• Craft and Advice

    Reading List

    A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

    By Jill Talbot  September 1, 2023
    Mother-Writers

    What Does It Mean to Write after Having Children?

    By Lightsey Darst  August 31, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Hilary Leichter on Time and Re-Reading

    By The Maris Review  August 31, 2023
    Unlikable Women

    Why the Rise of Morally Gray Women In Fiction Is Good For All of Us

    By Megan Barnard  August 30, 2023
    Speculative fiction

    Apocalypse Now: Why It’s Cathartic To Read About the End of the World

    By Yume Kitasei  August 30, 2023
    Gardening

    The Real-Life Poetry of Gardening

    By Tess Taylor  August 29, 2023
    Storytelling

    Megan Kamalei Kakimoto On The Many Ways To Tell a Hawaiian Story

    By Megan Kamalei Kakimoto  August 29, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Anne Lamott on Starting Where You Are

    By Talk Easy  August 29, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Daniel Hornsby on the Charisma of a First-Person Narrator

    By I'm a Writer But   August 29, 2023
    Write-minded

    Rebecca Carroll and Jeannine Ouellette on the Art of Memoir

    By Write-minded   August 28, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Patrick Whitmarsh on Fiction’s Response to Existential Crises

    By History of Literature  August 28, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Yves Jeffcoat on the Slow Work of Writing That Centers Identity

    By Yves Jeffcoat  August 25, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Jenn Shapland on Santa Fe and Fear of Cities

    By The Maris Review  August 24, 2023
    Reading Habits

    On the Bad Binary of “Good” and “Bad” Literature

    By Josh Cook  August 23, 2023
    Publishing

    The Long, Winding, Booby-Trapped, and Occasionally Rewarding Road to Publication

    By Lou Mathews  August 23, 2023
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Questioning Authority and Story: Emily Tesh, Vajra Chandrasekera, and Sophie Strand

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   August 23, 2023
    Money Matters

    Unspendable Currency: Edgar Kunz on Making Ends Meet As a Poet

    By Edgar Kunz  August 22, 2023
    On Grief

    Accounting for the Unaccountable: Daniel Johnson on Writing about His Friend, James Foley

    By Daniel Brock Johnson  August 22, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Sandra Cisneros on Her Mother and Studs Terkel

    By Talk Easy  August 22, 2023
    Writing Race

    None of the Above: On Writing a Biracial Protagonist

    By Claire Stanford  August 21, 2023
    On Writing

    The Revelatory Power of Being Sensitive

    By Jenn Shapland  August 21, 2023
    Write-minded

    Gish Jen and Peggy Orenstein on Storytelling and Legacy

    By Write-minded   August 21, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Vanessa Riley on Haiti’s Only Queen

    By History of Literature  August 21, 2023
    Craft and Criticism

    Brando Skyhorse on the Fantastic Art of Revision

    By Brando Skyhorse  August 18, 2023
    Science fiction

    “The molecular weight of loneliness”: On Writing Fiction Influenced by Neuroscience

    By Temi Oh  August 18, 2023
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