• Craft and Advice

    The Craft of Writing

    Beth Kephart on the Observational Lens

    “It’s the stance we take toward the things we choose to see.”

     
    By Beth Kephart  December 1, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Katherine Howe on the Joy of Writing Pirates

    By History of Literature  December 1, 2023
    Existentialism

    What Albert Camus’s The Stranger Says About Our Contemporary Anxieties

    By Kate Christensen  November 30, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Casey Plett On Community and Being Open To Strangers

    By The Maris Review  November 30, 2023
    Fathers and Daughters

    Meals and Memories: Sheila Squillante on Writing to Remember Her Father

    By Sheila Squillante  November 29, 2023
    Domestic Violence

    A Vicious Cycle: Jessica Strawser on Telling and Re-Telling Traumatic Stories

    By Jessica Strawser  November 29, 2023
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    On Poetry

    Dara Barrois/Dixon on the Lived Poetry of the Late James Tate

    By Peter Mishler  November 28, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Benny Safdie on Capturing Life on Film

    By Talk Easy  November 28, 2023
    Booker Prize Winner

    Booker Prize Winner Paul Lynch on the Fundamental Dignity of the Individual

    By Peter Murphy  November 27, 2023
    Behind the Mic

    Helen Laser and AudioFile’s 2023 Best Fiction Audiobooks

    In Conversation with Michele Cobb on Behind the Mic

    By Behind the Mic   December 1, 2023
    Write-minded

    Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro on Origin Stories

    By Write-minded   November 27, 2023
    On Grief

    Elegies of Sorrow and the Crow: How to Process Grief and Loss Through Storytelling

    By Caroline Hardaker  November 22, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Amy Kurzweil on Text, Image, AI, and Artistic Translation

    By Amy Kurzweil  November 22, 2023
    The Maris Review

    K-Ming Chang On Pushing Every Sentence To Its Furthest Point

    In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

    By The Maris Review  November 22, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Dr. Jessica Kirzane on Translating Yiddish Literature

    By History of Literature  November 22, 2023
    In Conversation

    Naomi Alderman on Creating a Fictional Tech Dystopia

    By Jane Ciabattari  November 21, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Brit Marling on Writing Women Who Get to the End of Their Stories

    By Talk Easy  November 21, 2023
    Book Bans

    Censoring Kids’ Worlds: Laurie Hertzel on the Danger of Banning Books for Children

    A Love Letter to Judy Blume, Maurice Sendak, and the Other Authors that Defined Her Youth

    By Laurie Hertzel  November 20, 2023
    Keen On

    Whitney Hanson on Smartphone Poetry and Generational Anxiety

    By Keen On  November 20, 2023
    First Draft

    Ayana Mathis on Prioritizing the People on the Page

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 20, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    M.C. Benner Dixon on Creating Persuasive Metaphors

    By M.C. Benner Dixon  November 17, 2023
    Palestinian Literature

    On Literary Empathy and the Performative Reading of Palestinian Authors

    Etaf Rum Considers Reading and Writing During Times of Crisis

    By Etaf Rum  November 16, 2023
    Craft

    Nina LaCour on Finding a Story in Her Own Backyard

    By Nina LaCour  November 16, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Ed Park on Panoramic Storytelling

    By The Maris Review  November 16, 2023
    Writing Women

    Writing “Women of a Certain Age.” A Roundtable on Crafting Older Female Characters in Fiction

    By Lisa Gornick  November 27, 2023
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