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12 Contemporary Writers on How They Revise

12 Contemporary Writers on How They Revise

From Joan Didion to Kelly Link to George Saunders...

By Emily Temple | January 10, 2017

How Faulkner Convinced Me Not to Become an Astronomer

How Faulkner Convinced Me Not to Become an Astronomer

Alan Jacobs on a House Full of Books and How He Came to Literature

By Alan Jacobs | January 10, 2017

How to Build a Powerful Community of Brown Female Voices

How to Build a Powerful Community of Brown Female Voices

Piyali Bhattachayra on Good Girls Marry Doctors and creating her tribe

By Piyali Bhattacharya | January 5, 2017

Why Every Aspiring Writer Should Go See <em>Paterson</em>

Why Every Aspiring Writer Should Go See Paterson

Indulge in a rare bit of artistic realism

By Emily Temple | January 5, 2017

Letters from an Invented Writer

Letters from an Invented Writer

A Selection of Correspondence Between 'James Tiptree, Jr.' and Joanna Russ

By Literary Hub | January 3, 2017

What Romance Fiction Can Accomplish

What Romance Fiction Can Accomplish

On the Passion and Pleasure of "Light" Reading

By Cathy Maxwell | December 29, 2016

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Working Your Way Through Depression to Finish a Book

By Jason Diamond | December 22, 2016

The Last Bookbinder on the Lower East Side

By Dwyer Murphy | December 21, 2016

The Art of Revision: Most of What You Write Should Be Cut

By Charles Johnson | December 20, 2016

Human Hair, Dolls Clothes, Love Letters and Other Strange Things Found in Old Books

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By Emily Temple | December 16, 2016

Ask the Publicists: An Author's Survival Kit for Dark Times

Ask the Publicists: An Author's Survival Kit for Dark Times

A Monthly Advice Column from Broadside PR

By Literary Hub | December 13, 2016

On Failing to Write for the Internet

On Failing to Write for the Internet

Laurie Sheck Gets Lost in a Sea of Infinite Links

By Laurie Sheck | December 13, 2016

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How Writers Are Getting Back to Work

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By Lorraine Berry | December 13, 2016

Reading Through the First Year of Motherhood

Reading Through the First Year of Motherhood

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By Yardenne Greenspan | December 9, 2016

Art Can Transfigure Hatred

Art Can Transfigure Hatred

Charlotte Wood on the Importance of Not Turning Away

By Charlotte Wood | December 9, 2016

An Incomplete Guide to Proper Literary Name-Dropping

An Incomplete Guide to Proper Literary Name-Dropping

For Holiday Parties, Trivia Nights, and Beyond

By Emily Temple | December 9, 2016

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