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Following Flaco the Owl: In Praise of Writing Into Our Obsessions

Following Flaco the Owl: In Praise of Writing Into Our Obsessions

David Gessner: “If we are very lucky, we find that the thing we have picked up is hitched to everything else in the universe.”

By David Gessner | February 10, 2025

Sarah Chihaya on Reading as Creative Act

Sarah Chihaya on Reading as Creative Act

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 10, 2025

Tara Dorabji on Why Scope Matters

Tara Dorabji on Why Scope Matters

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | February 10, 2025

Lauren Markham on the Use and Limitations of Language to Describe Disaster

Lauren Markham on the Use and Limitations of Language to Describe Disaster

Sarah Viren Talks to the Author of “Immemorial”

By Sarah Viren | February 7, 2025

Sophia Terazawa on Mistranslation and Writing in a Traitor Tongue

Sophia Terazawa on Mistranslation and Writing in a Traitor Tongue

“I struggle to inherit my mother’s music, picking up what I can and stumbling like a fussy child forward.”

By Sophia Terazawa | February 7, 2025

Does Any of This Matter? Am I the Literary Asshole?

Does Any of This Matter? Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | February 6, 2025

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Pádraig Ó Tuama on Patricia Smith, Poems as Acts of Noticing, and the Power of Good Teachers

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Sarah Chihaya Is Reading Now, and Next

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Allegra Goodman on the (Almost) Life-Saving Power of Audiobooks

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“Books are merciful this way. They fill your mind with other people’s questions and dilemmas.”

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Firefeet on 10 Years as a Writing Group

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Sadeqa Johnson on Writing Characters Your Readers Will Care About

Sadeqa Johnson on Writing Characters Your Readers Will Care About

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By Memoir Nation | February 3, 2025

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer on the Wonders of Life

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 3, 2025

Susan Barker on Terror and the Power of Ambiguity

Susan Barker on Terror and the Power of Ambiguity

“Ambiguous signs in horror are so unnerving because it’s the stuff we encounter in our everyday lives.”

By Susan Barker | January 31, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Pádraig Ó Tuama is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Pádraig Ó Tuama is Reading Now, and Next

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What If Instead of Making Paperclips We Asked an AI Super-Intelligence to Make Us All Happy?

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