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The Challenges of Writing for White People

The Challenges of Writing for White People

As a Columnist, Leonard Pitts Jr. Has Had a Lot of Practice

By Leonard Pitts, Jr. | February 12, 2019

Why We Write About Our Oldest Wounds

Why We Write About Our Oldest Wounds

Mateo Askaripour on Racism, Writing, and the Places We Leave Behind

By Mateo Askaripour | February 8, 2019

What If All Writing is Just Drafts, Forever?

What If All Writing is Just Drafts, Forever?

Joseph Scapellato on the Infinite Manifestations of a Single Novel

By Joseph Scapellato | February 7, 2019

What Collecting 100 Rejections Taught Me About Creative Failure

What Collecting 100 Rejections Taught Me About Creative Failure

The Accidental Rejection Expert Revisits Her Viral Essay

By Kim Liao | February 6, 2019

Is Line Editing a Lost Art?

Is Line Editing a Lost Art?

"A great teacher is a gift. A great line editor is a miracle."

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 6, 2019

Katharine Smyth: Forgetting Virginia Woolf

Katharine Smyth: Forgetting Virginia Woolf

To Understand My Own Work I Had to Move Away From Hers

By Katharine Smyth | February 4, 2019

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By Emily Temple | February 4, 2019

Poet, Artist, Erotic Muse of Mexico's Avant Garde: Rediscovering Nahui Olin

By Claire Mullen | February 1, 2019

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Living Fernando Pessoa's Dreamlife in Lisbon

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Saleem Haddad on Leaving London for Portugal's Melancholy Streets

By Saleem Haddad | January 31, 2019

On Finding My Way Back to Writing After Years Away

On Finding My Way Back to Writing After Years Away

Parenthood Was an Interruption, Not an End

By Sibylla Nash | January 31, 2019

But What Will Your Daughters Think?

But What Will Your Daughters Think?

Emily Bernard on Writing Female Desire

By Emily Bernard | January 30, 2019

How Learning to Draw Can Help a Writer to See

How Learning to Draw Can Help a Writer to See

On Noticing the World in All Its Detail

By Kiley Bense | January 30, 2019

How to Explore Literary Yorkshire

How to Explore Literary Yorkshire

Moody Moors, Seaside Cliffs, and the Legacies of Literary Greats

By Lauren Cocking | January 28, 2019

I Saw My Novel's Protagonist Walking Across the Street

I Saw My Novel's Protagonist Walking Across the Street

Dana Czapnik on Finding Creations in Unexpected Places

By Dana Czapnik | January 28, 2019

Are These Bad Habits Creeping Into Your Writing?

Are These Bad Habits Creeping Into Your Writing?

Benjamin Dreyer, the Internet's Copy Editor in Chief, Would Rather You Didn't

By Benjamin Dreyer | January 25, 2019

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