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The Biggest Influence on My Novel Is... McDonald's?

The Biggest Influence on My Novel Is... McDonald's?

Ryan Chapman Worries It Is a Bad Idea to Compare
Your Writing to a Big Mac

By Ryan Chapman | May 21, 2019

13 Common Mistakes in Book Reviewing and <br>How to Avoid Them

13 Common Mistakes in Book Reviewing and
How to Avoid Them

Jay A. Fernandez is Looking to Write Some Wrongs

By Jay A. Fernandez | May 21, 2019

Ebony Thomas on Seeking the Fantastic When the World Tells You Not To

Ebony Thomas on Seeking the Fantastic When the World Tells You Not To

Writing Towards Magic as a Person of Color

By Ebony Elizabeth Thomas | May 21, 2019

Quiz: Is this my first book tour or my own funeral?

Quiz: Is this my first book tour or my own funeral?

By Kimberly Harrington | May 17, 2019

Some Writing Advice: Don't Take Others' Advice

Some Writing Advice: Don't Take Others' Advice

Guy Gavriel Kay on Doing Whatever It Takes

By Guy Gavriel Kay | May 15, 2019

When to Write It, When to Walk Away: On the Problem of Too Much Metaphor

When to Write It, When to Walk Away: On the Problem of Too Much Metaphor

Jessica Francis Kane Makes Rags From Riches

By Jessica Francis Kane | May 14, 2019

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Behind the Book Dedications: "A Private Moment in a Public Object"

By Julia Carpenter | May 14, 2019

Uncovering the Secret History of a WWII-Era Brooklyn Spy

By David A. Taylor | May 14, 2019

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Jackson, Mississippi

By Tom Head | May 13, 2019

Tobias Wolff on the Iconic Memoir He Never <br>Intended to Write

Tobias Wolff on the Iconic Memoir He Never
Intended to Write

"I was overcome by admiration for my mother’s courage, and gratitude for her loyalty..."

By Tobias Wolff | May 10, 2019

The Stories Mothers Never Tell

The Stories Mothers Never Tell

A Collaborative Essay by Jill Talbot and Marcia Aldrich

By Jill Talbot and Marcia Aldrich | May 10, 2019

Taking an Author's Photo Is Like Going on a First Date

Taking an Author's Photo Is Like Going on a First Date

Nina Subin on the Careful Process of Taking a Writer's Headshot

By Nina Subin | May 6, 2019

The New Toolkit For Opening Up Your Memoir Writing

The New Toolkit For Opening Up Your Memoir Writing

Eve Makis on Creating Outlets for Those Who Might Not Have Them

By Eve Makis | May 6, 2019

On <em>Not</em> Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

On Not Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

Erika Swyler on the Autobiographical Truths of Fiction

By Erika Swyler | May 3, 2019

Poetry, Like Witchcraft and Magick, is an Act of Transformation

Poetry, Like Witchcraft and Magick, is an Act of Transformation

in a very literal sense."">"When I say my poems worked as spells, I mean it
in a very literal sense."

By Janaka Stucky | May 3, 2019

Finding Freedom in Writing a Language My <br>Parents Can't Read

Finding Freedom in Writing a Language My
Parents Can't Read

Kia Abdullah on Being Herself in Print

By Kia Abdullah | May 1, 2019

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