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The Hate Mail I Got When I Wrote About My Hometown in Upstate New York

The Hate Mail I Got When I Wrote About My Hometown in Upstate New York

Brock Clarke On Capturing the Messy, Individual Voices of Little Falls

By Brock Clarke | August 8, 2019

"You Don't Know Anything." And Other Writing Advice from Toni Morrison

I don’t want to hear about your true love and your mama and your papa and your friends.

By Emily Temple | August 6, 2019

On the Pitfalls and Power of <br>the Religious Essay

On the Pitfalls and Power of
the Religious Essay

Sonja Livingston: "Go to where the silence is."

By Sonja Livingston | August 5, 2019

When Novelists Become Method Actors

When Novelists Become Method Actors

Leland Cheuk on Comedy, Immersive Research, and the Underrated Value of Experience in 2019

By Leland Cheuk | July 31, 2019

The Late-Capitalist Privileges of<br> Being an Art Monster

The Late-Capitalist Privileges of
Being an Art Monster

Sarah Elaine Smith on Working a Tech Job While Trying to Make Art

By Sarah Elaine Smith | July 31, 2019

On Learning to Use My Inner Cheerleader to Find Writerly Confidence

On Learning to Use My Inner Cheerleader to Find Writerly Confidence

Liz Astroff Wrestles to Balance Parenting and Writing

By Liz Astrof | July 30, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Learning How to Write Girls with Agency in Fiction

By Stephanie Jimenez | July 29, 2019

Why Don't I Read All My Books?

By Karen Olsson | July 26, 2019

In the Woods: Telling the Finnish-American Immigrant Story

By Karl Marlantes | July 23, 2019

Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again

Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again

Margaret Renkl on the Unexpected Catalyst for Writing Her First Book

By Margaret Renkl | July 19, 2019

On the Fine (and Difficult) Art of Science Writing

On the Fine (and Difficult) Art of Science Writing

Randi Hutter Epstein: When Even Science Isn't An Exact Science

By Randi Hutter Epstein | July 17, 2019

How <em>General Hospital</em> Inspired My New Novel

How General Hospital Inspired My New Novel

Why Marcy Dermansky is Not Afraid to Mess With Her Characters

By Marcy Dermansky | July 11, 2019

The Liberation and Consternation of Writing a Whole Book with Paper and Pen

The Liberation and Consternation of Writing a Whole Book with Paper and Pen

In Which Jeff Gordinier Writes an Essay on the Train

By Jeff Gordinier | July 10, 2019

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

Randy Boyagoda on Religious-Political Satire

By Randy Boyagoda | July 9, 2019

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

Kimi Eisele on Finding Light in the Darkness of a Financial Dystopia

By Kimi Eisele | July 8, 2019

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

Gabriel Urza on the Literary Virtues of Defamiliarization

By Gabriel Urza | July 1, 2019

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