In Praise of the Unhappy Happy Ending

In Praise of the Unhappy Happy Ending

Natalie Jenner Breaks Down an Alluring Authorial Move

By Natalie Jenner | May 23, 2022

My Queer Life Is Not Inappropriate, and Neither Are the Books That Reflect It

My Queer Life Is Not Inappropriate, and Neither Are the Books That Reflect It

Nicole Melleby on Writing Books that Help Queer Kids and the Kids of Queer Parents Feel Seen

By Nicole Melleby | May 23, 2022

Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Inevitable Slowness of Writing

Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Inevitable Slowness of Writing

The Author of The Evening Hero Talks to Jimin Han

By Jimin Han | May 23, 2022

Jonathan Lee on Hooking a Reader with the First Line

Jonathan Lee on Hooking a Reader with the First Line

“No one wants to feel the writer trying too hard.”

By Jonathan Lee | May 20, 2022

A Conversation About Music, Memory, and the Topographies of Writing

A Conversation About Music, Memory, and the Topographies of Writing

Mesha Maren in Conversation with Fernando Flores

By Literary Hub | May 20, 2022

Brian Alan Ellis on Making “Garden Variety Pain” Readable and Unique

Brian Alan Ellis on Making “Garden Variety Pain” Readable and Unique

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | May 20, 2022

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What Do Writing a Novel and Tending a Garden Have in Common?

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Naheed Phiroze Patel on the Life-Long Projects of Writing and Gardening

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You Can’t Have Creativity Without Boredom

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Aaron Angello on the Stillness of the Imaginative Mind

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How War Literature Occupies the Realms of Both Fact and Fiction

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Phil Klay on Maintaining Verisimilitude When Writing About War

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Emma Straub’s Advice for What to Wear to a Book Launch

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“Back to basics. Just hot dogs, babka, and gratitude for vaccines.”

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Victoria Shorr on the Art of the Novella

Victoria Shorr on the Art of the Novella

”They take you—for one evening if you don't put it down, longer if you draw it out—to a place that you can see in sharp detail.”

By Victoria Shorr | May 17, 2022

Vanessa Hua on Writing About the Forgotten Women in Mao’s Inner Circle

Vanessa Hua on Writing About the Forgotten Women in Mao’s Inner Circle

The Author of Forbidden City Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | May 17, 2022

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