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The Power and Perils of Storytelling: How We Make Narratives Out of Predatory Relationships

The Power and Perils of Storytelling: How We Make Narratives Out of Predatory Relationships

Jane Healey on Truth and Uncertainty in My Dark Vanessa, Consent, and More

By Jane Healey | August 12, 2021

So You Want to Write a Novel About a Legendary Corn Geneticist...

So You Want to Write a Novel About a Legendary Corn Geneticist...

Rachel Pastan on What It Takes to Fictionalize a Life

By Rachel Pastan | August 12, 2021

Jo Ann Beard on the

Jo Ann Beard on the "Rigorous Refusal" to Waste a Reader's Time

This Week from the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | August 12, 2021

Sabina Murray on the Limits of Journalism and the Wondrous Possibilities of Fiction

Sabina Murray on the Limits of Journalism and the Wondrous Possibilities of Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Human Zoo

By Jane Ciabattari | August 10, 2021

The Painful Cost of the Writing Life

The Painful Cost of the Writing Life

James Tate Hill on the Hard Realities of Balancing the Personal and the Creative

By James Tate Hill | August 9, 2021

After Lord Byron: poetic advice for the modern poet (in couplets).

After Lord Byron: poetic advice for the modern poet (in couplets).

By Jason Guriel | August 6, 2021

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Larissa Pham on Allowing Memory to Shape a Memoir

By Larissa Pham | August 6, 2021

Kelsey McKinney on Megachurches, Girlhood, and Staying Faithful to Her Book

By The Maris Review | August 5, 2021

Mona Awad: Time, Faith, and Momentum Are the Keys to Sparking—and Sustaining—Creativity

By Literary Hub | August 5, 2021

WATCH: Katie Kitamura in Conversation with Raven Leilani

WATCH: Katie Kitamura in Conversation with Raven Leilani

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By The Virtual Book Channel | August 5, 2021

How Nadia Owusu Discovered the Story She Needed To Tell

How Nadia Owusu Discovered the Story She Needed To Tell

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | August 4, 2021

My Life Story, Someone Else’s Voice: Why I Won’t Be Narrating My Memoir’s Audiobook

My Life Story, Someone Else’s Voice: Why I Won’t Be Narrating My Memoir’s Audiobook

James Tate Hill on the Way We Listen to Contemporary Memoir

By James Tate Hill | August 3, 2021

Talking How We Talk: On Exploring the Poetic Plenitude of Black Life

Talking How We Talk: On Exploring the Poetic Plenitude of Black Life

Ali Black Considers the Shape of Voice, Theme, and Symbolism

By Ali Black | August 2, 2021

From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 2, 2021

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri on Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience Through Literature

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri on Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience Through Literature

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | July 30, 2021

Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

"Place is ... a powerful generator of tone and atmosphere."

By Laura van den Berg | July 30, 2021

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