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Writers Don’t Need to Suffer To Make Art

Writers Don’t Need to Suffer To Make Art

Haley Jakobson: “Being a tormented artist is v. cringe.”

By Haley Jakobson | June 20, 2023

Grace E. Lavery: You Already Write <em>How</em> You Write, Just Give In.

Grace E. Lavery: You Already Write How You Write, Just Give In.

“The freedoms on the other side of self-surrender are much more interesting than those that require egoistic management.”

By Grace Lavery | June 16, 2023

Helen Ellis on Writing About People You Know (in a Nice Way).

Helen Ellis on Writing About People You Know (in a Nice Way).

“If you’ve told the same story three times this week, write that one.”

By Helen Ellis | June 16, 2023

A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

“Maybe the sort of multicultural representation we see in recent Regency romances can be a kind of medicine.”

By Sayantani DasGupta | June 16, 2023

Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

"However painful it is to hear such stories, it is much more difficult for the wounded to share them."

By Mirinae Lee | June 16, 2023

An Interdisciplinary Friendship: Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim in Conversation

An Interdisciplinary Friendship: Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim in Conversation

A Writer and a Painter Discuss the Distractions of Residencies and the Mortality of Memories

By Rajesh Parameswaran and Joeun Kim Aatchim | June 16, 2023

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On the Joy of Literary Acceptance (and the Freedom of Rejection)

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