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Susan Sontag on Being a Writer:

Susan Sontag on Being a Writer: "You Have to Be Obsessed"

And other insights on craft from the legendary critic and novelist

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2017

Counting Feet: On Running and Poetic Meter

Counting Feet: On Running and Poetic Meter

The Library and the Track Have More in Common Than You Might Think

By Chris Townsend | November 15, 2017

Eduardo Galeano: Why I Became a Writer

Eduardo Galeano: Why I Became a Writer

The Late, Great Uruguayan Speaks of the Sea to Those Who Will Never See It

By Eduardo Galeano | November 9, 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'Write What You Know' is the Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'Write What You Know' is the Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard

And Other Hot Tips from the Newly Crowned Nobel Laureate

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2017

Writing a Novel in the Age of Peak Content

Writing a Novel in the Age of Peak Content

Notes from the Midst of A Terrifying Digital Flowering

By Barret Baumgart | November 6, 2017

No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Sylvia Plath and more on their nighttime visions

By Emily Temple | November 1, 2017

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By Emily Temple | October 25, 2017

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Boston

By Oset Babur | October 25, 2017

Learning the Hard Way That Writing a Book is Not Like Writing for TV

Learning the Hard Way That Writing a Book is Not Like Writing for TV

Evany Rosen on Assembling Her Own Personal Writers Room

By Evany Rosen | October 25, 2017

At Oslo's House of Literature, a Free Space for Ideas (and Writers)

At Oslo's House of Literature, a Free Space for Ideas (and Writers)

How Can We Make This Kind of Thing Happen in America?

By Kerri Arsenault | October 20, 2017

Jennifer Egan Makes Friends Across Seven Decades (and Countless Letters)

Jennifer Egan Makes Friends Across Seven Decades (and Countless Letters)

The Author of Manhattan Beach on the Intimacy of Historical Research

By Jennifer Egan | October 19, 2017

Black Francis: Ray Bradbury Validated My Desire to Write

Black Francis: Ray Bradbury Validated My Desire to Write

The Front Man of the Pixies on the Writer Who Changed His Life

By Black Francis | October 19, 2017

A Stroke Made My Mother a Poet, I Merely Transcribed

A Stroke Made My Mother a Poet, I Merely Transcribed

For Freeman's Marius Chivu on the Origins of His First Poem

By Marius Chivu | October 19, 2017

Breaking Good: Why Artists Remake, Experiment, and Smash Tradition

Breaking Good: Why Artists Remake, Experiment, and Smash Tradition

On Remodeling Not Only the Imperfect, but the Beloved

By Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman | October 19, 2017

The Bluebeard Myth is Forever Relevant

The Bluebeard Myth is Forever Relevant

Catherine Burns on Women Trapped in Abusive Relationships

By Catherine Burns | October 19, 2017

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