"Anybody's life could be a wonderful piece of art." Read Maxine Hong Kingston's best writing advice.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 27, 2021

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up in the Socialist Workers Party

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up in the Socialist Workers Party

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | October 27, 2021

On Writing a Book For Dog People

On Writing a Book For Dog People

Nathaniel Ian Miller Considers His Canine Inspirations

By Nathaniel Ian Miller | October 27, 2021

Frances Badalamenti on the Fleeting, Painful Freedom of Youth and Writing as Self-Care

Frances Badalamenti on the Fleeting, Painful Freedom of Youth and Writing as Self-Care

Chloe Caldwell Talks to the Salad Days Author

By Chloé Caldwell | October 27, 2021

Jen Campbell on Disability, Productivity, and Perspective

Jen Campbell on Disability, Productivity, and Perspective

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | October 27, 2021

How Should You Name Your Characters?

How Should You Name Your Characters?

Alison Stine on Conveying Setting, Style and Identity through One Important Word

By Alison Stine | October 26, 2021

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How to Write an Obituary For Your Mother

By Jenny Qi | October 26, 2021

Lauren Groff on Maintaining the “Electric Jolt” of an Idea While Writing

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 25, 2021

The Pleasure(s) of Pen(s) on Paper

By Danielle Taschereau Mamers | October 25, 2021

Unlearning the Sunk Cost Fallacy, in Writing and in Love

Unlearning the Sunk Cost Fallacy, in Writing and in Love

Hazel Hayes on the Power of Walking Away

By Hazel Hayes | October 25, 2021

Notes on Queerness and Camp in Crime Fiction

Notes on Queerness and Camp in Crime Fiction

Tice Cin Examines the Coexistence of Adventure and the Domestic

By Tice Cin | October 25, 2021

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

How the Author of Veronica Tries to Honor the World

By Mary Gaitskill | October 22, 2021

Finding My Voice Through the Rage of Punk Music

Finding My Voice Through the Rage of Punk Music

Amy Lee Lillard on the Acceptance and Creativity-Instilling Energy of the Punk Scene

By Amy Lee Lillard | October 22, 2021

Craig Davidson on the Secrets Best Left Out of Memoir

Craig Davidson on the Secrets Best Left Out of Memoir

"I’d slipped a gear between living a story and making a story."

By Craig Davidson | October 22, 2021

Nariman Youssef on Migration, Translation, and the Complexities of the “Mother Tongue”

Nariman Youssef on Migration, Translation, and the Complexities of the “Mother Tongue”

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | October 22, 2021

Jennifer Estep on Her Favorite Character of All Time to Write

Jennifer Estep on Her Favorite Character of All Time to Write

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 22, 2021

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