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The Late-Capitalist Privileges of<br> Being an Art Monster

The Late-Capitalist Privileges of
Being an Art Monster

Sarah Elaine Smith on Working a Tech Job While Trying to Make Art

By Sarah Elaine Smith | July 31, 2019

On Learning to Use My Inner Cheerleader to Find Writerly Confidence

On Learning to Use My Inner Cheerleader to Find Writerly Confidence

Liz Astroff Wrestles to Balance Parenting and Writing

By Liz Astrof | July 30, 2019

Learning How to Write Girls with Agency in Fiction

Learning How to Write Girls with Agency in Fiction

Stephanie Jimenez: Imagining Girlhood Beyond the Threat
of Sexual Violence

By Stephanie Jimenez | July 29, 2019

Why Don't I Read All My Books?

Why Don't I Read All My Books?

Karen Olsson on the Ghosts on Her Shelves

By Karen Olsson | July 26, 2019

In the Woods: Telling the Finnish-American Immigrant Story

In the Woods: Telling the Finnish-American Immigrant Story

Karl Marlantes on the Hardworking Lives of His Ancestors

By Karl Marlantes | July 23, 2019

Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again

Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again

Margaret Renkl on the Unexpected Catalyst for Writing Her First Book

By Margaret Renkl | July 19, 2019

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How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

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Randy Boyagoda on Religious-Political Satire

By Randy Boyagoda | July 9, 2019

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

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By Kimi Eisele | July 8, 2019

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

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Working on a Novel About an Artist? Write Like a Painter

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Alix Ohlin: How to Write—and Not—About the Struggle to Have a Child

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On Motherhood, Fertility, and Gendered Readings of Women's Books

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How We Fictionalize Anger to Understand the World

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