Margo Jefferson: ‘If I Can’t Find a Way to Do That... Why Am I Writing a Memoir?’

Margo Jefferson: ‘If I Can’t Find a Way to Do That... Why Am I Writing a Memoir?’

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | January 27, 2021

Te-Ping Chen on Finding Moments of Magical Realism in China

Te-Ping Chen on Finding Moments of Magical Realism in China

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 27, 2021

Joan Didion: Why I Write

Joan Didion: Why I Write

"I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means."

By Joan Didion | January 26, 2021

How Do We Write About Political Crisis and Personal Conflict?

How Do We Write About Political Crisis and Personal Conflict?

Carys Davies Outlines the Process of Writing Her Latest Novel

By Carys Davies | January 26, 2021

Mateo Askaripour on <em>Sorry to Bother You</em> and Giving Up the Scarcity Mindset

Mateo Askaripour on Sorry to Bother You and Giving Up the Scarcity Mindset

This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | January 26, 2021

What James Baldwin Taught Nikky Finney About the Poet’s Responsibility to the Living

What James Baldwin Taught Nikky Finney About the Poet’s Responsibility to the Living

In Conversation with Walter Mosley on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 25, 2021

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Writing a Saudi American Novel When No One Has Done It Before

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Peter Ho Davies on Writing a Book That Hovers Between Fiction and Fact

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Martín Espada on Framing the Present Through the Lens of the Past

Martín Espada on Framing the Present Through the Lens of the Past

The Author of Floaters in Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | January 22, 2021

Mateo Askaripour on the Manifest Destiny of Startups

Mateo Askaripour on the Manifest Destiny of Startups

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 21, 2021

Resisting the Badge of ‘Resilience’ in the Wake of a Devastating Loss

Resisting the Badge of ‘Resilience’ in the Wake of a Devastating Loss

Emily Rapp Black Considers a Ubiquitous—and Inexact—Description

By Emily Rapp Black | January 20, 2021

Rob Doyle: What Happened to Expecting Candor from Writers?

Rob Doyle: What Happened to Expecting Candor from Writers?

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 20, 2021

R. F. Kuang: How a Hidden History Became a Fantasy Trilogy

R. F. Kuang: How a Hidden History Became a Fantasy Trilogy

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | January 20, 2021

25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

Rethinking Popular Assumptions of Fiction Writing

By Matthew Salesses | January 19, 2021

Mark Wunderlich on the Resurrecting Powers of Poetry

Mark Wunderlich on the Resurrecting Powers of Poetry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 19, 2021

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