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The Power of Narrative: How Stories Help Us Process Our Most Difficult Realities

The Power of Narrative: How Stories Help Us Process Our Most Difficult Realities

Jiyoung Han on the Power of Fiction to Bring Historical Atrocities to Life

By Jiyoung Han | April 8, 2026

How <em>The Great Gatsby</em> Inspired My Debut Literary Thriller

How The Great Gatsby Inspired My Debut Literary Thriller

Amin Ahmad on Putting His Own Immigrant Twist on an American Literary Classic

By Amin Ahmad | April 8, 2026

Sonya Walger on Writing a Multifaceted Novel of Marriage and Adultery

Sonya Walger on Writing a Multifaceted Novel of Marriage and Adultery

“Marriage is, to my mind, the ability to contain two conflicting narratives and hold them in tension.”

By Sonya Walger | April 8, 2026

Catherine Lacey (with Lorrie Moore and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)

Catherine Lacey (with Lorrie Moore and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | April 8, 2026

Caro Claire Burke on Tradwives, the Performance of Selfhood, and “The Good Old Days”

Caro Claire Burke on Tradwives, the Performance of Selfhood, and “The Good Old Days”

The Author of Yesteryear in Conversation with Sara Petersen

By Sara Petersen | April 7, 2026

The International Short Story is Booming

The International Short Story is Booming

Rabih Alameddine and John Freeman on the Wide Variety of Stories in Their New Anthology

By Rabih Alameddine and John Freeman | April 7, 2026

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The Poetics of Repetition: In Praise of the Art of Replication

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What If There Could Be... Good Art Friends?

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Correspondence Versus Connection: Raymond de Borja Reflects on Language, Poetry, and Friendship

Correspondence Versus Connection: Raymond de Borja Reflects on Language, Poetry, and Friendship

“I may not be a better poet when I am in love, but I am a far less frustrated one.”

By Gaby Iori | April 6, 2026

Camille T. Dungy on Being a Renaissance Man

Camille T. Dungy on Being a Renaissance Man

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 6, 2026

Alicia Jo Rabins on the Spiritual Memoir

Alicia Jo Rabins on the Spiritual Memoir

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By Memoir Nation | April 6, 2026

Dylan Landis on How Writing Her <em>Rainey Royal</em> Series Saved Her Life

Dylan Landis on How Writing Her Rainey Royal Series Saved Her Life

“The devotional act of writing Rainey became the lifeboat I stepped into every day.”

By Dylan Landis | April 3, 2026

The Magic of a Slow-Burn Romance

The Magic of a Slow-Burn Romance

Laura Vogt Recommends Jane Austen, Charles Frazier, Erin Morgenstern, and More

By Laura Vogt | April 3, 2026

Lisa Lee on Translating an Emotion

Lisa Lee on Translating an Emotion

“In writing toward what I didn’t know, I rediscovered something I had largely forgotten.”

By Lisa Lee | April 3, 2026

Rick Moody (with Francis Ford Coppola and William Kennedy)

Rick Moody (with Francis Ford Coppola and William Kennedy)

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | April 3, 2026

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