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Flynn Berry on an Underrated Tool for Character Development: Grocery Shopping

Flynn Berry on an Underrated Tool for Character Development: Grocery Shopping

“I need to know if my character shops for convenience or comfort. If she’s buying ingredients for elaborate recipes, or frozen ready-meals.”

By Flynn Berry | August 9, 2024

When the Best Possible Story is Right Outside Your Door

When the Best Possible Story is Right Outside Your Door

Nathan Deuel on (Trying) to Teach Travel Writing in the Middle of the UCLA Student Protests

By Nathan Deuel | August 9, 2024

My Friends Have Bad Taste in Poetry and I Want to Tell Them: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Friends Have Bad Taste in Poetry and I Want to Tell Them: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | August 8, 2024

Liz Rosenberg on Louisa May Alcott's Essays

Liz Rosenberg on Louisa May Alcott's Essays

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 8, 2024

Experiencing Place in Fiction: On Allowing Your Characters to Get Lost

Experiencing Place in Fiction: On Allowing Your Characters to Get Lost

Lena Valencia on Writing Place Like a Character, Rebecca Solnit, and the American Southwest

By Lena Valencia | August 7, 2024

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Kate Weinberg Finds Literary Inspiration in Romeo and Juliet’s Original Creator

By Kate Weinberg | August 7, 2024

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

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

By Sophie Brickman | August 6, 2024

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

By Jane Alison | August 6, 2024

Alisa Alering on Being the Mountain

Alisa Alering on Being the Mountain

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But

By I'm a Writer But | August 6, 2024

How Catalyst and Iskanchi Press Are Bringing African Writers’ Work to a Wider Audience

How Catalyst and Iskanchi Press Are Bringing African Writers’ Work to a Wider Audience

Jessica Powers and Kenechi Uzor on What Diversity Means, Defining African Literature, and Taking Risks as Publishers

By Jessica Powers | August 5, 2024

Jill Ciment on Struggling With Certainty

Jill Ciment on Struggling With Certainty

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 5, 2024

Lisa Leshne and Kathleen Schmidt Offer Publishing Advice From the Trenches

Lisa Leshne and Kathleen Schmidt Offer Publishing Advice From the Trenches

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

By Memoir Nation | August 5, 2024

Colm Tóibín on James Baldwin’s Enduring, International Influence

Colm Tóibín on James Baldwin’s Enduring, International Influence

Caoilinn Hughes in Conversation with the Author of “On James Baldwin”

By Caoilinn Hughes | August 2, 2024

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