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You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

From Poet Jennifer Grotz’s Bennington MFA Commencement Speech

By Jennifer Grotz | July 20, 2023

Nishanth Injam on Leaving India, the Misery of Tech Work and the Subversive Nature of Memories

Nishanth Injam on Leaving India, the Misery of Tech Work and the Subversive Nature of Memories

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 20, 2023

Colson Whitehead on Blaxploitation Cinema, Sidney Lumet’s New York, and His Own Harlem Trilogy

Colson Whitehead on Blaxploitation Cinema, Sidney Lumet’s New York, and His Own Harlem Trilogy

The Author of Crook Manifesto Discusses the Latest Installment of his Sweeping Crime History of New York City.

By Dwyer Murphy | July 19, 2023

In Praise of Destruction: How Embracing Elimination Can Make Our Writing Better

In Praise of Destruction: How Embracing Elimination Can Make Our Writing Better

Stephanie Bishop on Losing a Manuscript, Starting Over, and Learning to Swing a Literary Wrecking Ball at Her Work

By Stephanie Bishop | July 18, 2023

Chuck Tingle on How Writing is Like Driving, Being an Autistic Artist, and More

Chuck Tingle on How Writing is Like Driving, Being an Autistic Artist, and More

The Author of Camp Damascus Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | July 17, 2023

The Old Becomes the New: Lawrence Sutin on the Art of Transforming Books

The Old Becomes the New: Lawrence Sutin on the Art of Transforming Books

“The freedom of erasure is its greatest allure.”

By Lawrence Sutin | July 17, 2023

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Stephen Buoro on How A Clockwork Orange Shook His World

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 17, 2023

Kellye Garrett Talks About the Idea of Community as Muse

By Memoir Nation | July 17, 2023

Shin Yu Pai on Ten Thousand Things and the Asian-American Experience

By History of Literature | July 17, 2023

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

"Rooms are springboards for time and time is for the poets."

By Megan Fernandes | July 14, 2023

Many Voices, Many Truths: On the Benefits of Polyvocal Stories

Many Voices, Many Truths: On the Benefits of Polyvocal Stories

How Hannah Michell Transcends the Single Perspective

By Hannah Michell | July 14, 2023

Kevin R. Free on Developing Relationships with Authors and Characters

Kevin R. Free on Developing Relationships with Authors and Characters

The 2023 Golden Voice Narrator in Conversation with Jo Reed

By Behind the Mic | July 14, 2023

Imposters, Insiders, and Interlopers: Amy Rowland on Writing About Rural America

Imposters, Insiders, and Interlopers: Amy Rowland on Writing About Rural America

“It doesn’t matter if you’re worthy of doing it. It matters that it’s worthy of doing.”

By Amy Rowland | July 13, 2023

Ruth Madievsky on the Semi-Cursed Nightlife of Los Angeles

Ruth Madievsky on the Semi-Cursed Nightlife of Los Angeles

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 13, 2023

Stranger Than Fiction: When Your Life Starts to Resemble Your Novel

Stranger Than Fiction: When Your Life Starts to Resemble Your Novel

Sandra A. Miller on Writing about True Events... and Living Fictional Ones

By Sandra A. Miller | July 13, 2023

Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and Making the Move From Pro Sports to Writing

Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and Making the Move From Pro Sports to Writing

The Author of Sing Her Down Talks to Ona Russell in the New Season of Authors in the Tent

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