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On the Lies We Tell in Fiction

On the Lies We Tell in Fiction

Ruth Gilligan Tells Tales of Cattle Butchers and Ancient Curses

By Ruth Gilligan | November 10, 2020

Bryan Washington on Giving His Characters the Capacity for Love, Even When They Don't Have the Language for It

Bryan Washington on Giving His Characters the Capacity for Love, Even When They Don't Have the Language for It

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 9, 2020

Karen Russell on Fatal Insomnia and the Demons of Our Dreams

Karen Russell on Fatal Insomnia and the Demons of Our Dreams

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Sandra Cisneros on the Me Too Movement, Narrative Voice, and <em>The House on Mango Street</em>

Sandra Cisneros on the Me Too Movement, Narrative Voice, and The House on Mango Street

In Conversation with Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera

By Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera | November 6, 2020

Elisa Wouk Almino on Beloved Brazilian Poet <br>Ana Cristina Cesar

Elisa Wouk Almino on Beloved Brazilian Poet
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A Writer in Search of "the Tyranny of Inspiration.”

By Elisa Wouk Almino | November 6, 2020

In Praise of Bob Dylan’s Narrative Strategies…<br> and His Verbs

In Praise of Bob Dylan’s Narrative Strategies…
and His Verbs

Tony Conniff Goes Deep on "Tangled Up in Blue"

By Tony Conniff | November 6, 2020

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P. Djèlí Clark Imagines the Monstrous Creation of the Second Ku Klux Klan

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The High School Teacher Who Changed Kaveh Akbar's Life

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K-Ming Chang on Storytelling as Her Greatest Inheritance

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By Reading Women | November 4, 2020

Deesha Philyaw: Publishing Is Not What You Want Driving Your Self-Worth

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Sebastian Castillo on the Pleasures of Reading Fiction in Translation

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By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 4, 2020

The Artist and The Audience: Writing About the Complexity of Creating Art

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From Teju Cole to Anne Carson, Scott O’Connor Recommends Five Books That Go Deep on the Creative Process

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Ken Bonert: The Regional Is Universal

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 2, 2020

Good News: Mary Ruefle Can't Keep Up with All the Books Being Published, Either

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By How to Proceed | October 30, 2020

Read Shirley Jackson's Eerily Contemporary Letter About Fear

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