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Life Advice from the Late Robert M. Pirsig

Life Advice from the Late Robert M. Pirsig

A Little Wisdom from the Iconic Author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

By Emily Temple | April 25, 2017

Historical Fiction is More Important Than Ever: 10 Writers Weigh In

Historical Fiction is More Important Than Ever: 10 Writers Weigh In

Sometimes, the Best Way to Learn the Mistakes of the Past is to Feel Them

By Crystal King | April 24, 2017

A Twang or a Drawl? The Art of the Audiobook Southern Accent

A Twang or a Drawl? The Art of the Audiobook Southern Accent

What Goes Into Recording Stories Set Below the Mason-Dixon Line

By John Adamian | April 20, 2017

Allen Ginsberg's Definition of the Beat Generation

Allen Ginsberg's Definition of the Beat Generation

From the Poet's Lecture on How a Generation Got Its Name

By Allen Ginsberg | April 20, 2017

From Mukasonga to Alexievich, We Need Writers Who Bear Witness

From Mukasonga to Alexievich, We Need Writers Who Bear Witness

Scott Esposito on Staying Clear-Eyed in Dark Times

By Veronica Esposito | April 18, 2017

Something More than Correctness: On Teaching Grace Paley's Essays

Something More than Correctness: On Teaching Grace Paley's Essays

"It’s not their own shame that holds young writers back; it’s ours"

By Scott Korb | April 18, 2017

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Mónica de la Torre on Corporatese and the Oppression of Fancy Chairs

By Peter Mishler | April 17, 2017

Helping My First Generation Students Take Pride in their Personal Essays

By Sonia Taitz | April 13, 2017

David Vann: "If I Miss a Single Morning of Writing, It Changes My Novel"

By David Vann | April 13, 2017

The Lives of the Poets Aren't All That Cinematic

The Lives of the Poets Aren't All That Cinematic

Routine and Domesticity in Terence Davies’s A Quiet Passion and
Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson

By Lucy Scholes | April 13, 2017

Lidia Yuknavitch: I Will Always Inhabit the Water

Lidia Yuknavitch: I Will Always Inhabit the Water

On Living a Swimmer's Life

By Lidia Yuknavitch | April 12, 2017

Louise Erdrich: Among the Living and the Dead in the Turtle Mountains

Louise Erdrich: Among the Living and the Dead in the Turtle Mountains

Finding Spirits in the Night and Palimpsests of Probability

By Louise Erdrich | April 12, 2017

Thomas McGuane Remembers His Friend, Jim Harrison

Thomas McGuane Remembers His Friend, Jim Harrison

"In the end, Jim Harrison was a country boy who’d been touched."

By Thomas McGuane | April 12, 2017

Kurt Vonnegut's Greatest Writing Advice

Kurt Vonnegut's Greatest Writing Advice

"Literature should not disappear up its own asshole," and other craft imperatives

By Emily Temple | April 11, 2017

10 Essential Terms for Poets (and Everyone Else)

10 Essential Terms for Poets (and Everyone Else)

From Aubade to Oriki to Tanka and More!

By Edward Hirsch | April 7, 2017

Reading Across America: A Scene Grows in Queens

Reading Across America: A Scene Grows in Queens

Catherine La Sota on Starting a Reading Series in the World's Borough

By Catherine LaSota | April 7, 2017

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