Jonathan Franzen: What Happens If We No Longer Have Bookstore Readings?

Jonathan Franzen: What Happens If We No Longer Have Bookstore Readings?

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | September 14, 2022

How Dealing in Facts Helps Fiction Writers Hone Their Craft

How Dealing in Facts Helps Fiction Writers Hone Their Craft

Tracey Lien on Using Journalistic Techniques and Tricks to Complete Her Novel

By Tracey Lien | September 14, 2022

Why is Writing About Art So Difficult?

Why is Writing About Art So Difficult?

Sara Woster on Finding the Words We Need

By Sara Woster | September 14, 2022

Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

Celeste Ng: What Place Does Art Have in the Fight Against Fascism?

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | September 14, 2022

Author-Illustrator Dan Santat on the Magic of Fractured Fairy Tales

Author-Illustrator Dan Santat on the Magic of Fractured Fairy Tales

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | September 14, 2022

Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton Answer Your Questions About Writing and Storytelling

Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton Answer Your Questions About Writing and Storytelling

From the Ursa Short Fiction Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton

By Ursa | September 14, 2022

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Jhumpa Lahiri on Michael F. Moore’s Translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed

By Jhumpa Lahiri | September 13, 2022

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Ling Ma on Patterns of Return and the Ways Speculative Fiction Helps Illuminate Real Life

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Chantal V. Johnson on Letting the Reader Be Smarter Than Her Character

Chantal V. Johnson on Letting the Reader Be Smarter Than Her Character

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

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“I hunt and fish because it helps my writing.” Some Very Specific Writing Advice from Jim Harrison

“I hunt and fish because it helps my writing.” Some Very Specific Writing Advice from Jim Harrison

From the The Search for the Genuine: Selected Nonfiction, 1970-2015

By Jim Harrison | September 12, 2022

Five Writers on How Writing with Creative Constraints Unlocked Their Projects

Five Writers on How Writing with Creative Constraints Unlocked Their Projects

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Heroes or Traitors? Writing the Story of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion in the Mexican-American War

Heroes or Traitors? Writing the Story of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion in the Mexican-American War

Reyna Grande on the Little Known Tale of Mexican—and American—History

By Reyna Grande | September 12, 2022

Mychal Denzel Smith on How to Have an Opinion in Memoir

Mychal Denzel Smith on How to Have an Opinion in Memoir

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

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Carlos Allende: How to Make Stories More Compelling

Carlos Allende: How to Make Stories More Compelling

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 12, 2022

Jonathan Escoffery on How to Build Trust with Readers

Jonathan Escoffery on How to Build Trust with Readers

"Readers come to the page wary that a story will drag on forever."

By Jonathan Escoffery | September 9, 2022

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