• Craft and Advice

    Otherppl

    Andrew Sean Greer on the Benefits of Winning the Pulitzer Prize (and Not Having to Schmooze)

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  November 2, 2022
    On Writing

    The Long and the Short of It: Hilma Wolitzer on Returning to Short Fiction in Her 90s

    By Hilma Wolitzer  November 2, 2022
    Art Monsters

    An Ode to Harriet the Spy, the Art Monster of East End Avenue

    By Caroline Hagood  November 2, 2022
    Thresholds

    Chloé Cooper Jones on the Exchange of Authenticity Between Memoirist and Reader

    By Thresholds   November 2, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Steve Almond on Figuring Out How to Master a Big Plot

    By I'm a Writer But   November 2, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    David Treuer on Revisiting and Republishing His Debut Novel

    By Jane Ciabattari  November 1, 2022
    Twitterverse

    Charles Yu: Our Relationship With Time is Changed Forever

    By Twitterverse   November 1, 2022
    So Many Damn Books

    Kate Beaton on the Grueling Task of Writing a Picture Book and Her New Memoir

    By So Many Damn Books  November 1, 2022
    Micro

    Antoine Wilson on the Time He Saved Someone’s Life (and Didn’t Get a Steak Dinner)

    By Micro   November 1, 2022
    Writing Spaces

    A Shed of One’s Own: Louise Kennedy on the Blissful Semi-Solitude of Her Backyard Writing Space

    By Louise Kennedy  November 1, 2022
    American History

    How Bearing Witness to Nature Helped Me Delve Into History

    By Teow Lim Goh  November 1, 2022
    Fathers and Sons

    Manuel Muñoz on Trying and Failing to Tell The Story of His Biological Father

    By Manuel Muñoz  November 1, 2022
    First Draft

    “How Do They Explain Themselves to Themselves?” Stacey D’Erasmo on Writing a Financial Crime Novel

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 31, 2022
    Write-minded

    Andrea Bartz on Trusting the Craft You Already Know

    By Write-minded   October 31, 2022
    The Craft of Writing

    Carl Phillips on the Value of Silence for Writers

    By Carl Phillips  October 28, 2022
    On Memoir

    What I Write in My Journal is Just for Me (It is Not My Memoir)

    By Jeanna Kadlec  October 28, 2022
    Folklore

    When Awe Meets Narrative: On Chasing Local Folklore at the Edge of the Ocean

    By Emily Urquhart  October 28, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Lydia Millet on the Lack of Empathetic Characters in Fiction

    By The Maris Review  October 27, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Billy-Ray Belcourt Discusses His Debut Novel, A Minor Chorus

    By The Virtual Book Channel  October 27, 2022
    Micro

    Ingrid Rojas Contreras on What’s Gained by Losing Language

    By Micro   October 27, 2022
    Writing

    On the Ethics of Writing About Social Issues (While Minimizing Harm)

    By Kavita Das  October 27, 2022
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Ross Gay is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  October 27, 2022
    Thresholds

    “Before the Words Became Pages, We Were Eating.” Why Kay Ulanday Barrett’s Best Poems Are About Food

    By Thresholds   October 26, 2022
    Journalism

    Emily Flitter on What She Learned From a Source’s Silence

    By Emily Flitter  October 26, 2022
    Otherppl

    “A Lot of People Can’t Stomach It.” Jonathan Escoffery on the Paradox of Writing About Poverty

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  October 26, 2022
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