writer

Eduardo Galeano: Why I Became a Writer

The Late, Great Uruguayan Speaks of the Sea to Those Who Will Never See It

By Eduardo Galeano | November 9, 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'Write What You Know' is the Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'Write What You Know' is the Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard

And Other Hot Tips from the Newly Crowned Nobel Laureate

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2017

Writing a Novel in the Age of Peak Content

Writing a Novel in the Age of Peak Content

Notes from the Midst of A Terrifying Digital Flowering

By Barret Baumgart | November 6, 2017

No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Sylvia Plath and more on their nighttime visions

By Emily Temple | November 1, 2017

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