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Lily King on Writing the Novel She Needed 30 Years Ago

Lily King on Writing the Novel She Needed 30 Years Ago

"But where were the books about women writers? Where were the books about their struggles?"

By Lily King | November 13, 2020

A Toy, a Tool, a Piece of Art: Sarah Haas on What a Book Can Be

A Toy, a Tool, a Piece of Art: Sarah Haas on What a Book Can Be

"The object gives language a heft that it doesn’t have on its own."

By Sarah Haas | November 12, 2020

Eudora Welty: How My Parents Built a Childhood of Books

Eudora Welty: How My Parents Built a Childhood of Books

"I live in gratitude."

By Eudora Welty | November 12, 2020

Diane Cook on Letting Her Characters Loose in the Wilderness

Diane Cook on Letting Her Characters Loose in the Wilderness

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | November 12, 2020

So Many Damn Short Stories with Lena Valencia

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Andrew Weatherhead on the Art (and Necessity) of Writing Collage

Andrew Weatherhead on the Art (and Necessity) of Writing Collage

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In Which Jonathan Lethem Possibly Overthinks Our Interview Questions

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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

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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>

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

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A Writer in Search of "the Tyranny of Inspiration.”

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

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

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

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