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Against Catharsis: Writing is Not Therapy

Against Catharsis: Writing is Not Therapy

T Kira Madden Wants You to See the Wires

By T Kira Madden | March 22, 2019

How I Learned To Write Dialogue By Reviewing Police Complaints

How I Learned To Write Dialogue By Reviewing Police Complaints

K Chess on the Heightened Listening of Transcription

By K Chess | March 22, 2019

Writing Sex for Money is Hard F*cking Work

Writing Sex for Money is Hard F*cking Work

Sandra Newman on the Things Writers Will Do for Money

By Sandra Newman | March 21, 2019

What Lynne Tillman Thinks About While Making Tea in the Morning

What Lynne Tillman Thinks About While Making Tea in the Morning

Breast Exams, Harry Mathews, and Maybe (Just Maybe) the Lines of a Story

By Lynne Tillman | March 21, 2019

Not All Writers Can Afford Rooms of Their Own

Not All Writers Can Afford Rooms of Their Own

Rethinking the Romance of Writing When There Are Bills to Pay

By Asja Bakić | March 21, 2019

Writing Poetry to Find a Father Worth Grieving

Writing Poetry to Find a Father Worth Grieving

We Are All Unreliable Narrators When It Comes to Family

By Edgar Kunz | March 20, 2019

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Andrea Dworkin’s Argument Against Punctuation

By Andrea Dworkin | March 20, 2019

"Go With What's Alive" and Other Writing Advice from Philip Roth

By Emily Temple | March 19, 2019

The People Writer-Parents Need (Besides Their Kids)

By Brian Gresko | March 18, 2019

Why Salt Lake City is a Great Place for a Writer to Live

Why Salt Lake City is a Great Place for a Writer to Live

Artist Collectives, Festivals, and a Honest-to-Goodness Subculture

By Paisley Rekdal | March 15, 2019

What Trauma Leaves Behind

What Trauma Leaves Behind

A Conversation with Carley Moore, Lynn Melnick, and
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

By Carley Moore | March 15, 2019

Why My Students Don't Call Themselves 'Southern' Writers

Why My Students Don't Call Themselves 'Southern' Writers

On Reckoning With a Fraught Literary History

By Katy Simpson Smith | March 13, 2019

The Impossibility of Finding a Place to Write in New York

The Impossibility of Finding a Place to Write in New York

“How do you get any work done here?”

By Andrew Ridker | March 13, 2019

Writing My Novel Turned into Cooking Boot Camp

Writing My Novel Turned into Cooking Boot Camp

Butter, Cheese, and a Race to Create the Perfect Popover

By Mary Adkins | March 13, 2019

A Close Reading of Jack Kerouac's Advice to Writers

A Close Reading of Jack Kerouac's Advice to Writers

"Belief & Technique for Modern Prose" as Read By Your Resident Kerouac Skeptic

By Emily Temple | March 12, 2019

Storytelling Tips from the Writer of <em>Blade Runner</em>

Storytelling Tips from the Writer of Blade Runner

Hampton Fancher: "If you're not in love with words why are you writing?"

By Hampton Fancher | March 12, 2019

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