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Help, My Writing Group Thinks My Latest Story Was Really Funny: It Wasn’t Meant to Be

Help, My Writing Group Thinks My Latest Story Was Really Funny: It Wasn’t Meant to Be

This Week, Kristen Arnett Answers Questions About Bad Editors, Novel Draft Panic, and Writing Group Anxieties

By Kristen Arnett | August 27, 2026

The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page

The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page

Ronda Beaman Offers Some Tips For Expressing Our Most Intimate Thoughts on Paper

By Ronda Beaman | August 27, 2026

Stories From Memory: On Finding Inspiration in My Husband’s Moroccan Family

Stories From Memory: On Finding Inspiration in My Husband’s Moroccan Family

“The past belongs to no one, and as such, it also belongs to everyone.”

By Elizabeth Letts | August 27, 2026

S. Shakthidharan on Hermann Hesse’s <em>Siddhartha</em>

S. Shakthidharan on Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | August 26, 2026

Agnes Callard on Socrates’s Turf

Agnes Callard on Socrates’s Turf

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 25, 2026

Dorthe Nors on Striving to Write Emotionally Resonant Fiction

Dorthe Nors on Striving to Write Emotionally Resonant Fiction

“As we know from the study of Goldilocks, fiction carries the deepest truths.”

By Dorthe Nors | August 24, 2026

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After Six Decades and Thirty Novels Jodi Picoult Was Missing One Thing: A Tattoo

After Six Decades and Thirty Novels Jodi Picoult Was Missing One Thing: A Tattoo

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Miranda July, Jamel Brinkley, and More on Their Favorite (Re)reads

Miranda July, Jamel Brinkley, and More on Their Favorite (Re)reads

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How Octavia Butler Encouraged Me to Write My Novel

How Octavia Butler Encouraged Me to Write My Novel

“We need your voice.”

By Clarence A. Haynes | August 14, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Abandoning My First Love, Fantasy?

Am I the Asshole For Abandoning My First Love, Fantasy?

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Ed Park is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Ed Park is Reading Now, and Next

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