Why I Make Rules for My Writing Students—And Why I Break Them

Why I Make Rules for My Writing Students—And Why I Break Them

Adam White on Teaching Writing (and Jack Nicklaus)

By Adam White | June 8, 2022

Elissa Washuta on Reckoning with the Insoluble Puzzles of the Universe

Elissa Washuta on Reckoning with the Insoluble Puzzles of the Universe

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | June 8, 2022

Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood on “Literary Destiny” and the Topics of Our Obsession

Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood on “Literary Destiny” and the Topics of Our Obsession

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 8, 2022

Not Your Stock Grandma: On a Refreshing (and Relatable) Character in <em>Dicey’s Song</em>

Not Your Stock Grandma: On a Refreshing (and Relatable) Character in Dicey’s Song

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | June 8, 2022

Sasha Fletcher on Finding Structure Everywhere

Sasha Fletcher on Finding Structure Everywhere

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

By I'm a Writer But | June 7, 2022

WATCH: Rachel Howzell Hall on Why Crime Captures Every Genre of Writing

WATCH: Rachel Howzell Hall on Why Crime Captures Every Genre of Writing

This Week on Our Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 7, 2022

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Lite-Brite Times Square: Heather O’Neill on Writing and Mothering at the (Exact) Same Time

By Heather O'Neill | June 6, 2022

Questioning the Borders of Nonfiction to Tell the Story of an Exceptional Life

By Levi Vonk | June 6, 2022

Why NoViolet Bulawayo Isn’t Staying in Her Lane

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Panoramic Panels: On the Power and Potential of Graphic Novels to Convey a Bygone New York

Panoramic Panels: On the Power and Potential of Graphic Novels to Convey a Bygone New York

A Conversation Between Mark Alan Stamaty, David Hajdu, and John Carey

By Literary Hub | June 6, 2022

Amber Sparks on Myths, Flash Fiction, and Her Unromantic Writing Process

Amber Sparks on Myths, Flash Fiction, and Her Unromantic Writing Process

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | June 3, 2022

In the Name of Love: How A Punk Rock God Snuck Into My Romance Novel

In the Name of Love: How A Punk Rock God Snuck Into My Romance Novel

Seth Kaufman on the Origins of His Hero’s Name

By Seth Kaufman | June 3, 2022

Hester Fox on Facing the Ugly Truths of the Victorian Era

Hester Fox on Facing the Ugly Truths of the Victorian Era

In Conversation with Gabrielle Martin on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | June 3, 2022

Messing With All of It: Poets Rodrigo Toscano and Sandra Simonds Talk Politics, Poetics, Work, and Class

Messing With All of It: Poets Rodrigo Toscano and Sandra Simonds Talk Politics, Poetics, Work, and Class

“Poems don’t have to self-flagellate to be meaningful. That seems very Puritanical. Too American.”

By Sandra Simonds and Rodrigo Toscano | June 2, 2022

On Jazmina Barrera’s <em>Linea Nigra</em> and the Untranslatable Experiences of Motherhood

On Jazmina Barrera’s Linea Nigra and the Untranslatable Experiences of Motherhood

Malwina Gudowska: “Language, like motherhood, lives on the body.”

By Malwina Gudowska | June 2, 2022

Jean Hanff Korelitz on Being Allowed to Make Things Up

Jean Hanff Korelitz on Being Allowed to Make Things Up

Also, an Enthusiastic Plug for the Hill Cumorah Pageant

By Literary Hub | June 2, 2022

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