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How to Write? Don't... At Least Not Yet

How to Write? Don't... At Least Not Yet

Johanna Hedva Offers a Poetic and Unconventional Guide to Craft

By Johanna Hedva | October 16, 2020

The Spontaneous Quarantine Writing that Became a Hit in Japan

The Spontaneous Quarantine Writing that Became a Hit in Japan

Barry Yourgrau on the Story Behind His Pandemic Collection Botticelli

By Barry Yourgrau | October 16, 2020

Kathryn Lasky on the Character Perspective That Most<br> Interests Her

Kathryn Lasky on the Character Perspective That Most
Interests Her

From the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | October 16, 2020

Allie Brosh: Everybody Wants to Touch Something in the Void...

Allie Brosh: Everybody Wants to Touch Something in the Void...

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | October 16, 2020

How Tori Amos Helped Laura Bogart Channel Vulnerability on the Page

How Tori Amos Helped Laura Bogart Channel Vulnerability on the Page

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | October 15, 2020

Emily X.R. Pan on How Writing a Short Story Can Lead to a Better Novel

Emily X.R. Pan on How Writing a Short Story Can Lead to a Better Novel

"That short story taught me to experiment."

By Emily X.R. Pan | October 14, 2020

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Cinelle Barnes on Compiling an Anthology of the South

By Reading Women | October 14, 2020

Rumaan Alam Recommends the Music of Leave the World Behind

By So Many Damn Books | October 14, 2020

Neither of Us Likes Parties: Lynn Strong and Rumaan Alam in Conversation

By Lynn Steger Strong | October 13, 2020

<em>Wicked</em> Wouldn't Have Been What It Is If I Hadn't Written the Novel by Hand

Wicked Wouldn't Have Been What It Is If I Hadn't Written the Novel by Hand

Gregory Maguire on the "Word-Pictures" Revealed By Longhand

By Gregory Maguire | October 13, 2020

Debra Spark on Doing the Research... Like Asking to See Strangers' Apartments

Debra Spark on Doing the Research... Like Asking to See Strangers' Apartments

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 13, 2020

Joyce Carol Oates on the Book (and the Person) That Made Her a Writer

Joyce Carol Oates on the Book (and the Person) That Made Her a Writer

In Conversation with Linn Ullmann on the How to Proceed Podcast

By How to Proceed | October 9, 2020

Of the Ways in Which Writing is a Material Labor

Of the Ways in Which Writing is a Material Labor

Nick Kary on Building From the Stuff of Life

By Nick Kary | October 9, 2020

Jasper Fforde on Reckoning with Complicity Through Science Fiction

Jasper Fforde on Reckoning with Complicity Through Science Fiction

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | October 9, 2020

"I feel like a tracker in the forest following a scent." Louise Glück on how she writes.

By Corinne Segal | October 8, 2020

Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Writing a More Authentic Mexico

Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Writing a More Authentic Mexico

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 8, 2020

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