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When Less Is More: On Writing Sex and Violence

When Less Is More: On Writing Sex and Violence

Reine Arcache Melvin Explores the Twin Roots of Horror and Desire

By Reine Arcache Melvin | October 11, 2022

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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By Teddy Wayne | October 11, 2022

How Homesteading Helped Me Write

How Homesteading Helped Me Write

Michelle Webster-Hein on Two Perfectly Complementary Pursuits

By Michelle Webster-Hein | October 11, 2022

How Being Broke (and Taking My Top Off) Made Me a Writer

How Being Broke (and Taking My Top Off) Made Me a Writer

Deborah E. Kennedy on the Narrative Arc Created by a Lack of Money

By Deborah E. Kennedy | October 11, 2022

Sara Flemington on Starting in the Middle of Things

Sara Flemington on Starting in the Middle of Things

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

By I'm a Writer But | October 11, 2022

Remembering the Late Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Poet Kevin McIlvoy

Remembering the Late Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Poet Kevin McIlvoy

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On Seeing and Being Seen: Poet Ama Codjoe in Conversation with Maggie Millner

By Maggie Millner | October 7, 2022

Alice Notley on Writing from Dreams

By Alice Notley | October 7, 2022

Victor Manibo’s Take on Unreliable Narrators in His Debut Mystery The Sleepless

By New Books Network | October 7, 2022

Elizabeth McCracken on Discussing Private Grief in Public

Elizabeth McCracken on Discussing Private Grief in Public

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 6, 2022

Namwali Serpell on Depicting the Uncertainty and Experience of Grief

Namwali Serpell on Depicting the Uncertainty and Experience of Grief

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 6, 2022

Lessons in Writing and Life from My Grandfather, E.L. Doctorow

Lessons in Writing and Life from My Grandfather, E.L. Doctorow

Alison Fairbrother on Her Papa's Messy, Complicated Humanness

By Alison Fairbrother | October 6, 2022

WATCH: Polina Barskova on How We Cope with Experiences That Defy Comprehension

WATCH: Polina Barskova on How We Cope with Experiences That Defy Comprehension

In Conversation with Catherine Ciepiela and Masha Gessen at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | October 6, 2022

Cleyvis Natera on Capturing a Community and Family in Crisis

Cleyvis Natera on Capturing a Community and Family in Crisis

In Conversation with M.M. Kaufman on the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | October 6, 2022

Hernan Diaz on Why We Believe Things We Don’t Fully Understand

Hernan Diaz on Why We Believe Things We Don’t Fully Understand

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Elias Canetti on Being a Writer in a Tumultuous and Troubling World

Elias Canetti on Being a Writer in a Tumultuous and Troubling World

“The poet is nothing if he does not ceaselessly apply myth to the world around him.”

By Elias Canetti | October 5, 2022

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