Encounters with a Mad King: Jac Jemc on Finding a Story While Lost in Research

Encounters with a Mad King: Jac Jemc on Finding a Story While Lost in Research

“I needed to know everything so I could carefully carve out the something I wanted the book to be about.”

By Jac Jemc | March 7, 2023

Lydia Conklin on Letting Their Personality Into Their Work

Lydia Conklin on Letting Their Personality Into Their Work

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

By I'm a Writer But | March 7, 2023

Countries Real and Imagined: Chris McCormick on Creating His Own Armenia

Countries Real and Imagined: Chris McCormick on Creating His Own Armenia

“I was not—and had never been—the only one comparing imagination to reality.”

By Chris McCormick | March 6, 2023

“The Excitement of Influence.” Read Stories by Katherine Mansfield and Christine Schutt

“The Excitement of Influence.” Read Stories by Katherine Mansfield and Christine Schutt

From NOON, Two Writers in Conversation Across A Century

By NOON senior editors Rachel Chait, Zach Davidson, Madelaine Lucas, Liza St. James | March 6, 2023

​​José Olivarez on Translation and Transformation in Poetry

​​José Olivarez on Translation and Transformation in Poetry

On His New Collection Promises of Gold

By Literary Hub | March 6, 2023

What It’s Like To Write About the Same Characters For Over a Decade

What It’s Like To Write About the Same Characters For Over a Decade

Rachel Joyce on Worldbuilding Across a Trilogy and Finally Letting Go

By Rachel Joyce | March 6, 2023

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How a Middle School Piano Lesson Helped Me Write My Book

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Stephen Marche on the Truth About Writerly Perseverance

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Personhood, Privilege, and the Virtual: Lavanya Lakshminarayan on Her New Dystopian Novel

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In Conversation with Brenda Noiseux and Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

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Revelations of Language: On Prose Poetry and the Beauty of a Single Sentence

Revelations of Language: On Prose Poetry and the Beauty of a Single Sentence

Nick Ripatrazone Looks at Journals Dedicated to the Prose Poem

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<em>More to Say</em>: Ann Beattie on Her New Collection of Essays, Donald Barthelme, and the Chinese Spy Balloon

More to Say: Ann Beattie on Her New Collection of Essays, Donald Barthelme, and the Chinese Spy Balloon

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 2, 2023

“Where You Been? Why You Back? What You Doin Now?” Lakiesha Carr on Returning Home to Write

“Where You Been? Why You Back? What You Doin Now?” Lakiesha Carr on Returning Home to Write

Because Sometimes You Have to Go Back to East Texas to Find Your Voice

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V. V. Ganeshananthan: “When Americans Read Other Countries, Those Countries are Flattened Down to One Point”

V. V. Ganeshananthan: “When Americans Read Other Countries, Those Countries are Flattened Down to One Point”

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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