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The Art of Giving Up (and Starting Over) as a Novelist

The Art of Giving Up (and Starting Over) as a Novelist

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By Kat Tang | August 7, 2024

Sonya Kelly on Jean-Dominique Bauby's <em>The Diving Bell and the Butterfly</em>

Sonya Kelly on Jean-Dominique Bauby's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

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Helen Phillips on Writing Speculative Fiction in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Helen Phillips on Writing Speculative Fiction in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Hum”

By Jane Ciabattari | August 6, 2024

The Lights Don’t Just Go Out: A Lifelong Fainter on How Fiction Gets Fainting All Wrong

The Lights Don’t Just Go Out: A Lifelong Fainter on How Fiction Gets Fainting All Wrong

Sophie Brickman on “Charlotte's Web,” JD Salinger, and Capturing Fainting from the Fainter’s Perspective

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A Monstrous Spiral: How Narrative Form Can Bring a Story to Life

A Monstrous Spiral: How Narrative Form Can Bring a Story to Life

Jane Alison on Fictionalizing the Tumultuous and Toxic Relationship Between Architects Eileen Gray and Le Corbusier

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Alisa Alering on Being the Mountain

Alisa Alering on Being the Mountain

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Colm Tóibín on James Baldwin’s Enduring, International Influence

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Bret Anthony Johnson on Creating a Story’s Foundation

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"In fiction, place is where the writer and reader first collaborate."

By Bret Anthony Johnson | August 2, 2024

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Our “Long-Living Badasses.” Why So Much Asian American Fiction Focuses on Grandparents

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Ananda Lima & L. M. Sagas on the Devil and A.I.

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From Senegal to the Virgin Islands: The Weirdness of Having Fun While Writing About Historical Trauma

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