How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing

How to Write a Timely Novel in a World That Won't Stop Changing

David James Poissant on Capturing a Moment as It Passes

By David James Poissant | July 20, 2020

On the Igbo Art of Storytelling

On the Igbo Art of Storytelling

Ikechukwu Ogbu Heeds an Ancestral Calling

By Ikechukwu Ogbu | July 17, 2020

On Lydia Davis's birthday, read her advice on language, writing from reality, and more.

On Lydia Davis's birthday, read her advice on language, writing from reality, and more.

By Corinne Segal | July 15, 2020

On Falling in Love with Your Characters

On Falling in Love with Your Characters

Sarah Gerard on Writing, Love, and Forgiveness

By Sarah Gerard | July 14, 2020

Reading Every Unread Book on My Bookshelf During the Pandemic

Reading Every Unread Book on My Bookshelf During the Pandemic

Angelica Baker on Building a Home, One Book at a Time

By Angelica Baker | July 13, 2020

On Being a Young Reader Attracted to the Darkest<br> Possible Stories

On Being a Young Reader Attracted to the Darkest
Possible Stories

Estelle Laure's Search For Challenges to Her Comfort

By Estelle Laure | July 13, 2020

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On Saul Bellow's Celebration of the Messy and Manic

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Brian Castleberry Rereads the Man Who Taught Him to Write

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Sameer Pandya on the Virtues of a Late Start

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Lynn Steger Strong Wants You to Look Harder

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The Author of Want In Conversation with Brian Gresko

By Brian Gresko | July 6, 2020

Even Seamus Heaney <br>Made Mistakes

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On Poetry, Wordsworth, and Misremembering

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Every Great Writer is a Great Deceiver: Vladimir Nabokov's Best Writing Advice

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To Poets of Color Whose Work Has Been Called 'Healing'

To Poets of Color Whose Work Has Been Called 'Healing'

Shayla Lawson: It Is Not Your Job to Fix White People

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Susan D'Agostino on the Search for Symmetry

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