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The Hidden Power of the Passive Protagonist

The Hidden Power of the Passive Protagonist

Jessi Jezewska Stevens on Characters with Perpetual Potential

By Jessi Jezewska Stevens | March 5, 2020

Deb Olin Unferth Didn't Expect to Be Writing From the Point of View of a Chicken

Deb Olin Unferth Didn't Expect to Be Writing From the Point of View of a Chicken

The Author of Barn 8 on the Benefits of Anthropomorphizing

By Deb Olin Unferth | March 3, 2020

Robert Stone: I Would Have Given You the Meaning of Life If I Could

Robert Stone: I Would Have Given You the Meaning of Life If I Could

Meditations From a Writer in the Direction of His Readers

By Robert Stone | March 3, 2020

The Magic Sentences of Lauren Groff, Action Without Verbs

The Magic Sentences of Lauren Groff, Action Without Verbs

Christian Kiefer on the Sleight-of-Hand of a Contemporary Master

By Christian Kiefer | March 2, 2020

Lorrie Moore on the Songs She Couldn't Live Without

Lorrie Moore on the Songs She Couldn't Live Without

(Also, How to Ignore Writer's Block)

By Literary Hub | March 2, 2020

Writing About My Alcohol Addiction Helped Treat It

Writing About My Alcohol Addiction Helped Treat It

Clare Pooley on Writing Her Way Up From Rock Bottom

By Clare Pooley | February 26, 2020

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What I’ve Learned Interviewing Almost 300 Writers Over Seven Years

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Relearning to Write After Law School Buried My Voice

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Nuns Can Party, Too: On Defying Expectations of Piety

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Lidia Yuknavitch on Frankenstein, Incarceration, and Overcoming Creative Blocks

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When We Call a Book Cinematic, What Do We Really Mean?

When We Call a Book Cinematic, What Do We Really Mean?

Sarah Kozloff on the Cross-Pollination of Art Forms

By Sarah Kozloff | February 6, 2020

The Risk, and Reward, of Turning from Memoir to Fiction

The Risk, and Reward, of Turning from Memoir to Fiction

Amy Jo Burns on Driving Into the Unknown

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What Happens When You Treat Writing Like Acting?

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