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I Couldn't Read While Grieving, Until I Found These Books

I Couldn't Read While Grieving, Until I Found These Books

The Goldfinch and Children's Classics Brought Me Back from the Brink

By Veronica Henry | September 29, 2017

Carson McCullers on Suicide, Psychiatry and the Mind of the Artist

Carson McCullers on Suicide, Psychiatry and the Mind of the Artist

"I think I don't believe very much in psychotherapy for creative people."

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2017

When I'm Writing Fiction, I Cannot Read It

When I'm Writing Fiction, I Cannot Read It

Anne Korkeakivi Investigates the Reading Habits of Working Novelists

By Anne Korkeakivi | September 28, 2017

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Toronto

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to Toronto

A Diverse, Publication-Dense City Close to Nature

By Deidre Olsen | September 28, 2017

What We Can Learn from

What We Can Learn from "Ordinary" Nazis

Jessica Shattuck on the Dangers of Making Monsters of Men

By Jessica Shattuck | September 27, 2017

Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies

Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies

On the Origins of The Little Prince and Restoring a Classic Plane

By Douglas R. Dechow and Anna Leahy | September 26, 2017

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20 Pieces of Writing Advice from William Faulkner

By Emily Temple | September 25, 2017

What Quilting and Embroidery Can Teach us About Narrative Form

By Sarah Minor | September 22, 2017

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By Emily Temple | September 21, 2017

How A Single Rosh Hashanah Dinner Sparked 10 Years of Research

How A Single Rosh Hashanah Dinner Sparked 10 Years of Research

Devin Murphy on Recording the Memories of the Last WWII Veterans

By Devin Murphy | September 21, 2017

Imagining the Future of Nigeria: Accessing Africa Through Sci-Fi

Imagining the Future of Nigeria: Accessing Africa Through Sci-Fi

Deji Bryce Olukotun on Making the Shift to Genre

By Deji Bryce Olukotun | September 18, 2017

Writing My Trauma With a Little Help From a Jason Bourne Car Chase

Writing My Trauma With a Little Help From a Jason Bourne Car Chase

Winnie M. Li on What Writers Can Take from the Big Screen

By Winnie M. Li | September 18, 2017

Evil Enters From the Left: On Pantomime and the Classic Stage

Evil Enters From the Left: On Pantomime and the Classic Stage

Elly Griffiths Remembers Learning the Feel of Real Drama

By Elly Griffiths | September 18, 2017

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on How to Write and How to Read

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on How to Write and How to Read

"When it's difficult, what keeps me going is the possibility of joy."

By Emily Temple | September 15, 2017

7 Writers Who Were Also Editors (And the Books They Edited)

7 Writers Who Were Also Editors (And the Books They Edited)

So Many Hats

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2017

When Roald Dahl's Editor Decided He Was Too Much of a Prick To Publish

When Roald Dahl's Editor Decided He Was Too Much of a Prick To Publish

Bob Gottlieb: Not Having It

By Emily Temple | September 13, 2017

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