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You Can’t Choose Your Influences: On the Unexpected Book That Made Me a Writer

You Can’t Choose Your Influences: On the Unexpected Book That Made Me a Writer

Matt Rowland Hill on the Intersection of Spiritual and Literary Canons

By Matt Rowland Hill | July 6, 2022

Chantal V. Johnson on Childhood Abuse and Disclosure

Chantal V. Johnson on Childhood Abuse and Disclosure

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | July 6, 2022

Mat Johnson on Writing About a Conspiracy Theorist (Who’s Right) in an Age of False Conspiracies

Mat Johnson on Writing About a Conspiracy Theorist (Who’s Right) in an Age of False Conspiracies

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | July 5, 2022

Escaping the Solitude of the Writing Life Through Letters

Escaping the Solitude of the Writing Life Through Letters

Anuradha Roy on Her Writing Residency Tradition

By Anuradha Roy | July 5, 2022

Aristotle Can Teach Us Everything We Need to Know About Screenwriting

Aristotle Can Teach Us Everything We Need to Know About Screenwriting

Brian Price Guests on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 5, 2022

Tsering Yangzom Lama on Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Engagement

Tsering Yangzom Lama on Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Engagement

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 5, 2022

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From Memoir to Fiction: A World More Beautiful and Real than Reality

By Yara Zgheib | July 5, 2022

Barbara Graham on the Fun of Genre-Blending and Bending

By Memoir Nation | July 5, 2022

Ottessa Moshfegh: “Why Do I Write About Such Darkness?”

By The Literary Life | July 1, 2022

William Brewer is NOT Trying to Write the Great West Virginia Novel

William Brewer is NOT Trying to Write the Great West Virginia Novel

Andy Kifer Talks to the Author of The Red Arrow

By Andy Kifer | July 1, 2022

Patrick Radden Keefe on Why Access in Journalism is Overrated

Patrick Radden Keefe on Why Access in Journalism is Overrated

On the Art of the “Writearound”

By Patrick Radden Keefe | July 1, 2022

Amy Collier on Combining Abortion and Comedy

Amy Collier on Combining Abortion and Comedy

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | July 1, 2022

In Talking—and Writing—About the Climate Crisis, We Need to Make Space for Our Flaws

In Talking—and Writing—About the Climate Crisis, We Need to Make Space for Our Flaws

Kate Brook on Embracing Imperfection in Facing an Existential Threat

By Kate Brook | June 30, 2022

How Fiction Helps Bring History’s Extraordinary Yet Forgotten Women To Life

How Fiction Helps Bring History’s Extraordinary Yet Forgotten Women To Life

Alexandra Lapierre on Immersing Herself in the Life of Belle da Costa Greene

By Alexandra Lapierre | June 30, 2022

Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Cultural Memories of Korea

Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Cultural Memories of Korea

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | June 30, 2022

WATCH: Keith Gessen on the Profound (and Often Maddening) Experience of Being a Dad

WATCH: Keith Gessen on the Profound (and Often Maddening) Experience of Being a Dad

In Conversation with Jessica Grose at Greenlight Bookstore

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