Neither Villain Nor Victim: Stacey D’Erasmo on Embracing Discomfort in Telling the Story of a Complicit Woman

Neither Villain Nor Victim: Stacey D’Erasmo on Embracing Discomfort in Telling the Story of a Complicit Woman

What It Means to Write in the Direction of Darkness

By Stacey D'Erasmo | September 26, 2022

Qian Julie Wang on Commuting, People-Watching, and Letting the Story Marinate

Qian Julie Wang on Commuting, People-Watching, and Letting the Story Marinate

“I delete and demolish with zeal.”

By Literary Hub | September 26, 2022

Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page

Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 26, 2022

Stacey D’Erasmo on the Fun of Writing Cryptic Characters

Stacey D’Erasmo on the Fun of Writing Cryptic Characters

“The world itself is an ambiguous, complicated place.”

By Stacey D'Erasmo | September 23, 2022

Not Just Lyrics and Melodies: How Producers Conceive of Music

Not Just Lyrics and Melodies: How Producers Conceive of Music

Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas on the Intersections of Musical Form and Functionality

By Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas | September 22, 2022

Yiyun Li on Complicated Friendships Real and Imagined

Yiyun Li on Complicated Friendships Real and Imagined

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 22, 2022

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Why Jazz? Laura Warrell on Devotion to a “Dying” Art Form

By Laura Warrell | September 20, 2022

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | September 19, 2022

Break Everything and Begin Again: On Fragmentation as a Form

By Sarah Haas | September 19, 2022

A.M. Homes on How to Write Characters that Stick with Your Readers

A.M. Homes on How to Write Characters that Stick with Your Readers

In Conversation with Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner on the Write-minded Podcast

By Memoir Nation | September 19, 2022

Thomas C. Foster on the Seven Deadly Sins of Writing

Thomas C. Foster on the Seven Deadly Sins of Writing

"You cannot let worry win."

By Thomas C. Foster | September 16, 2022

Ellen Meeropol on Writing Into the Gaps Left by Untold Family Stories

Ellen Meeropol on Writing Into the Gaps Left by Untold Family Stories

“When more isn’t there, or the story is hidden, my imagination fills in the blanks left by small snippets of family history.”

By Ellen Meeropol | September 16, 2022

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

Elissa Bassist on Learning to Lean in to the Fear of Writing Like an Idiot

By Elissa Bassist | September 16, 2022

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

Or: Encounters with Michael Ondaatje’s Dog

By Kailyn McCord | September 15, 2022

Rachel Aviv: Why It’s Difficult to Trust Your Own Experiences of Mental Illness

Rachel Aviv: Why It’s Difficult to Trust Your Own Experiences of Mental Illness

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 15, 2022

On Meaning and Time: Andrea Barrett on What the Past Tells Us About Today

On Meaning and Time: Andrea Barrett on What the Past Tells Us About Today

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 15, 2022

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