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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

Stephen Buoro on How <em>A Clockwork Orange</em> Shook His World

Stephen Buoro on How A Clockwork Orange Shook His World

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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

Kellye Garrett Talks About the Idea of Community as Muse

Kellye Garrett Talks About the Idea of Community as Muse

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

By Memoir Nation | July 17, 2023

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

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

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 17, 2023

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Megan Fernandes on the Literary Uses of a Room

By Megan Fernandes | July 14, 2023

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

By Hannah Michell | July 14, 2023

Kevin R. Free on Developing Relationships with Authors and Characters

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

By Authors in the Tent | July 12, 2023

The Rest is History: Andrew Ridker on Writing About the Recent Past

The Rest is History: Andrew Ridker on Writing About the Recent Past

“In a world that changes as rapidly as ours, all fiction is historical fiction.”

By Andrew Ridker | July 12, 2023

Inspiration, From a Distance: On Loving and Fictionalizing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Inspiration, From a Distance: On Loving and Fictionalizing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Elizabeth L. Silver Considers the Perks of a Near Miss

By Elizabeth L. Silver | July 12, 2023

Tom Hanks on What Nora Ephron Told Him About Writing

Tom Hanks on What Nora Ephron Told Him About Writing

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | July 11, 2023

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