The First Rule of Novel-Writing is Don't Write a Novel

The First Rule of Novel-Writing is Don't Write a Novel

Elizabeth Percer: Nine Non-Rules for Writing

By Elizabeth Percer | March 25, 2016

Claire Vaye Watkins: How to Escape Your Hometown

Claire Vaye Watkins: How to Escape Your Hometown

Returning to the Desert, Meeting Your Teenage Self

By Claire Vaye Watkins | March 24, 2016

The Suicide Note as Literary Genre

The Suicide Note as Literary Genre

On the Last Words of Woolf, Koestler, Berryman, and More

By Dustin Illingworth | March 23, 2016

Why I Chose to Write in English

Why I Chose to Write in English

Ayelet Tsabari on Giving In to the Power of a Foreign Language

By Ayelet Tsabari | March 23, 2016

The P.G. Wodehouse Society of Lahore

The P.G. Wodehouse Society of Lahore

A Genius of the Empire, Beloved in its Former Colonies

By Ananya Bhattacharyya | March 22, 2016

Reading Lessons from My Teenage Self

Reading Lessons from My Teenage Self

Discovering the Other, on the Way to Yourself

By Carla Bruce-Eddings | March 21, 2016

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Why You Should Watch the New Nora Ephron Documentary

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On Terrible Writing Advice From Famous Writers

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They Just Dig: On Writing, Coal Mining, and Fear

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Here Are the Things You Should Worry About While Writing a Novel

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Because You Are Not Currently Anxious Enough

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The Time I Played Catch with Annie Dillard

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A Young Writer's Literary Spring Training Pilgrimage

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In Praise of the Mighty Zine

In Praise of the Mighty Zine

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Geoff Dyer: "What Kind of Writer is Annie Dillard?"

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