Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Christopher Sorrentino on a Year of Literary Success and Personal Cataclysm

By Christopher Sorrentino | September 27, 2021

Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable

Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable

Askold Melnyczuk on the Importance of Moral Complexity in Fiction

By Askold Melnyczuk | September 27, 2021

Rachel Long on the “Unlanguage” of Writing About the Body

Rachel Long on the “Unlanguage” of Writing About the Body

This Week on Otherppl with Brad Listi

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 27, 2021

Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 27, 2021

Yiyun Li on Taking Writing Lessons from <em>War and Peace</em>

Yiyun Li on Taking Writing Lessons from War and Peace

“The line will always be crossed.”

By Yiyun Li | September 24, 2021

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

Biographer Jacques Berlinerblau on the Death of Critical Distance

By Jacques Berlinerblau | September 24, 2021

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Interview with a Journal: The Georgia Review

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Celeste Mohammed on Writing a Book About the Complexities of Island Life

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What is Revealed by the Family Stories That Go Untold?

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“Extra, Extra! Completely Incoherent Writing Advice.” A Conversation with Lucie Elven

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This Week on Otherppl with Brad Listi

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Lauren Groff on Blending Research and Imagination in Historical Fiction

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Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Matrix

By Jane Ciabattari | September 22, 2021

Beyond the “Whodunnit.” Paula Hawkins on the Importance of Gray Areas in Crime Novels

Beyond the “Whodunnit.” Paula Hawkins on the Importance of Gray Areas in Crime Novels

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 22, 2021

“The Writer You Are is Enough.” Ruth Ozeki on Process and Acceptance

“The Writer You Are is Enough.” Ruth Ozeki on Process and Acceptance

The Author of The Book of Form and Emptiness Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | September 21, 2021

When Tennessee Williams Reached Out to a Besieged Truman Capote

When Tennessee Williams Reached Out to a Besieged Truman Capote

“I care about you more than you know.”

By Literary Hub | September 21, 2021

In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

Lincoln Michel Considers the Expansive Power of Genres

By Lincoln Michel | September 21, 2021

"Write the tale that scares you . . . I dare you." Michaela Coel has some writing advice for us.

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 20, 2021

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