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The Accidental Life: An Editor’s Notes on Writing and Writers

The Accidental Life: An Editor’s Notes on Writing and Writers

Terry McDonell

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 2, 2016

Women Writing Brazil

Women Writing Brazil

Selections from PEN America's New Issue of Glossolalia

By Literary Hub | July 28, 2016

Jenny Diski's Jisei: On Death Poems and <em>In Gratitude</em>

Jenny Diski's Jisei: On Death Poems and In Gratitude

How Writers Approach the Unapproachable

By David L. Ulin | July 21, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: For Fans of Canadians and Enemies of Humor

The Grumpy Librarian: For Fans of Canadians and Enemies of Humor

In Which Short Fiction's Beloved Uncle is Left Out in the Cold

By Caitlin Goodman | July 19, 2016

How to Tell a Murderer's Story

How to Tell a Murderer's Story

Laura Tillman on Walking the Journalist's Fine Line

By Laura Tillman | July 19, 2016

What Getting Published At 16 Taught Me About Becoming a Writer

What Getting Published At 16 Taught Me About Becoming a Writer

Catherine Banner on the Privilege and Luck it Takes to Live the Writer's Life

By Catherine Banner | July 15, 2016

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Did I Write a Gay Book? An Indian Book? A Diverse Book?

By Rumaan Alam | July 14, 2016

How Patrick Ryan Made it to Outer Space

By Sophia Efthimiatou | July 12, 2016

How To Be A Writer: The Map Is the Territory

By Ramona Ausubel | July 11, 2016

We Need to Keep Writing (and Talking) About These Endless Wars

We Need to Keep Writing (and Talking) About These Endless Wars

J. Kael Weston on the Importance of Iraqi and Afghan Stories

By J. Kael Weston | July 8, 2016

Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

On a Pathological Love of the Hardest Sport in the World

By Bob Shacochis | July 8, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: Are You a Time Traveler?

The Grumpy Librarian: Are You a Time Traveler?

In Which Walker Percy, Sheila Heti, and Ian McEwan Share Something...

By Caitlin Goodman | July 7, 2016

The First Rule of Write Club Is...

The First Rule of Write Club Is...

Guy Gavriel Kay on Sorting Through Millions of Rules for Writing

By Guy Gavriel Kay | July 6, 2016

The Art of the Short Story: Helen Phillips and Matthew Vollmer

The Art of the Short Story: Helen Phillips and Matthew Vollmer

On Plot Twists, "What Ifs," and Letting Oneself Get Weird

By Literary Hub | July 5, 2016

Literary or Genre, It's the Plot That Counts

Literary or Genre, It's the Plot That Counts

Emily Barton on the Importance of Moving a Story Forward

By Emily Barton | June 30, 2016

Why Does Anyone Write?

Why Does Anyone Write?

Writing a Novel is a Painful and Bloody Process

By Alice Adams | June 29, 2016

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