• Craft and Advice

    On Writing

    How the Small Moments That Haunt Us Can Form the Seeds of a Novel

    By Steve Almond  May 3, 2022
    Marriage

    Love is Space: Notes on Marriage and Creativity

    By Andrea Bajani  May 2, 2022
    First Draft

    “Structure is Everything.” Keith O’Brien on Structuring a Nonfiction Narrative

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 2, 2022
    The Craft of Writing

    Alexander Chee on Staying Organized While Writing

    By Alexander Chee  April 29, 2022
    Philosophy

    Robert M. Pirsig on the Book He Wrote (And the One He Didn’t)

    By Robert M. Pirsig and Wendy K. Pirsig  April 29, 2022
    On Translation

    How the Russian and Ukrainian Languages Intersect in Eugene Vodolazkin’s Brisbane

    By Marian Schwartz  April 29, 2022
    Historical Fiction

    We Are in a Golden Age of Historical Fiction for People of Color

    By Jasmin Darznik  April 29, 2022
    Book Research

    If You Want to Inhabit the World of Your Novel, Take a Class

    By Adriana Trigiani  April 29, 2022
    Keen On

    How to Write a Literary Memoir About Neurodivergency

    By Keen On  April 29, 2022
    Micro

    Michael Wheaton on Fatherhood and Writing to Regain a Sense of Control

    By Micro   April 29, 2022
    Disability

    What is it Like to Be a Blind Writer Writing for Sighted Readers?

    By Jessica Powers  April 28, 2022
    Inspiration

    Susan Straight on Louise Erdrich and the Characters Who Haven’t Left Our Dreams

    By Susan Straight  April 28, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Sequoia Nagamatsu on Affirming and Subverting Pop Culture in Fiction

    By Fiction Non Fiction  April 28, 2022
    Oral Tradition

    Translating the Magical Imperfection of Oral Tradition to the Page

    By Vaishnavi Patel  April 28, 2022
    The Writing Life

    Sara Baume on the Uncanny Feeling of Discovering a Book with the Same Title as Her Own

    By Sara Baume  April 27, 2022
    NewberyTart

    Kyle Lukoff on Book Bans and Letting Queer Books Just Be Books

    By NewberyTart   April 27, 2022
    Artists

    “I Know You Understand.” A Letter Across Time from Celia Paul to Fellow Artist Gwen John

    By Celia Paul  April 26, 2022
    Lit Century

    Just How Depressing is Good Morning, Midnight?

    By Lit Century   April 26, 2022
    On Writing

    Writing a Novel About a Half-Remembered Place, with the Help of Google Street View

    By Soon Wiley  April 26, 2022
    Restaurants

    “Eat, Then Write!” Notes From Over a Decade of Restaurant Criticism

    By Michelle Huneven  April 26, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Rachel Krantz on Using the Tools of Immersion Journalism in Her Own Life

    By I'm a Writer But   April 26, 2022
    The Craft of Writing

    Anna Quindlen on the Power of Writing by Hand

    By Anna Quindlen  April 22, 2022
    Micro

    Ryan Skaryd on Teaching, POV, and Following Your Instincts

    By Micro   April 22, 2022
    Reality TV

    On the Absolute Pleasure of British Historical Reality TV Shows

    By Colleen Hubbard  April 21, 2022
    On Poetry

    Edward Hirsch on Locating the Roots of the American Poetry Tradition

    By Edward Hirsch  April 21, 2022
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