Louisa May Alcott's Letter of Advice to a Young Writer

Louisa May Alcott's Letter of Advice to a Young Writer

"I Do Not Enjoy Writing 'Moral Tales.' I Do It Because It Pays Well."

By Emily Temple | March 6, 2019

Helen Oyeyemi on Her Favorite Books and TV Shows

Helen Oyeyemi on Her Favorite Books and TV Shows

"Not saying it felt like Louisa May Alcott hated me, but maybe that is what I'm saying."

By Literary Hub | March 5, 2019

16 Things Joel Golby is Afraid Of

16 Things Joel Golby is Afraid Of

The World Is a Scary Place, and So Are My Innermost Thoughts

By Joel Golby | March 5, 2019

On the Obsessions of the Literary Biographer

On the Obsessions of the Literary Biographer

Getting to the Bottom of the Mysterious Case of Letitia Landon

By Lucasta Miller | March 5, 2019

Even After Writing My Novel, Shame Kept Me From Sharing My Story

Even After Writing My Novel, Shame Kept Me From Sharing My Story

Etaf Rum on Finding the Courage to Break the Silence

By Etaf Rum | March 5, 2019

Has the New Dark Age Begun Yet?

Has the New Dark Age Begun Yet?

Peter Fleming on Why He Writes Toward Apocalypse

By Peter Fleming | March 4, 2019

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What If I Wasn't Meant to Be a Novelist?

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Aaron Shulman on Realizing the Thing He Wanted Most Maybe Wasn't for Him

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What Scott McCloud Taught Us About Internet Storytelling

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He Had This Figured Out 25 Years Ago

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The Epidemic of Thinking There's Only One African Writer

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Yewande Omotoso on the Inability to See Beyond Categories

By Yewande Omotoso | February 22, 2019

On David Foster Wallace's Obsession With Failure

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How to Free Yourself From the 'Walking Essay'

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Lucy Schiller On Writing From Stillness

By Lucy Schiller | February 21, 2019

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

Reflections on a Book and a Decade of Whiteness

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Finding Cherokee America: Deciphering My Convoluted Family History

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

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