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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

Why You Should Watch the New Nora Ephron Documentary

Why You Should Watch the New Nora Ephron Documentary

Michelle Dean On Everything is Copy, and the art of Ephronology

By Michelle Dean | March 18, 2016

John D'Agata and the Art of the American Essay

John D'Agata and the Art of the American Essay

Exploring the Limits of Non-Fiction, One Fact at a Time

By David L. Ulin | March 17, 2016

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From Page to Screen: Flynn, L'Engle, Grann, and... Franco!

By Nandini Balial | March 11, 2016

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

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Because You Are Not Currently Anxious Enough

By Susannah Felts | March 11, 2016

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

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Yes, She Reads Everything: Pico Iyer on Annie Dillard

A Writer Furiously Alive and Impossible to Anticipate

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On the Deep Disquiet of Finishing Your Book

On the Deep Disquiet of Finishing Your Book

Fernando Pessoa, Joy Williams, and the gap between writing and publishing

By Jonathan Lee | March 8, 2016

The Things We Do to Promote the Books We Write

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