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On David Foster Wallace's Obsession With Failure

On David Foster Wallace's Obsession With Failure

What Happens When Failure is the End Point?

By Ryan Lackey | February 21, 2019

How to Free Yourself From the 'Walking Essay'

How to Free Yourself From the 'Walking Essay'

Lucy Schiller On Writing From Stillness

By Lucy Schiller | February 21, 2019

Eula Biss:

Eula Biss: "A book I can’t defend, a book I can’t renounce."

Reflections on a Book and a Decade of Whiteness

By Eula Biss | February 20, 2019

Finding Cherokee America: Deciphering My Convoluted Family History

Finding Cherokee America: Deciphering My Convoluted Family History

It Took Margaret Verble Twenty Years to Write Her Novel and It Was Worth It

By Margaret Verble | February 19, 2019

Parsing the Endless Nuances of British Stereotypes

Parsing the Endless Nuances of British Stereotypes

And What it Means For Writing British Characters

By Benjamin Markovits | February 19, 2019

Going Deep into the Canadian Subarctic for Research

Going Deep into the Canadian Subarctic for Research

Sometimes, You Just Have to Leave Your Apartment

By Jordanna Brodsky | February 19, 2019

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5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Brisbane

By Kim Bussing | February 15, 2019

Notes on My Literary Minimalism

By Carol Guess | February 14, 2019

Kristen Arnett: We Need to Talk About Library Junk

By Kristen Arnett | February 13, 2019

Ross Gay: In Praise of the Poetry Reading

Ross Gay: In Praise of the Poetry Reading

"Books are lovely. I love books."

By Ross Gay | February 13, 2019

The Challenges of Writing for White People

The Challenges of Writing for White People

As a Columnist, Leonard Pitts Jr. Has Had a Lot of Practice

By Leonard Pitts, Jr. | February 12, 2019

Why We Write About Our Oldest Wounds

Why We Write About Our Oldest Wounds

Mateo Askaripour on Racism, Writing, and the Places We Leave Behind

By Mateo Askaripour | February 8, 2019

What If All Writing is Just Drafts, Forever?

What If All Writing is Just Drafts, Forever?

Joseph Scapellato on the Infinite Manifestations of a Single Novel

By Joseph Scapellato | February 7, 2019

What Collecting 100 Rejections Taught Me About Creative Failure

What Collecting 100 Rejections Taught Me About Creative Failure

The Accidental Rejection Expert Revisits Her Viral Essay

By Kim Liao | February 6, 2019

Is Line Editing a Lost Art?

Is Line Editing a Lost Art?

"A great teacher is a gift. A great line editor is a miracle."

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 6, 2019

Katharine Smyth: Forgetting Virginia Woolf

Katharine Smyth: Forgetting Virginia Woolf

To Understand My Own Work I Had to Move Away From Hers

By Katharine Smyth | February 4, 2019

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