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Kaveh Akbar: How I Found Poetry in Childhood Prayer

Kaveh Akbar: How I Found Poetry in Childhood Prayer

In the Presence of the Long Faultless Tongue of God

By Kaveh Akbar | September 12, 2017

The Ways in Which a Novel Can Fail Like a Marriage

The Ways in Which a Novel Can Fail Like a Marriage

Josh Weil Considers How Hard It Is to Drown All His Darlings

By Josh Weil | September 12, 2017

The Classes 25 Famous Writers Teach

The Classes 25 Famous Writers Teach

They're Not Always What You'd Expect

By Emily Temple | September 12, 2017

Can the <em>New York Times'</em> Modern Love Column Change a Writer's Life?

Can the New York Times' Modern Love Column Change a Writer's Life?

On Winning the "American Idol" of Aspiring Memoirists

By Andrea Jarrell | September 8, 2017

The Magic and Risk of a Handwritten Letter

The Magic and Risk of a Handwritten Letter

When Sent, Our Careful Construction is Turned into Vulnerability

By Meghan Forbes | September 7, 2017

How Academics Survive the Writing Grind: Some Anecdotal Advice

How Academics Survive the Writing Grind: Some Anecdotal Advice

Words of Wisdom from Those Who Publish (and Do Not Perish)

By Helen Sword | September 7, 2017

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One Decade, Two Writers, Many Actors, and Finally My Book Became a Movie

By Mark Haskell Smith | September 7, 2017

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By Emily Temple | September 1, 2017

Where Are the Likes? Coming to Terms with Being a Writer on Social Media

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 31, 2017

Dear Rick Moody: What Should I Say About My Scars?

Dear Rick Moody: What Should I Say About My Scars?

A Complicated Past Doesn't Need to Be a Complicated Present

By Rick Moody | August 31, 2017

The Photograph That Helped Me Finish My Book

The Photograph That Helped Me Finish My Book

Laura Schenone Finds Endurance in the Work of Fay Godwin

By Laura Schenone | August 30, 2017

15 Famous Writers on the Perils of a Formal Education

15 Famous Writers on the Perils of a Formal Education

And Why Libraries > Classrooms

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Why I Made My Main Character a Right Wing Blogger

Why I Made My Main Character a Right Wing Blogger

Jonathan Dee on Spending Years with a Character He Didn't Quite Understand

By Jonathan Dee | August 28, 2017

Why a Party is a Perfect Literary Device

Why a Party is a Perfect Literary Device

Most People have a Party Persona at Odds with the Real Person Beneath

By Elizabeth Day | August 25, 2017

I Made a Mistake in My Book and the Internet Went Nuts

I Made a Mistake in My Book and the Internet Went Nuts

Rebecca Schuman on Trying to Be an Expert and a Woman at the Same Time

By Rebecca Schuman | August 21, 2017

Are We Different Writers When We Move From Longhand to a Screen?

Are We Different Writers When We Move From Longhand to a Screen?

A Brief History of Panic in the Face of New Writing Technology

By James Draney | August 18, 2017

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