What Do You Do When a Short Story Wants to Be a Novel?

What Do You Do When a Short Story Wants to Be a Novel?

Rachel Donohue on the Character That Wouldn't Leave Her Alone

By Rachel Donohue | July 8, 2021

What the Dead Leave Behind: On the Way a Life Can Inhabit a House

What the Dead Leave Behind: On the Way a Life Can Inhabit a House

Emily Austin Navigates the Grief That Lurks Within the Best of Memories

By Emily Austin | July 8, 2021

Jason Mott wants you to reconsider the

Jason Mott wants you to reconsider the "beautiful time capsule" of film noir.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 7, 2021

Deus Ex Machina with a Credit Card: On the Pleasures of Writing Supremely Rich Characters

Deus Ex Machina with a Credit Card: On the Pleasures of Writing Supremely Rich Characters

Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta Consider Our Literary Fixation on the Very Wealthy

By Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta | July 7, 2021

Kristen Radtke: “Putting Anything into the World Is Totally Humiliating”

Kristen Radtke: “Putting Anything into the World Is Totally Humiliating”

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | July 7, 2021

How Many “Types” of Stories Are There? And Can They Save Us?

How Many “Types” of Stories Are There? And Can They Save Us?

David Chrisinger on Trying to Tell the Story of His Family

By David Chrisinger | July 7, 2021

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Surviving Tough Love: Growing Up as the Child of Chinese Immigrants

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Greg Gerke: "We Want More Attention, We Don’t Want to Make Great Art"

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Omar El Akkad Reads From American War and What Strange Paradise

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Marisa Silver on (Finally) Nailing Down Her Novel's Point of View

Marisa Silver on (Finally) Nailing Down Her Novel's Point of View

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 6, 2021

Mark Leidner on Painstakingly Revising Poems... and Twitter Jokes

Mark Leidner on Painstakingly Revising Poems... and Twitter Jokes

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | July 6, 2021

On the Pain of Reading Contemporary Writing When You Are a Contemporary Writer

On the Pain of Reading Contemporary Writing When You Are a Contemporary Writer

Will Self Navigates the Tricky Territory Between Pity, Envy, and Rumors of Posterity

By Will Self | July 2, 2021

Anna Solomon on Overcoming Her Inner Editor While Writing

Anna Solomon on Overcoming Her Inner Editor While Writing

"The trouble is, my editor self knows a lot more than she used to."

By Anna Solomon | July 2, 2021

Mythologies and Re-Rememberings: On the Synchronous Moments of Writing a Novel

Mythologies and Re-Rememberings: On the Synchronous Moments of Writing a Novel

Molly Aitken Deconstructs the Inspiration for Her Debut, The Island Child

By Molly Aitken | July 1, 2021

Rivka Galchen: Humor is a Costume That Can Sneak Past the Psyche

Rivka Galchen: Humor is a Costume That Can Sneak Past the Psyche

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 1, 2021

WATCH: Victoria James on How to Make the Wine Industry a Better Place

WATCH: Victoria James on How to Make the Wine Industry a Better Place

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