Alix Ohlin on How to Map the Shape of Your Short Story

Alix Ohlin on How to Map the Shape of Your Short Story

The Author of We Want What We Want Tries to Find the Shape of Things in Alice Munro, Ocean Vuong, and More

By Alix Ohlin | July 26, 2021

Meg Tilly on the Crossover Between Acting in Thrillers and Writing Them

Meg Tilly on the Crossover Between Acting in Thrillers and Writing Them

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 26, 2021

WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

WATCH: Kiese Laymon in Conversation with Robert Jones, Jr.

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By The Virtual Book Channel | July 26, 2021

WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

WATCH: A. Natasha Joukovsky in Conversation with Lauren Oyler

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By The Virtual Book Channel | July 23, 2021

Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Geoff Rodkey on Accepting the Realities of Civilization-Ending Calamity

By Geoff Rodkey | July 23, 2021

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

How Writers Speak to One Another Across Time and Space

By Zadie Smith | July 23, 2021

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On Freaks and Geeks and Finding My Voice: How Pop Culture Shaped My Poetry

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Why Yaa Gyasi Wants Us to Remember the Brain Is an Organ

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Native Comedian Adrianne Chalepah Against Pandering to White Audiences

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Reginald Dwayne Betts on Living Between the Poles of Yale-Educated Lawyer and Prison-Educated Poet

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In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | July 21, 2021

Rivka Galchen on Her Instinct to Abandon Projects

Rivka Galchen on Her Instinct to Abandon Projects

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

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8 storytelling tips all writers could learn from the legendary Zola Twitter thread turned hit movie.

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Rachel Yoder on Navigating Chronic Pain Through Storytelling

Rachel Yoder on Navigating Chronic Pain Through Storytelling

The Author of Nightbitch Considers Writing as a Somatic Practice

By Rachel Yoder | July 20, 2021

Rosecrans Baldwin on Los Angeles, Wittgenstein, and Melancholy

Rosecrans Baldwin on Los Angeles, Wittgenstein, and Melancholy

This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | July 20, 2021

Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 19, 2021

Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

"Go big with wonder."

By Matt Bell | July 16, 2021

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