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Against Clarity (or In Praise of Youthful Wisdom)

Against Clarity (or In Praise of Youthful Wisdom)

Steven Church: You Don't Have to Be Old to Write a Memoir

By Steven Church | May 1, 2018

The Night I Slept in James Thurber's Bed

The Night I Slept in James Thurber's Bed

A Haunted House and Dog Lover's Paradise

By Annabelle Gurwitch | May 1, 2018

7 Methods for Writing Your First Draft

7 Methods for Writing Your First Draft

Ross Raisin on How to Get to the End of the Beginning

By Ross Raisin | May 1, 2018

The Last Days of James Baldwin's House in the South of France

The Last Days of James Baldwin's House in the South of France

Where Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder and More Once Met

By Magdalena J. Zaborowska | April 27, 2018

When, Exactly, Do Children Start Thinking They Hate Poetry?

When, Exactly, Do Children Start Thinking They Hate Poetry?

Chris Harris on Teaching Kids How to Write Verse

By Chris Harris | April 26, 2018

What If Readers Are Learning the Wrong Lessons From My Writing?

What If Readers Are Learning the Wrong Lessons From My Writing?

Nafissa Thompson-Spires on Race, Empathy, and the Ethics of Satire

By Nafissa Thompson-Spires | April 25, 2018

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When the Wildfires of Your Novel Come to Life Around You

By Julia Dixon Evans | April 25, 2018

Years After Barry Hannah's Death, He Haunts Us Still

By Michael Bible | April 23, 2018

Sometimes the Best Way to Read is to Mark Up the Book

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Olivia Laing Sets Her Sights on Fiction

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The Lonely City Author on Changing Fortunes and New Media

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The Bottomless Generosity of the Writer's Memoir

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On Alexander Chee, Leslie Jamison, and Writing About Writing

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John Keene: Elements of Literary Style

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Form vs. Content, the Eternal Conversation

By John Keene | April 17, 2018

"Intuition is Essential." Writing Advice from Gabriel García Márquez

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Andrew Sean Greer: All the Novels I Almost Wrote

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The New Pulitzer Prize-Winner on the (Many) Times He Tried for a Guggenheim

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After Dozens of Rejections, It Only Takes One Acceptance to Make a Writer

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Thomas Swick on the Long Path to Publication

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At One of the World's Biggest Writers' Conferences for the First Time at 65

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Barbara Berman Wonders if AWP is For the Young or the Young At Heart

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