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When Your Memoir Has the Word 'Rape' in the Title

When Your Memoir Has the Word 'Rape' in the Title

Michelle Bowdler on Writing the Word So Many People Won't Even Say

By Michelle Bowdler | November 16, 2020

Susan Minot: 'Worship Is a Nicer Word than Obsession'

Susan Minot: 'Worship Is a Nicer Word than Obsession'

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 16, 2020

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

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

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By Kiese Laymon | November 10, 2020

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On the Lies We Tell in Fiction

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

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Karen Russell on Fatal Insomnia and the Demons of Our Dreams

Karen Russell on Fatal Insomnia and the Demons of Our Dreams

From the Bookable Podcast with Author Amanda Stern

By Bookable | November 6, 2020

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

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In Conversation with Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera

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

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