Why Does Literature Have So Little to Say About Illness?

Why Does Literature Have So Little to Say About Illness?

Meghan O'Rourke on the Need for More Representation

By Meghan O'Rourke | October 5, 2017

The Pure Pleasure of Reading <em>Lolita</em>'s First 100 Pages

The Pure Pleasure of Reading Lolita's First 100 Pages

Hanya Yanagihara on Nabokov's Rich Language

By Hanya Yanagihara | October 4, 2017

Why Digital Note-Taking Will Never Replace the Physical Journal

Why Digital Note-Taking Will Never Replace the Physical Journal

Bradford Morrow on the Gentle Art of Notebooking

By Bradford Morrow | October 3, 2017

Read William S. Burroughs's Hate Letter to Truman Capote

Read William S. Burroughs's Hate Letter to Truman Capote

Can One Writer Curse Another for Life?

By Emily Temple | October 2, 2017

I Couldn't Read While Grieving, Until I Found These Books

I Couldn't Read While Grieving, Until I Found These Books

The Goldfinch and Children's Classics Brought Me Back from the Brink

By Veronica Henry | September 29, 2017

Carson McCullers on Suicide, Psychiatry and the Mind of the Artist

Carson McCullers on Suicide, Psychiatry and the Mind of the Artist

"I think I don't believe very much in psychotherapy for creative people."

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2017

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When I'm Writing Fiction, I Cannot Read It

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What We Can Learn from "Ordinary" Nazis

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Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies

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On the Origins of The Little Prince and Restoring a Classic Plane

By Douglas R. Dechow and Anna Leahy | September 26, 2017

20 Pieces of Writing Advice from William Faulkner

20 Pieces of Writing Advice from William Faulkner

"Don't be 'a writer' but instead be writing."

By Emily Temple | September 25, 2017

What Quilting and Embroidery Can Teach us About Narrative Form

What Quilting and Embroidery Can Teach us About Narrative Form

"Stitches Might Help Writers Break from the Traditions of Built Texts"

By Sarah Minor | September 22, 2017

12 Literary Writers on Stephen King's Influence

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Happy Birthday to the King of Horror

By Emily Temple | September 21, 2017

How A Single Rosh Hashanah Dinner Sparked 10 Years of Research

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Devin Murphy on Recording the Memories of the Last WWII Veterans

By Devin Murphy | September 21, 2017

Imagining the Future of Nigeria: Accessing Africa Through Sci-Fi

Imagining the Future of Nigeria: Accessing Africa Through Sci-Fi

Deji Bryce Olukotun on Making the Shift to Genre

By Deji Bryce Olukotun | September 18, 2017

Writing My Trauma With a Little Help From a Jason Bourne Car Chase

Writing My Trauma With a Little Help From a Jason Bourne Car Chase

Winnie M. Li on What Writers Can Take from the Big Screen

By Winnie M. Li | September 18, 2017

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