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On <em>Not</em> Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

On Not Writing About My Father, an Actual Mad Scientist

Erika Swyler on the Autobiographical Truths of Fiction

By Erika Swyler | May 3, 2019

Poetry, Like Witchcraft and Magick, is an Act of Transformation

Poetry, Like Witchcraft and Magick, is an Act of Transformation

in a very literal sense."">"When I say my poems worked as spells, I mean it
in a very literal sense."

By Janaka Stucky | May 3, 2019

Finding Freedom in Writing a Language My <br>Parents Can't Read

Finding Freedom in Writing a Language My
Parents Can't Read

Kia Abdullah on Being Herself in Print

By Kia Abdullah | May 1, 2019

On the Struggle to Become a True<br> Parisian Flaneur

On the Struggle to Become a True
Parisian Flaneur

Ayesegul Savas Unravels a Novel on the City's Streets

By Aysegül Savas | April 30, 2019

David Means on the World As<br> Endless Inspiration

David Means on the World As
Endless Inspiration

"Art arrives out of a tension between the private and the public..."

By David Means | April 29, 2019

How to Write a Book in Ten Days

How to Write a Book in Ten Days

Philip K. Dick Award-Winner Meg Elison On Getting It Done

By Meg Elison | April 26, 2019

Best Reviewed
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On the Importance of Getting the Science Right in Your Novel

By Andrea Rothman | April 26, 2019

On Editing Oliver Sacks After
He Was Gone

By Bill Hayes | April 23, 2019

The Failures of a Wunderkind:
On Rejection and Persistence

By Michael Croley | April 23, 2019

Ian McEwan on Bach, Philip Roth and Living an Episodic Life

Ian McEwan on Bach, Philip Roth and Living an Episodic Life

"All creative acts demand a fruitful pause at certain points."

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2019

Jane Alison on Raymond Carver<br> and Tobias Wolff

Jane Alison on Raymond Carver
and Tobias Wolff

Two Close Readings: Wavelets

By Jane Alison | April 18, 2019

Writing Fiction About Fact: Using Historical Figures As Characters

Writing Fiction About Fact: Using Historical Figures As Characters

On Michael Cunningham, George Saunders, and Other 'Literary Grave-Robbers'

By Steven Rowley | April 18, 2019

Revising My Novel Unearthed <br>a #MeToo Story

Revising My Novel Unearthed
a #MeToo Story

Rachel Cline Writes Her Way Back to the Truth

By Rachel Cline | April 18, 2019

Cecelia Ahern on How She Writes<br> a Novel a Year

Cecelia Ahern on How She Writes
a Novel a Year

The Author of ROAR on Finding Creativity in Structure

By Cecelia Ahern | April 16, 2019

Prepping for MFA Programs as <br>a Person of Color

Prepping for MFA Programs as
a Person of Color

"Will this be a mistake?"

By Hebah Uddin | April 15, 2019

How What I've Learned as an Actor Can Apply to Storytelling

How What I've Learned as an Actor Can Apply to Storytelling

Brett Paesel on Letting Emotional Logic Do the Work

By Brett Paesel | April 12, 2019

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