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How Deanna Raybourn (Reluctantly) Started Writing Historical Fiction

How Deanna Raybourn (Reluctantly) Started Writing Historical Fiction

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

By New Books Network | February 18, 2022

Brendan Slocumb on Racism in the Classical Music World

Brendan Slocumb on Racism in the Classical Music World

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By Book Dreams | February 17, 2022

Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | February 17, 2022

Sheila Heti on Feeling Estranged from the Facts of Existence

Sheila Heti on Feeling Estranged from the Facts of Existence

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 17, 2022

Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

Anthony Domestico Offers a Close Reading of an Underappreciated Novelist

By Anthony Domestico | February 16, 2022

“Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

“Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | February 16, 2022

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What Science Journalism Taught Me About Writing Fiction

By Sara Goudarzi | February 14, 2022

Anahid Nersessian’s Close Reading of Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 14, 2022

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Loneliness in the Writing Life

By Literary Hub | February 14, 2022

Matthew Specktor on the Cultural Memory of Los Angeles

Matthew Specktor on the Cultural Memory of Los Angeles

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | February 14, 2022

Chuck Klosterman on Writing Criticism for a Wide Audience

Chuck Klosterman on Writing Criticism for a Wide Audience

“My style is no style, which I think is the best style.”

By Chuck Klosterman | February 11, 2022

How Narrative Therapy Can Help Us Take Ownership of Our Stories

How Narrative Therapy Can Help Us Take Ownership of Our Stories

Veronica Esposito on Finding the Connections in Human Experiences

By Veronica Esposito | February 11, 2022

How Stories Emerge from Afro-Diasporic Collective Memory

How Stories Emerge from Afro-Diasporic Collective Memory

Destiny O. Birdsong on Language as a Currency of Knowledge

By Destiny O. Birdsong | February 11, 2022

Antoine Wilson on Finding a Piece of His New Novel in a 20-Year-Old File

Antoine Wilson on Finding a Piece of His New Novel in a 20-Year-Old File

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 10, 2022

How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

Jonathan Russell Clark Finds Better Ways to Describe the Action

By Jonathan Russell Clark | February 9, 2022

How to Finally Stop Obsessing About That Thing That Keeps You up at Night

How to Finally Stop Obsessing About That Thing That Keeps You up at Night

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By Moshe Bar | February 9, 2022

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