Tolstoy Forever: Brigid Hughes and Yiyun Li on Retweeting a Russian Classic

Tolstoy Forever: Brigid Hughes and Yiyun Li on Retweeting a Russian Classic

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 9, 2021

Falling in Love with Instant Anonymity: How I Became a Perpetual Student of LA

Falling in Love with Instant Anonymity: How I Became a Perpetual Student of LA

María Amparo Escandón on Fictionalizing a Newfound Home on the West Coast

By María Amparo Escandón | September 9, 2021

Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

“Writing is spooky. You’re colonizing another’s brain for as long as it takes for them to read your work.”

By Rebecca Makkai | September 8, 2021

Alexandra Kleeman on the Artificial Boundary Between the Natural and Man-Made

Alexandra Kleeman on the Artificial Boundary Between the Natural and Man-Made

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 8, 2021

Hilma Wolitzer on the Catharsis of Writing Through Grief

Hilma Wolitzer on the Catharsis of Writing Through Grief

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Today a Women Went Mad in the Supermarket

By Jane Ciabattari | September 7, 2021

Jennifer Sperry Steinorth on the Alchemy in Graphic Poetry

Jennifer Sperry Steinorth on the Alchemy in Graphic Poetry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 7, 2021

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The Heartbreaking Ingenuity of the Mother-Writer

By Olivia Campbell | September 3, 2021

Jeff VanderMeer on Keeping Creative Play Alive

By Jeff VanderMeer | September 3, 2021

Exploring the “Hidden Figures” of the WWII Women’s Army Corps

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The Ambiguous Loss of (Probably) Not Selling My Novel

The Ambiguous Loss of (Probably) Not Selling My Novel

Danielle Lazarin on Life and Art in the Liminal Spaces Between Grief and Hope

By Danielle Lazarin | September 2, 2021

Lauren Sandler on Setting Up Ground Rules with Her Book Subjects

Lauren Sandler on Setting Up Ground Rules with Her Book Subjects

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 1, 2021

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on the Ambiguous and Unfolding Process of Healing

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on the Ambiguous and Unfolding Process of Healing

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 1, 2021

Not Sure If Your Dialogue Is Any Good? Get an Actor to Perform It

Not Sure If Your Dialogue Is Any Good? Get an Actor to Perform It

Calvin Kasulke on Finding a Good Reason to Write Good Characters

By Calvin Kasulke | August 31, 2021

Mona Awad on the Duality and Universality of Shakespeare

Mona Awad on the Duality and Universality of Shakespeare

This Week on the So Many Damn Books Podcast

By So Many Damn Books | August 31, 2021

Christine Mangan on the Delicate Balance of Crafting Suspense

Christine Mangan on the Delicate Balance of Crafting Suspense

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 30, 2021

Bonnie Friedman on the Pleasure of Diving into Details

Bonnie Friedman on the Pleasure of Diving into Details

"To write well we must sink into the silt of this world."

By Bonnie Friedman | August 27, 2021

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