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I Am Jessa Crispin’s Problem with Publishing

I Am Jessa Crispin’s Problem with Publishing

Bethanne Patrick on Careerism, Criticism, and a Life in Books

By Bethanne Patrick | May 13, 2016

How My Best Friend Willa Cather Helped Me Beat Stage Fright

How My Best Friend Willa Cather Helped Me Beat Stage Fright

On Breaking Into Giant Lecture Halls and Looking For Ghosts

By Micah Perks | May 13, 2016

Eight Writing Lessons from <em>Hamilton: The Revolution</em>

Eight Writing Lessons from Hamilton: The Revolution

The Companion Book to Hamilton Offers a Master Class in Craft

By Rob Hart | May 13, 2016

In Defense of Grown Men Crying

In Defense of Grown Men Crying

On Feeling Deeply & Writing as An Act of Exploration

By Lee Martin | May 12, 2016

How to Write a Book of Poems

How to Write a Book of Poems

"These Poems Would Not Exist Without Avocado or Sesame Sticks"

By Amanda Nadelberg | May 11, 2016

On the Future of the American Essay

On the Future of the American Essay

How Film and Poetry are Changing the Form—And Vice Versa

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Why I Quit Being a Writer

By Jaime Clarke | May 11, 2016

Dear Rick Moody: Should I End My Affair?

By Rick Moody | May 10, 2016

Anton Chekhov: A Post-Post-Modernist Way Ahead of His Time

By Peter Constantine | May 9, 2016

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Ausma Zehanat Khan, Human Rights Activist and Mystery Writer

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Why Rural Lives and Literature are in Crisis

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The Perpetual Solitude of the Writer

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Ken Pisani on Writing Across Disciplines

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How Billy Joel Taught Me To Write

How Billy Joel Taught Me To Write

Benjamin Wood Offers a Thoughtful and Irony-Free Appreciation of the Piano Man

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