• Craft and Advice

    Freeman's

    Jenni Fagan: “If a Poem Wants Written at 3 am I Get Up.”

    By Jenni Fagan  April 3, 2019
    How to Title Your Book

    Why, Exactly, Do We Have Subtitles on Books?

    By Mary Laura Philpott  April 2, 2019
    Teaching

    Why Don’t More Writers Become
    Public School Teachers?

    By Belle Boggs  April 2, 2019
    Craft and Criticism

    How to Cuss Like No One’s Listening

    By Katherine Dunn  April 1, 2019
    Essay

    Working Mothers, Let Go of Your Guilt

    By Polly Rosenwaike  April 1, 2019
    Profile

    An Afternoon at María Gainza’s
    Buenos Aires Home

    By Nathan Scott McNamara  March 31, 2019
    Advice

    5 Reasons a Writer Should
    Move to London

    By Christine Ro  March 29, 2019
    Essay

    Maybe Becoming a Poet Just for the Praise Was Not a Good Move

    By Jessie Gaynor  March 27, 2019
    Advice

    On the Daily Rituals of Joan Didion, Patti Smith, and More

    By Mason Currey  March 27, 2019
    Essay

    In Praise of the ‘How To’ Creativity Workbook

    By Evan James  March 27, 2019
    Profile

    Laila Lalami: “I Think Evil Needs to Be Called Out.”

    By Zahra Hankir  March 26, 2019
    Essay

    How to Write About Burnout in the Gig Economy

    By Maddie Crum  March 26, 2019
    Daily practice

    The Illicit, Bittersweet Pleasure of Empty Bookshelves

    By Julie Langsdorf  March 25, 2019
    Conversations

    Richard Blanco: ‘I Don’t Subscribe to the Notion of Writer’s Block’

    By Richard Blanco  March 25, 2019
    Essay

    Against Catharsis: Writing is Not Therapy

    By T Kira Madden  March 22, 2019
    Essay

    How I Learned To Write Dialogue By Reviewing Police Complaints

    By K Chess  March 22, 2019
    Essay

    Writing Sex for Money is Hard F*cking Work

    By Sandra Newman  March 21, 2019
    Essay

    What Lynne Tillman Thinks About While Making Tea in the Morning

    By Lynne Tillman  March 21, 2019
    Essay

    Not All Writers Can Afford Rooms of Their Own

    By Asja Bakić  March 21, 2019
    Essay

    Writing Poetry to Find a Father Worth Grieving

    By Edgar Kunz  March 20, 2019
    Excerpts

    Andrea Dworkin’s Argument Against Punctuation

    By Andrea Dworkin  March 20, 2019
    Feature

    “Go With What’s Alive” and Other Writing Advice from Philip Roth

    By Emily Temple  March 19, 2019
    Conversations

    The People Writer-Parents Need (Besides Their Kids)

    By Brian Gresko  March 18, 2019
    Essay

    Why Salt Lake City is a Great Place for a Writer to Live

    By Paisley Rekdal  March 15, 2019
    Conversations

    What Trauma Leaves Behind

    By Carley Moore  March 15, 2019
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