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When "Interesting" Isn't Interesting

Examining Our Over-reliance on a Word that Says Not Much At All

By Chris Townsend | June 14, 2017

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

"My hybrid identity cannot be contained by one culture"

By SJ Sindu | June 14, 2017

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

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  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

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

By Jennifer Weiner | June 7, 2017

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

By Robyn Harding | June 7, 2017

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

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

Dean Faiello Finds Daily Meaning Through the Act of Writing

By Dean Faiello | June 5, 2017

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

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

Lessons From Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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

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