What Your Draft (and Its Problems) Says About You

What Your Draft (and Its Problems) Says About You

Helen Betya Rubinstein on Finding Clarity in Confusion

By Helen Betya Rubinstein | December 4, 2019

The Truest Eye: Wisdom and Vision from Toni Morrison

The Truest Eye: Wisdom and Vision from Toni Morrison

Selected Quotations from an American Icon

By Toni Morrison | December 3, 2019

What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

The Center for Fiction’s 2019 First Novel Prize Authors Weigh In

By Literary Hub | December 2, 2019

Lore Segal: A (Complicated) Love Letter to Editors

Lore Segal: A (Complicated) Love Letter to Editors

On Syntax, Rewrites, Second-Guesses, and Grace

By Lore Segal | December 2, 2019

Larry Brown's Long and Tortured Struggle to Make Himself Into a Writer

Larry Brown's Long and Tortured Struggle to Make Himself Into a Writer

Jonathan Miles Remembers His Friend

By Jonathan Miles | December 2, 2019

How to Throw a Shower for a Novel

How to Throw a Shower for a Novel

Caroline Louise Walker on Celebrating a Very Important New Arrival

By Caroline Louise Walker | November 27, 2019

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What the Retelling of Myths Reveals of the Teller

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By Jennifer S. Cheng | November 20, 2019

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In Order to Write, I Had to Break a Family Curse

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Amanda Yates Garcia on Witchcraft and Writer's Block

By Amanda Yates Garcia | November 15, 2019

Lessons in worldbuilding from N. K. Jemisin (plus a preview of her next book).

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Broken Heart? Immanuel Kant is Here to Help

Broken Heart? Immanuel Kant is Here to Help

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By Marie Robert | November 13, 2019

The Woman Who Brought Dostoevsky and Chekhov to English Readers

The Woman Who Brought Dostoevsky and Chekhov to English Readers

Sara Wheeler on Constance Garnett and the Problem
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By Sara Wheeler | November 12, 2019

Lydia Davis: Ten of My Recommendations for Good Writing Habits

Lydia Davis: Ten of My Recommendations for Good Writing Habits

Advice for Writers on Editing, Revising, and Taking Notes

By Lydia Davis | November 12, 2019

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