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Richard Powers on Catching Up with the Unconscious

Richard Powers on Catching Up with the Unconscious

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 7, 2024

Joshua Mohr on Getting Out of the Comfort Zone

Joshua Mohr on Getting Out of the Comfort Zone

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | October 7, 2024

Two Apple Problem: What “Show, Don't Tell” Means in Graphic Narratives

Two Apple Problem: What “Show, Don't Tell” Means in Graphic Narratives

Jesse Lee Kercheval on Drawing a Memoir

By Jesse Lee Kercheval | October 4, 2024

Ilyon Woo and Rachel Kousser on the Power of a Writing Partnership

Ilyon Woo and Rachel Kousser on the Power of a Writing Partnership

“In literary history, there are few constants like the writers’ feud. It doesn’t have to be that way.”

By Ilyon Woo and Rachel Kousser | October 4, 2024

Inspiration in the Cards: How Tarot Can Help Us Narrativize Our Lives

Inspiration in the Cards: How Tarot Can Help Us Narrativize Our Lives

Chelsey Pippin Mizzi Offers Some Magical Tips For Stuck Memoirists and Essayists

By Chelsey Pippin Mizzi | October 4, 2024

I Hate This Jerk in My Book Club: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Hate This Jerk in My Book Club: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 3, 2024

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Trauma, Transfigured: Pascha Sotolongo on Loneliness, Latin American Lit, and the Fantastic in Fiction and Life

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Nora Lange on Writing a Book She Loves

By I'm a Writer But | October 1, 2024

Anne Lamott on How to Be Compulsively Readable

By Memoir Nation | September 30, 2024

What Romance Writing Shares With Sports Journalism

What Romance Writing Shares With Sports Journalism

Jamie Harrow on the Similarities Between Chronicling Hard-Won Victories in Love and Athletics

By Jamie Harrow | September 27, 2024

The Surreal, Destabilizing Strangeness of Poetry: A Conversation with Michael Leong

The Surreal, Destabilizing Strangeness of Poetry: A Conversation with Michael Leong

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of “Words on Edge”

By Peter Mishler | September 27, 2024

M.L. Rio on the Connection Between Writing and Dreams

M.L. Rio on the Connection Between Writing and Dreams

“We make whole tapestries of meaning from a few evocative details.”

By M.L. Rio | September 27, 2024

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Dungeons & Dragons

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Dungeons & Dragons

Jedediah Berry on the Importance of Improvisation, Spontaneity and Play in the Creative Process

By Jedediah Berry | September 26, 2024

On the Anxiety of Finally Publishing a Book After Years of Covering Them

On the Anxiety of Finally Publishing a Book After Years of Covering Them

Maris Kreizman Considers the View From the Other Side

By Maris Kreizman | September 26, 2024

I Wrote a Trans Memoir Without Even Knowing It (at First)

I Wrote a Trans Memoir Without Even Knowing It (at First)

Oliver Radclyffe on the Long and Winding Road to Publication Day

By Oliver Radclyffe | September 25, 2024

The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

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