Writer Erika Krouse On Her Time As A Private Investigator

Writer Erika Krouse On Her Time As A Private Investigator

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Anna Cabe on Learning Concision Through Poetry and Flash Prose

Anna Cabe on Learning Concision Through Poetry and Flash Prose

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

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Melissa Febos on Writing About Sex

Melissa Febos on Writing About Sex

"A sex scene should advance a story."

By Melissa Febos | March 25, 2022

Teaching Writing to Children with Autism While in the Grip of Anxiety

Teaching Writing to Children with Autism While in the Grip of Anxiety

Sarah Fay on Navigating Not One But Two Entries in the DSM

By Sarah Fay | March 24, 2022

On Embracing the Halting, Neurotic, Defiant Ways We Talk

On Embracing the Halting, Neurotic, Defiant Ways We Talk

Sara Lippmann’s Manifesto for Sounding—and Writing—Like Yourself

By Sara Lippmann | March 23, 2022

No One Exists Alone: Mike Meginnis on the Importance of Relationships in Fiction

No One Exists Alone: Mike Meginnis on the Importance of Relationships in Fiction

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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“I wish you a sexy, dangerous, jazz-shaped immortality.“ Diane Seuss’s Advice for Life as a Writer

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The Mermaid, C'est Moi: Rewriting the Story of a Universal Myth

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Monique Roffey on Creating a Feminist Version of a Male Fantasy

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Why Having a Baby Led Evie Wyld to More Perilous Stories

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Garth Greenwell on Writing Fiction like a Poet

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