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The Pains and Pleasures of Taking Decades to Write a Book

The Pains and Pleasures of Taking Decades to Write a Book

Devoney Looser on Researching Early Historical Novelists Jane and Anna Maria Porter

By Devoney Looser | October 25, 2022

Manuel Muñoz on Writing Through Uncertainty

Manuel Muñoz on Writing Through Uncertainty

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Consequences

By Jane Ciabattari | October 25, 2022

Seeking a New Story: On Sobriety and the Stories We Tell About Ourselves

Seeking a New Story: On Sobriety and the Stories We Tell About Ourselves

Sara Martin Considers the Sobriety Narrative and the Pitfalls of Fixed Identities

By Sara Martin | October 25, 2022

Erika T. Wurth on Writing Horror as a Former Dorky Kid

Erika T. Wurth on Writing Horror as a Former Dorky Kid

From Micro, a Podcast for Short But Powerful Writing

By Micro Podcast | October 25, 2022

When 007 Was a Woman: A WWII Novel About the Real Miss Moneypenny

When 007 Was a Woman: A WWII Novel About the Real Miss Moneypenny

Christine Wells in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 25, 2022

How a Husband-and-Wife Have Strengthened Their Bond by Writing Psychological Thrillers

How a Husband-and-Wife Have Strengthened Their Bond by Writing Psychological Thrillers

Nicci French in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 25, 2022

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Lan Samantha Chang on How—or Whether—to Evolve Your Aesthetic or Style

By Memoir Nation | October 24, 2022

“You Find a Way to Be Distinctive.” George Saunders on His Writerly Evolution

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 24, 2022

Harold R. Johnson on How We Tell Our Own Stories

By Harold R. Johnson | October 24, 2022

Mary Karr on Navigating Memory While Writing Memoir

Mary Karr on Navigating Memory While Writing Memoir

“A single image can split open the hard seed of the past.”

By Mary Karr | October 21, 2022

Playing with Fear: How Oracle Cards Taught Me To Ask More Honest Questions

Playing with Fear: How Oracle Cards Taught Me To Ask More Honest Questions

Rita Zoey Chin on a Lifetime of Chasing the Unanswerable

By Rita Zoey Chin | October 21, 2022

George Saunders on Experiencing the Limits of Your Own Power

George Saunders on Experiencing the Limits of Your Own Power

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 20, 2022

The Space Between Notes: What Writers Can Learn From Musicians

The Space Between Notes: What Writers Can Learn From Musicians

Daniel Torday on Writing Towards Resolution, and Everything in Between

By Daniel Torday | October 20, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

A Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | October 20, 2022

Jess Walter on Writing About Hope (Without Losing His Literary Cool)

Jess Walter on Writing About Hope (Without Losing His Literary Cool)

From Micro, a Podcast for Short But Powerful Writing

By Micro Podcast | October 20, 2022

Zoology and Cartoons: Will McPhail on Drawing Funny Animals

Zoology and Cartoons: Will McPhail on Drawing Funny Animals

The New Yorker Cartoonist on the Schooling Behind the Doodles

By Will McPhail | October 19, 2022

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