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Alice Munro Helped Me Finish My Story  (And I Didn't Even Know It)

Alice Munro Helped Me Finish My Story (And I Didn't Even Know It)

Chris Power on Unconscious Literary Influences

By Chris Power | January 15, 2019

How to Say

How to Say "I’m a Writer" and Mean It

"First you must believe you’re a writer."

By Bethany Marcel | January 15, 2019

How I Found Love One Literary Event at a Time

How I Found Love One Literary Event at a Time

The Tale of Tajja Isen's Very Canadian Romance

By Tajja Isen | January 14, 2019

On the Problems of Changing Style, Novel to Novel

On the Problems of Changing Style, Novel to Novel

Tim Johnston Finds Long Lost Advice from Raymond Carver

By Tim Johnston | January 14, 2019

What's Needed is <em>Magic</em>: Writing Advice from Haruki Murakami

What's Needed is Magic: Writing Advice from Haruki Murakami

Also: Talent, Focus, and Endurance

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2019

Three Days in the Life (and Mind) of Jan Morris

Three Days in the Life (and Mind) of Jan Morris

From the Diary of an Iconic Writer, From Montaigne to Trump

By Jan Morris | January 11, 2019

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Notice Me: How Literary Publicity Works

By Literary Hub | January 10, 2019

On the Excavation of My Desk

By David L. Ulin | January 10, 2019

Meet the Writer Who Chased Eve Babitz All Over Hollywood

By Zan Romanoff | January 10, 2019

Why Does Women's Writing About Relationships Need to be “Relatable”?

Why Does Women's Writing About Relationships Need to be “Relatable”?

Hint: It's a Word Men Use to Describe Their Writing in Order to Diminish It

By Blythe Roberson | January 10, 2019

Kristen Arnett: A Librarian's Resolutions for the New Year

Kristen Arnett: A Librarian's Resolutions for the New Year

Basically, You Gotta Be Able to Joke About the Bad Stuff

By Kristen Arnett | January 9, 2019

What Happens If You Read <em>All</em> the Self-Help Books?

What Happens If You Read All the Self-Help Books?

Marianne Power on Changing Your Life One Month at a Time

By Marianne Power | January 9, 2019

Living at Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes'

Living at Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes' "Poetical" Boston Address

Moving to 9 Willow, in Search of Time to Write

By Jessica Vestuto | January 8, 2019

Toward Changing the Language of Creative Writing Classrooms

Toward Changing the Language of Creative Writing Classrooms

Praise, Like Criticism, Can Make Us Forget What Art Is For

By Helen Betya Rubinstein | January 7, 2019

What Do I Risk Losing By Writing Down My Family's Stories in English?

What Do I Risk Losing By Writing Down My Family's Stories in English?

Jamil Jan Kochai on Traditions of Afghan Oral Storytelling

By Jamil Jan Kochai | January 7, 2019

On the Experience of Entering a Bookstore in Your Forties (vs. Your Twenties)

On the Experience of Entering a Bookstore in Your Forties (vs. Your Twenties)

Steve Edwards on the Meaning of Books as You Grow Older

By Steve Edwards | January 3, 2019

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