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Ocean Vuong on the Moral Questions of Fiction

Ocean Vuong on the Moral Questions of Fiction

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | May 23, 2023

Rebecca Makkai Has Qualms with True Crime Media (and Makes That Critique in Her New Novel)

Rebecca Makkai Has Qualms with True Crime Media (and Makes That Critique in Her New Novel)

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | May 23, 2023

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

“If we can access memories with our thumbs, why bother accurately searing them into our brains?”

By Avery Carpenter Forrey | May 23, 2023

“That Was a Big Part of My Healing.” Kwame Alexander on Narrating His New Memoir

“That Was a Big Part of My Healing.” Kwame Alexander on Narrating His New Memoir

In Conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic

By Behind the Mic | May 23, 2023

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 22, 2023

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

Casey Plett on the Distance Between Author-Selves, Ten Years Apart

By Casey Plett | May 22, 2023

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What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing

By Bethanne Patrick | May 22, 2023

Anne Elizabeth Moore on Finding Minor Moments That Build a Picture of the World

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 22, 2023

Gretchen Cherington on Investigating Toward Deeper Truths

By Memoir Nation | May 22, 2023

The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

From Akhtar’s Introduction of Rushdie at Last Night’s PEN Gala

By Ayad Akhtar | May 19, 2023

Rita Chang-Eppig on How to Write a Fight Scene

Rita Chang-Eppig on How to Write a Fight Scene

“Reading about a fight may not be as exciting as watching one, but it can be so much more satisfying.”

By Rita Chang-Eppig | May 19, 2023

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

Also, She Would Still Be Scheduling Dog Surgeries If She Wasn't a Writer

By Literary Hub | May 19, 2023

Invisible Lives: Cassandra Jackson on Keeping and Discovering Family Secrets

Invisible Lives: Cassandra Jackson on Keeping and Discovering Family Secrets

“Though our loss is still hers, she has a profound loss that is all her own.”

By Cassandra Jackson | May 19, 2023

At the Heart of My Novel Was The Story I Could Never Write

At the Heart of My Novel Was The Story I Could Never Write

Daisy Florin Finds the Inciting Incident in a Sexual Encounter She Didn't Have a Word For

By Daisy Alpert Florin | May 19, 2023

How Screenwriting Can Help You Write Stronger Fiction

How Screenwriting Can Help You Write Stronger Fiction

Crystal Smith Paul Offers Craft Advice that Spans the Spectum of Genre

By Crystal Smith Paul | May 19, 2023

The Person Who Wrote It Is Eating Ramen: Samantha Irby on Writing for TV

The Person Who Wrote It Is Eating Ramen: Samantha Irby on Writing for TV

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 18, 2023

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