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How Exile Allowed Shastri Akella to Write a Queer Novel

How Exile Allowed Shastri Akella to Write a Queer Novel

On Queerness in the Mahabharata and Hiking the Himalayas for Inspiration

By Shastri Akella | July 31, 2023

The History of Literature Puts Langston Hughes in Context

The History of Literature Puts Langston Hughes in Context

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 31, 2023

Hernan Diaz Has No Draft Two

Hernan Diaz Has No Draft Two

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 31, 2023

Gail Warner on Parent-Adult Child Dynamics for Writers

Gail Warner on Parent-Adult Child Dynamics for Writers

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

By Memoir Nation | July 31, 2023

Yael Goldstein-Love on Elegantly Weaving Science into Fiction

Yael Goldstein-Love on Elegantly Weaving Science into Fiction

"I'd forgotten the fundamental law of fiction: don’t mess with suspension of disbelief."

By Yael Goldstein-Love | July 28, 2023

Anita Gail Jones on Crafting Fiction From Family Heirlooms

Anita Gail Jones on Crafting Fiction From Family Heirlooms

"Objects can carry the heft of memory, uplifting or debilitating, but never passive."

By Anita Gail Jones | July 27, 2023

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How My Library Patrons Unexpectedly Helped Me Finish My Novel

By Laura Sims | July 27, 2023

Donovan X. Ramsey on How Media Sensationalized Crack

By The Maris Review | July 27, 2023

A Queer Reimagining of James Joyce's Ulysses in Northern England

By Helen Palmer | July 26, 2023

Mihret Sibhat on the Stories Our Names Tell

Mihret Sibhat on the Stories Our Names Tell

"When writing, I am reminded that understanding is the path to transformation for all."

By Mihret Sibhat | July 26, 2023

Roxane Gay on How She Arrived at Herself

Roxane Gay on How She Arrived at Herself

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | July 25, 2023

The Burden of Truth: Fictionalizing My Father’s Years at a Federal Leprosy Treatment Center

The Burden of Truth: Fictionalizing My Father’s Years at a Federal Leprosy Treatment Center

Wendy Chin-Tanner on the Dual Gaze Required to Write a Novel Inspired by True Events

By Wendy Chin-Tanner | July 25, 2023

Ben Hinshaw on the “Strange Channeling” of Writing

Ben Hinshaw on the “Strange Channeling” of Writing

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But

By I'm a Writer But | July 25, 2023

Jasmine Lee-Jones on Lorraine Hansberry's <em>A Raisin in the Sun</em>

Jasmine Lee-Jones on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 25, 2023

Jack Zipes on the Political Potential of Fairy Tales

Jack Zipes on the Political Potential of Fairy Tales

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 24, 2023

What Completism Can Teach Us About the Creative Process

What Completism Can Teach Us About the Creative Process

Rhian Sasseen Considers the Lost Art of Prolonged Artistic Growth

By Rhian Sasseen | July 24, 2023

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