Gabriela Garcia on How Mythologies Are Shaped Over Generations

Gabriela Garcia on How Mythologies Are Shaped Over Generations

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 14, 2021

The Challenge of Capturing the Complexity of IVF Mix-Ups in Fiction

The Challenge of Capturing the Complexity of IVF Mix-Ups in Fiction

Genevieve Gannon Considers the High Emotional Stakes of Reproductive Medicine and Family Law

By Genevieve Gannon | June 11, 2021

Walter Mosley on Learning to Love Rewriting

Walter Mosley on Learning to Love Rewriting

"The beauty of life is in its flaws and how you deal with them."

By Walter Mosley | June 11, 2021

Golden Voice Narrator Michael Crouch on the Task of Capturing a Character’s Voice

Golden Voice Narrator Michael Crouch on the Task of Capturing a Character’s Voice

In Conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic

By Behind the Mic | June 11, 2021

Personal Space: Anjali Enjeti on Reckoning with Complicity, Shame, and Power Dynamics in Memoir

Personal Space: Anjali Enjeti on Reckoning with Complicity, Shame, and Power Dynamics in Memoir

The Author of Southbound Talks to Sari Botton

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 10, 2021

The Unexpected Pleasures of Being a Late Bloomer, in Motherhood and Writing

The Unexpected Pleasures of Being a Late Bloomer, in Motherhood and Writing

E.J. Levy on Writing Through Literary Vanity

By E.J. Levy | June 10, 2021

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Katherine Heiny on Letting the Character Get What She Wants... in a Roundabout Way

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When a Thriller Feels More Personal to Write Than Your Own Memoir

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On Finding a Little Spark When Your Writing’s Lost Its Heat

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This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

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Jenny Lawson on (Dark) Humor as a Conduit to Compassion

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In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on the Reading Women Podcast

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More Craft Than Art: Approaching a Novel As a Carpenter Would

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Brian Hall on Balancing the “Two Cultures” in His Family and His Writing

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Ethel Rohan on the Replenishing Beauty of Ireland and Eschewing Likable Characters

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The Author of In the Event of Contact in Conversation with Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | June 8, 2021

Are you surprised that Stephen King doesn’t outline his plots?

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Once and For All: Is Drunkenness Actually Good for Art?

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Edward Slingerland Considers the History of—and Science Behind—Alcohol as Muse

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