A Pawnshop of the Mind: In Praise of Object-Based Writing

A Pawnshop of the Mind: In Praise of Object-Based Writing

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Ayelet Waldman on What Quilting Taught Her About the Creative Process

Ayelet Waldman on What Quilting Taught Her About the Creative Process

Combining the Writing Life With the Pursuit of a Beloved Hobby

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How Just a Few Taps on a Bunch of Buttons Can Curate Meaning

How Just a Few Taps on a Bunch of Buttons Can Curate Meaning

Robert Isaacs on the Rhythm of Writing

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What It Means to Go From School Drop Out to Writing Tutor

What It Means to Go From School Drop Out to Writing Tutor

Djamel White on Teaching Kids How to Write

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Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

“We need these stories, because they reveal a potent truth: no one is immune to illness and death.”

By Lorraine Boissoneault | May 18, 2026

Alice and Me: How My Struggle With Cancer Mirrored My Protagonist’s

Alice and Me: How My Struggle With Cancer Mirrored My Protagonist’s

Caitlin Shetterly on Grappling With the Uncanny Parallels Between Real Life and Fiction

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Lucy Ives Offers a Few Creative Prompts to Knock You Off Kilter

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Chet’la Sebree on How Chronic Illness Forever Altered Her Literary Life

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When Biography Goes Delulu: Writing the Life of Superstar Astrologer Linda Goodman

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“The hazy, contradictory landscape of Goodman’s life was the truth of her existence.”

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On the Particular Joys of Etymology and Polyglot Prose

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Geoffrey D. Morrison on Learning and Teaching Languages As a Fiction Writer

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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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Hannah Thurman on Writing a Family Drama Set in a Mental Hospital

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Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Mercy Hill

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What Close Reading Can Reveal About an Author’s Intentions

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Suzanne Berne Considers the Story As a Relationship Between Writers and Readers

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