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Jill Eisenstadt on Surviving the Literary Brat Pack

Jill Eisenstadt on Surviving the Literary Brat Pack

The Author of Swell talks New York in the 1980s

By Jill Eisenstadt | June 9, 2017

How An 80-Year-Old Murder Inspired My Present-Day Novel

How An 80-Year-Old Murder Inspired My Present-Day Novel

A Chance Encounter with LIFE magazine Changed Everything

By Rosecrans Baldwin | June 8, 2017

What Makes a Ghost Story Effective?

What Makes a Ghost Story Effective?

Good Ghost Stories Rest Solidly within the Purview of Real Life

By Gail Godwin | June 8, 2017

Joseph Kanon: There Is No Better Place to Write than the Library

Joseph Kanon: There Is No Better Place to Write than the Library

On the most beautiful office in New York City

By Joe Kanon | June 8, 2017

Jennifer Weiner: From Small-Town Beat Reporter to Big City Columnist

Jennifer Weiner: From Small-Town Beat Reporter to Big City Columnist

The Author of Hungry Heart on Following the Advice: "Just Write Every Day"

By Jennifer Weiner | June 7, 2017

How Making a Movie Made Me Fall in Love with Writing Novels Again

How Making a Movie Made Me Fall in Love with Writing Novels Again

Robyn Harding on Rediscovering the Pleasure of Telling, Not Showing

By Robyn Harding | June 7, 2017

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  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

How to Write an Internet Essay to Support Your Novel

By Gabe Habash | June 5, 2017

My Beautiful Oubliette: The Difficulty of Being a Writer in Prison

By Dean Faiello | June 5, 2017

What Reading Robert Pirsig Taught Me About Writing (And Life)

By Bernadette Murphy | June 5, 2017

Don't Make Yourself the Hero of Your Own Story

Don't Make Yourself the Hero of Your Own Story

And 6 Other Pieces of Memoir-Writing Advice

By Elena Lappin | June 2, 2017

Learning the ABC's of Grad School Jargon

Learning the ABC's of Grad School Jargon

Deb Werrlein Wonders What the Hell It All It Means

By Deb Werrlein | May 30, 2017

Reading Susan Sontag in Paris

Reading Susan Sontag in Paris

Or, How to Write About a City Just as Beautiful as Everyone Says It is

By Lori Brister | May 26, 2017

"Poultry?" No, Poetry. On Moving From Verse to Memoir

Chris Forhan on Working in the Slow Idle of Prose After Racing With Poetry

By Chris Forhan | May 25, 2017

Jamaica Kincaid on How to Live and How to Write

Jamaica Kincaid on How to Live and How to Write

"You can't have too much slutdom, I say."

By Emily Temple | May 25, 2017

A Crash Course in YA Taught Me How To Write

A Crash Course in YA Taught Me How To Write

Katherine Heiny on Learning Plot, Discipline, and How to Finish a Book

By Katherine Heiny | May 24, 2017

On Bias, Clickbait, and the Future of Journalism

On Bias, Clickbait, and the Future of Journalism

Insight and Advice from Staffers at The Washington Post

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2017

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