Lessons Learned from a Year Listening to the Fictional Octopus in My Head

Lessons Learned from a Year Listening to the Fictional Octopus in My Head

Shelby Van Pelt on an Unlikely Friend and Saying What You Mean

By Shelby Van Pelt | May 3, 2022

How the Small Moments That Haunt Us Can Form the Seeds of a Novel

How the Small Moments That Haunt Us Can Form the Seeds of a Novel

Steve Almond on Writing as a Means of Dealing With Obsession

By Steve Almond | May 3, 2022

Love is Space: Notes on Marriage and Creativity

Love is Space: Notes on Marriage and Creativity

Andrea Bajani on Writing, Solitude, and Forgiveness

By Andrea Bajani | May 2, 2022

"Structure is Everything." Keith O'Brien on Structuring a Nonfiction Narrative

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 2, 2022

Alexander Chee on Staying Organized While Writing

Alexander Chee on Staying Organized While Writing

"I needed some stronger record of what I was doing"

By Alexander Chee | April 29, 2022

Robert M. Pirsig on the Book He Wrote (And the One He Didn’t)

Robert M. Pirsig on the Book He Wrote (And the One He Didn’t)

“Gradually, I began to discover that I was on to more than I had thought.”

By Robert M. Pirsig and Wendy K. Pirsig | April 29, 2022

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How the Russian and Ukrainian Languages Intersect in Eugene Vodolazkin’s Brisbane

By Marian Schwartz | April 29, 2022

We Are in a Golden Age of Historical Fiction for People of Color

By Jasmin Darznik | April 29, 2022

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How to Write a Literary Memoir About Neurodivergency

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Rebecca Schiller in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Michael Wheaton on Fatherhood and Writing to Regain a Sense of Control

Michael Wheaton on Fatherhood and Writing to Regain a Sense of Control

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | April 29, 2022

What is it Like to Be a Blind Writer Writing for Sighted Readers?

What is it Like to Be a Blind Writer Writing for Sighted Readers?

George Mendoza and Kristen Witucki Talk Craft, Community, and Ableism in the Publishing Industry

By Jessica Powers | April 28, 2022

Susan Straight on Louise Erdrich and the Characters Who Haven’t Left Our Dreams

Susan Straight on Louise Erdrich and the Characters Who Haven’t Left Our Dreams

How a Novel in Stories Creates History Through a Chorus of Voices

By Susan Straight | April 28, 2022

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Sequoia Nagamatsu on Affirming and Subverting Pop Culture in Fiction

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Sequoia Nagamatsu on Affirming and Subverting Pop Culture in Fiction

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 28, 2022

Translating the Magical Imperfection of Oral Tradition to the Page

Translating the Magical Imperfection of Oral Tradition to the Page

Vaishnavi Patel on Finding Inspiration from the Ramayana

By Vaishnavi Patel | April 28, 2022

Sara Baume on the Uncanny Feeling of Discovering a Book with the Same Title as Her Own

Sara Baume on the Uncanny Feeling of Discovering a Book with the Same Title as Her Own

“When I set about the task of reading Henrichsen’s Seven Steeples I did not expect to find any kinship.”

By Sara Baume | April 27, 2022

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