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Erasing Metaphors in the Quest to Fit In

Erasing Metaphors in the Quest to Fit In

Dina Nayeri on the Metaphors of Belief and Belonging

By Dina Nayeri | March 7, 2023

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

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

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How a Middle School Piano Lesson Helped Me Write My Book

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What If? Lidia Yuknavitch on Her Philosophy of Teaching

By Lidia Yuknavitch | March 3, 2023

Andrea Dunlop on Why Today is Such a Rage-Inducing Moment to Be a Woman

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Stephen Marche on the Truth About Writerly Perseverance

Stephen Marche on the Truth About Writerly Perseverance

“The sources of writerly perseverance are mostly silly.”

By Stephen Marche | March 3, 2023

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

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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

By Nick Ripatrazone | March 2, 2023

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

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

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

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