No One’s Suffering is Banal: Cathleen Schine on the Intricacy of Writing Trauma

No One’s Suffering is Banal: Cathleen Schine on the Intricacy of Writing Trauma

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 17, 2023

Gabrielle Octavia Rucker on the Power of Decentering Human Experience in Poetry

Gabrielle Octavia Rucker on the Power of Decentering Human Experience in Poetry

Peter Mishler Talks With the Author of Dereliction

By Peter Mishler | April 17, 2023

The Bolt Bus Was My Biweekly Bardo: Life Between Writer and Daughter

The Bolt Bus Was My Biweekly Bardo: Life Between Writer and Daughter

Blair Hurley on the Inability to Sustain Her Writer-Self on Weekends

By Blair Hurley | April 17, 2023

Pattiann Rogers on the Scientific Underpinnings of Poetry

Pattiann Rogers on the Scientific Underpinnings of Poetry

“Poets judge their own reactions to the words and the forms they have chosen.”

By Pattiann Rogers | April 14, 2023

Rachel Beanland on Managing Time in Fiction

Rachel Beanland on Managing Time in Fiction

On the Careful Balance Between Scene and Summary

By Rachel Beanland | April 14, 2023

On the Outsize Power of the Short Story (AKA the Genre of “High Genius”)

On the Outsize Power of the Short Story (AKA the Genre of “High Genius”)

Daphne Kalotay Reminds Us of the Value of Short Fiction

By Daphne Kalotay | April 13, 2023

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Is the Past a Literary Genre Unto Itself?

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How Making Audio Erotica Helped Me Write Better Dialogue

By Selene Ross | April 13, 2023

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Alex Mar on the Story of Radical Forgiveness Behind Her New Book

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In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | April 13, 2023

An American Experiment: Jeff Boyd on Race, Music, Religion, and Love in Contemporary Portland 

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 13, 2023

Jinwoo Chong on Taking Three Years to Outline His Novel (and Four Months to Draft It)

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In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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Maggie Smith on the Anxious, Silent First Year of Motherhood

Maggie Smith on the Anxious, Silent First Year of Motherhood

“What had I done, insisting on more of us?”

By Maggie Smith | April 12, 2023

Taking Care: Gina Chung on Fostering a Long-Haul Creative Practice

Taking Care: Gina Chung on Fostering a Long-Haul Creative Practice

In Conversation with Guest Host Mira Jacob on Thresholds

By Thresholds | April 12, 2023

William Brewer Explains How Psychedelic Therapy Saved His Life

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Juliette Fay on Writing Complex Older Protagonists

Juliette Fay on Writing Complex Older Protagonists

“As that far distant horizon gets closer, however, hopefully we gain the wisdom to know it’s at least worth a try.”

By Juliette Fay | April 12, 2023

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