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Letters from an Invented Writer

Letters from an Invented Writer

A Selection of Correspondence Between 'James Tiptree, Jr.' and Joanna Russ

By Literary Hub | January 3, 2017

What Romance Fiction Can Accomplish

What Romance Fiction Can Accomplish

On the Passion and Pleasure of "Light" Reading

By Cathy Maxwell | December 29, 2016

Working Your Way Through Depression to Finish a Book

Working Your Way Through Depression to Finish a Book

Jason Diamond on the Importance of Work, and the Struggle to Write

By Jason Diamond | December 22, 2016

The Last Bookbinder on the Lower East Side

The Last Bookbinder on the Lower East Side

An Ancient Trade, Alive on Henry Street

By Dwyer Murphy | December 21, 2016

The Art of Revision: Most of What You Write Should Be Cut

The Art of Revision: Most of What You Write Should Be Cut

Charles Johnson on How to Sculpt a Story

By Charles Johnson | December 20, 2016

Human Hair, Dolls Clothes, Love Letters and Other Strange Things Found in Old Books

Human Hair, Dolls Clothes, Love Letters and Other Strange Things Found in Old Books

UVA's Book Traces Project tracks human interactions with physical books

By Emily Temple | December 16, 2016

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Ask the Publicists: An Author's Survival Kit for Dark Times

By Literary Hub | December 13, 2016

On Failing to Write for the Internet

By Laurie Sheck | December 13, 2016

How Writers Are Getting Back to Work

By Lorraine Berry | December 13, 2016

Reading Through the First Year of Motherhood

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Yardenne Greenspan on the Ups, Downs, and Books that Got Her Through

By Yardenne Greenspan | December 9, 2016

Art Can Transfigure Hatred

Art Can Transfigure Hatred

Charlotte Wood on the Importance of Not Turning Away

By Charlotte Wood | December 9, 2016

An Incomplete Guide to Proper Literary Name-Dropping

An Incomplete Guide to Proper Literary Name-Dropping

For Holiday Parties, Trivia Nights, and Beyond

By Emily Temple | December 9, 2016

Turning a Book Into a Movie is Like Making Booze

Turning a Book Into a Movie is Like Making Booze

Terry George on the Distillation Process Behind In the Name of the Father

By Terry George | December 8, 2016

What a Novel Looks Like Before It's a Novel

What a Novel Looks Like Before It's a Novel

Six Novelists on their Writing Rituals and Early Drafts

By Claire Luchette | December 7, 2016

How Do We Pay the Poets?

How Do We Pay the Poets?

Amanda Nadelberg Considers Sustainable Funding for Actual Poets

By Amanda Nadelberg | December 7, 2016

Poetry and Poets in a Time of Crisis

Poetry and Poets in a Time of Crisis

Matthew Zapruder on How One Imagination Can Activate Another

By Matthew Zapruder | December 6, 2016

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