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How To Be A Writer: The Map Is the Territory

How To Be A Writer: The Map Is the Territory

Ramona Ausubel's Winding Path to a First Novel

By Ramona Ausubel | July 11, 2016

We Need to Keep Writing (and Talking) About These Endless Wars

We Need to Keep Writing (and Talking) About These Endless Wars

J. Kael Weston on the Importance of Iraqi and Afghan Stories

By J. Kael Weston | July 8, 2016

Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

On a Pathological Love of the Hardest Sport in the World

By Bob Shacochis | July 8, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: Are You a Time Traveler?

The Grumpy Librarian: Are You a Time Traveler?

In Which Walker Percy, Sheila Heti, and Ian McEwan Share Something...

By Caitlin Goodman | July 7, 2016

The First Rule of Write Club Is...

The First Rule of Write Club Is...

Guy Gavriel Kay on Sorting Through Millions of Rules for Writing

By Guy Gavriel Kay | July 6, 2016

The Art of the Short Story: Helen Phillips and Matthew Vollmer

The Art of the Short Story: Helen Phillips and Matthew Vollmer

On Plot Twists, "What Ifs," and Letting Oneself Get Weird

By Literary Hub | July 5, 2016

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13 Questions to Ask Before Submitting to a Literary Journal

13 Questions to Ask Before Submitting to a Literary Journal

Erika Dreifus on Her Approach to Sending Out Writing

By Erika Dreifus | June 27, 2016

Do Writers Need To Be Alone to Thrive?

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Angela Flournoy, Leslie Jamison, and Katherine Towler on Artistic Solitude

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The Writer's Curse, The Writer's Blessing

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Martin Walker on the Origin of the Inspector Bruno Series

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Finding Inspiration and Mystery in an Ancient French Valley

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Writer, Mother, Both, Neither

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On Childcare, AWP, and Leading the Triple Life

By Belle Boggs | June 14, 2016

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