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How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

Alireza Taheri Araghi on Trying to Find His Home Through a Screen

By Ali Araghi | November 26, 2019

Teaching High Schoolers to Talk Equally About Joy and Pain

Teaching High Schoolers to Talk Equally About Joy and Pain

Nick Ripatrazone Speaks to Teacher Catherine Reed

By Nick Ripatrazone | November 22, 2019

Dorothy Allison on the Necessity of Making Readers Uncomfortable

Dorothy Allison on the Necessity of Making Readers Uncomfortable

"You have to give up wanting to please."

By Editors of Garden and Gun | November 22, 2019

What the Retelling of Myths Reveals of the Teller

What the Retelling of Myths Reveals of the Teller

Jennifer S. Cheng on Writing about the Moon Goddess Chang'E

By Jennifer S. Cheng | November 20, 2019

Why get an MFA when you have free advice from Wikihow's

Why get an MFA when you have free advice from Wikihow's "How to Write" section?

By Jonny Diamond | November 18, 2019

In Order to Write, I Had to Break a Family Curse

In Order to Write, I Had to Break a Family Curse

Amanda Yates Garcia on Witchcraft and Writer's Block

By Amanda Yates Garcia | November 15, 2019

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Lessons in worldbuilding from N. K. Jemisin (plus a preview of her next book).

By Aaron Robertson | November 13, 2019

Broken Heart? Immanuel Kant is Here to Help

By Marie Robert | November 13, 2019

The Woman Who Brought Dostoevsky and Chekhov to English Readers

By Sara Wheeler | November 12, 2019

Lydia Davis: Ten of My Recommendations for Good Writing Habits

Lydia Davis: Ten of My Recommendations for Good Writing Habits

Advice for Writers on Editing, Revising, and Taking Notes

By Lydia Davis | November 12, 2019

Kurt Vonnegut's Advice for the Impatient Writer

Kurt Vonnegut's Advice for the Impatient Writer

Hint: Don't Wait For Your Loved Ones to Die

By Suzanne McConnell and Kurt Vonnegut | November 11, 2019

What I Learned From Pretending to Be a Pretentious Lit Bro for 5 Years

What I Learned From Pretending to Be a Pretentious Lit Bro for 5 Years

Dana Schwartz, aka @GuyInYourMFA, on Namedropping, the Canon, and More

By Dana Schwartz | November 7, 2019

Big Data vs. Big Dada: Writing Poetry on Demand at a New Orleans Tech Convention

Big Data vs. Big Dada: Writing Poetry on Demand at a New Orleans Tech Convention

Benjamin Aleshire on (Briefly) Going Corporate as a Poet-For-Hire

By Benjamin Aleshire | November 7, 2019

Rosalie Knecht and Idra Novey on Translation, Writing Tension, and Literary 'Retrenchment'

Rosalie Knecht and Idra Novey on Translation, Writing Tension, and Literary 'Retrenchment'

The Authors of Who Is Vera Kelly? and Those Who Knew
Speak to Brian Gresko

By Brian Gresko | November 6, 2019

On the Patchwork Approach to Piecing Together a Book

On the Patchwork Approach to Piecing Together a Book

Heather Christle Considers the Writing of The Crying Book

By Heather Christle | November 5, 2019

How a Writing Mentor Can Change Your Life

How a Writing Mentor Can Change Your Life

Nathan Deuel, in Praise of Jeff Parker

By Nathan Deuel | November 4, 2019

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