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Got Writer’s Block? Go to the Theater!

Got Writer’s Block? Go to the Theater!

Amy Fusselman Recommends Her Favorite Unconventional Writing Practice

By Amy Fusselman | September 25, 2026

I’m Having a Hard Time Saying No: How Can I Be More of a Literary Asshole?

I’m Having a Hard Time Saying No: How Can I Be More of a Literary Asshole?

In Which Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | September 24, 2026

Sanna Wani on Crafting a Poetics of Daughterhood

Sanna Wani on Crafting a Poetics of Daughterhood

“There was the daughter I had been and the daughter that I was becoming. Both went hand in hand with poetry I was writing.”

By Sanna Wani | September 24, 2026

What Learning to Paint and Reading <em>The Elements of Style</em> Have in Common

What Learning to Paint and Reading The Elements of Style Have in Common

Susan Coll on Letting Your Mind Wander Outside the Box

By Susan Coll | September 23, 2026

10 Essential Ukrainian Reads, From Memoir to Novel

10 Essential Ukrainian Reads, From Memoir to Novel

Sasha Dovzhyk Recommends Lesia Ukrainka, Victoria Amelina, Olena Stiazhkina

By Sasha Dovzhyk | September 23, 2026

In Praise of Lost Time: On a Poetics That Subverts Linear Chronology

In Praise of Lost Time: On a Poetics That Subverts Linear Chronology

Laura Kolbe: “Having an intimate, almost sensual relationship to the clock is the derangement.”

By Laura Kolbe | September 23, 2026

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Isabel Allende on Finding the Freedom to Write

By Isabel Allende | September 18, 2026

Nine Books of Poetry About Breakups (and Awakenings)

By Elizabeth Metzger | September 17, 2026

How an Egyptian Prison Poem Came to Structure My Memoir

By Abdelrahman ElGendy | September 16, 2026

Who Are MFA Workshops *Really* For?

Who Are MFA Workshops Really For?

Devon Halliday Considers the MFA and Its Discontents

By Devon Halliday | September 16, 2026

Embodied, Unbodied, and the Body Destroyed: Five Books About the Body

Embodied, Unbodied, and the Body Destroyed: Five Books About the Body

Lydia Mathis Recommends Justin Torres, Jesmyn Ward, Sarah Gailey, and More

By Lydia Mathis | September 16, 2026

How Madeleine Thien Organizes Her Bookshelves, Among Other Things

How Madeleine Thien Organizes Her Bookshelves, Among Other Things

A Questionnaire With the Author of Simple Recipes

By Madeleine Thien | September 15, 2026

The Conveniences I Used to Write a Book About Inconvenience (Definitely Not AI)

The Conveniences I Used to Write a Book About Inconvenience (Definitely Not AI)

Gabe Bullard on Avoiding AI, Enshittification, and How Convenience Culture Makes a Lot of Things Worse

By Gabe Bullard | September 15, 2026

When Your Town Needs a Bookstore... Why Not Open One Yourself?

When Your Town Needs a Bookstore... Why Not Open One Yourself?

Rachel Pastan on Building Community and Writing a Novel

By Rachel Pastan | September 14, 2026

How Raising a Multilingual Tot Helped Me Write a Multicultural Novel

How Raising a Multilingual Tot Helped Me Write a Multicultural Novel

Bo Wang on Finding Ways to Seamlessly Incorporate English and Mandarin Into Her Fiction

By Bo Wang | September 14, 2026

Harlan Coben Answers the Age-Old Question: “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?”

Harlan Coben Answers the Age-Old Question: “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?”

“Sometimes, it’s a simple ‘what-if.’”

By Harlan Coben | September 11, 2026

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