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

The Longest Winter: Or Why It Took Me 15 Years to Finish My Novel

The Longest Winter: Or Why It Took Me 15 Years to Finish My Novel

Max Winter Goes Year-By-Year on a Very Long Journey

By Max Winter | April 5, 2017

How Many Shakespeares Were There?

How Many Shakespeares Were There?

On Authorship, Erasure, and the Myth of the Great Solitary Writer

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 5, 2017

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Alexander McCall Smith: In Praise of W.H. Auden

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Don't Be a Dick: Colum McCann's Advice to Young Writers

By Colum McCann | April 3, 2017

On the Philosophical Implications of Shelving Books

By John Sherman | March 31, 2017

What Does it Mean to Set Your Novel at Harvard?

What Does it Mean to Set Your Novel at Harvard?

On The Idiot and the Evolution of the Campus Novel

By Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino | March 31, 2017

We Are All Detectives Now: When Literary Plots Get Mysterious

We Are All Detectives Now: When Literary Plots Get Mysterious

On Recent Novels by Katie Kitamura, Patty Yumi Cottrell, and More

By Tobias Carroll | March 30, 2017

The Unglamorous Ordeal of Recording Your Own Audiobook

The Unglamorous Ordeal of Recording Your Own Audiobook

"The cell-like booth was about the size of a European train commode"

By John Freeman Gill | March 29, 2017

How to Write About a Massacre

How to Write About a Massacre

Harriet Scott Chessman Grapples with the Story of My Lai

By Harriet Scott Chessman | March 28, 2017

Life Advice From Adrienne Rich

Life Advice From Adrienne Rich

On the 5th Anniversary of her Death

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2017

Instead of Writing, I Watched Trains

Instead of Writing, I Watched Trains

Owen Laukkanen on the Procrastination that Helped Him Find his Mojo

By Owen Laukkanen | March 24, 2017

Reading Across America: How to Host a Literary Event

Reading Across America: How to Host a Literary Event

Jen Michalski on Learning What It Takes Pull Off a Reading

By Jen Michalski | March 23, 2017

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