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You Can’t Have Creativity Without Boredom

You Can’t Have Creativity Without Boredom

Aaron Angello on the Stillness of the Imaginative Mind

By Aaron Angello | May 18, 2022

How War Literature Occupies the Realms of Both Fact and Fiction

How War Literature Occupies the Realms of Both Fact and Fiction

Phil Klay on Maintaining Verisimilitude When Writing About War

By Phil Klay | May 17, 2022

Emma Straub’s Advice for What to Wear to a Book Launch

Emma Straub’s Advice for What to Wear to a Book Launch

“Back to basics. Just hot dogs, babka, and gratitude for vaccines.”

By Emma Straub | May 17, 2022

Victoria Shorr on the Art of the Novella

Victoria Shorr on the Art of the Novella

”They take you—for one evening if you don't put it down, longer if you draw it out—to a place that you can see in sharp detail.”

By Victoria Shorr | May 17, 2022

Vanessa Hua on Writing About the Forgotten Women in Mao’s Inner Circle

Vanessa Hua on Writing About the Forgotten Women in Mao’s Inner Circle

The Author of Forbidden City Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | May 17, 2022

Ada Limón on Why Being Witnessed Is Essential For an Artist

Ada Limón on Why Being Witnessed Is Essential For an Artist

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 16, 2022

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On the Power and Purpose of Historical Fiction

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On My Love of Libraries: Lessons From My Father

By Rachel M. Harper | May 16, 2022

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Writing and Dreams

By Michele Filgate | May 16, 2022

Ada Limón on How to Write a Poetry Collection

Ada Limón on How to Write a Poetry Collection

"No one can predict the creative process."

By Ada Limón | May 13, 2022

The Purpose of Book Bans Is to Make Queer Kids Scared

The Purpose of Book Bans Is to Make Queer Kids Scared

Lev AC Rosen on Having His Book Banned, and the Repetition of History

By Lev AC Rosen | May 13, 2022

Erica Ruth Neubauer on Mysteries, Her Many Careers, and the Google Search That Started Her Novel

Erica Ruth Neubauer on Mysteries, Her Many Careers, and the Google Search That Started Her Novel

In Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | May 13, 2022

Five Writers Weigh in on the Weird Shame of Publishing a Book

Five Writers Weigh in on the Weird Shame of Publishing a Book

Jennifer Huang Talks to Kemi Alabi, Liz Asch, Sejal Shah, Alina Stefanescu, and Stephen J. West

By Jennifer Huang | May 12, 2022

Lan Samantha Chang on Food, Family, and New Ways of Imagining Asian American Narratives

Lan Samantha Chang on Food, Family, and New Ways of Imagining Asian American Narratives

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 12, 2022

A Brutal—and True—Piece of Writing Advice from Toni Morrison

A Brutal—and True—Piece of Writing Advice from Toni Morrison

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By A. J. Verdelle | May 12, 2022

Michelle Hart on Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Shame in Storytelling

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In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 12, 2022

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