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Why the Video Game Scenes in Raven Leilani's <em>Luster</em> Are So Important

Why the Video Game Scenes in Raven Leilani's Luster Are So Important

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

By Reading Women | November 20, 2020

Bill T. Jones on the Uneasy Liaison Between Storytellers and Listeners

Bill T. Jones on the Uneasy Liaison Between Storytellers and Listeners

From the Renowned Choreographer's Lecture at the Brooklyn Public Library

By Bill T. Jones | November 20, 2020

Ayad Akhtar and Cathy Park Hong: Is the Personal <br>Always Political?

Ayad Akhtar and Cathy Park Hong: Is the Personal
Always Political?

From the Bookable Podcast with Author Amanda Stern

By Bookable | November 20, 2020

Read Walter Mosley's Incredible Speech From Last Night's National Book Awards

Read Walter Mosley's Incredible Speech From Last Night's National Book Awards

to American Letters"">Winner of "The Medal for Distinguished Contribution
to American Letters"

By Walter Mosley | November 19, 2020

Kiese Laymon on Walking Backwards to Explore the Now

Kiese Laymon on Walking Backwards to Explore the Now

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | November 19, 2020

Ijeoma Oluo, Leslie Gray Streeter, and Jennifer Palmieri on Writing—and Thriving—in a World of Mediocre White Men

Ijeoma Oluo, Leslie Gray Streeter, and Jennifer Palmieri on Writing—and Thriving—in a World of Mediocre White Men

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | November 19, 2020

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Government Security Clearance Isn't Always Great for
a Writing Career

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The Limitless Future of Queer Fiction

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A 'How to Write' Craft Syllabus From Non-White, Non-Cis Writers

By Alex Lockwood | November 18, 2020

Kasey Thornton on the Power of Writing What You Know

Kasey Thornton on the Power of Writing What You Know

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 18, 2020

7 of the Year's Best Debut Novelists on Their First<br> Literary Loves

7 of the Year's Best Debut Novelists on Their First
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Featuring Crocodiles, Scary Stories, a Scottish Port Town, and Much More

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On the Power of Essayistic Compression in Flash Nonfiction

On the Power of Essayistic Compression in Flash Nonfiction

Dinty W. Moore Traces the Growth (Contraction?) of a Genre

By Dinty W. Moore | November 16, 2020

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

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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

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

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