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Don't Make Yourself the Hero of Your Own Story

Don't Make Yourself the Hero of Your Own Story

And 6 Other Pieces of Memoir-Writing Advice

By Elena Lappin | June 2, 2017

Learning the ABC's of Grad School Jargon

Learning the ABC's of Grad School Jargon

Deb Werrlein Wonders What the Hell It All It Means

By Deb Werrlein | May 30, 2017

Reading Susan Sontag in Paris

Reading Susan Sontag in Paris

Or, How to Write About a City Just as Beautiful as Everyone Says It is

By Lori Brister | May 26, 2017

"Poultry?" No, Poetry. On Moving From Verse to Memoir

Chris Forhan on Working in the Slow Idle of Prose After Racing With Poetry

By Chris Forhan | May 25, 2017

Jamaica Kincaid on How to Live and How to Write

Jamaica Kincaid on How to Live and How to Write

"You can't have too much slutdom, I say."

By Emily Temple | May 25, 2017

A Crash Course in YA Taught Me How To Write

A Crash Course in YA Taught Me How To Write

Katherine Heiny on Learning Plot, Discipline, and How to Finish a Book

By Katherine Heiny | May 24, 2017

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On Bias, Clickbait, and the Future of Journalism

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Construction Instead of College, and Ways to Live in the World

By Kevin Canty | May 19, 2017

On the Horror of Getting it Wrong in Print

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Kate Southwood Offers a Warning to Young Writers

By Kate Southwood | May 16, 2017

A Muslim YA Author on Belonging at a Tennessee Book Festival

A Muslim YA Author on Belonging at a Tennessee Book Festival

Sheba Karim Goes to Murfreesboro

By Sheba Karim | May 15, 2017

Ballast, Grounding, Subject Matter: On Writers and Their Mothers

Ballast, Grounding, Subject Matter: On Writers and Their Mothers

The Ambiguities and Uncertainties of Love Make us Who We Are

By Mary Morris | May 12, 2017

I Wrote A Show About A Stay-At-Home-Mom While Living Away From My Kids

I Wrote A Show About A Stay-At-Home-Mom While Living Away From My Kids

On irony, gratitude, and mom-guilt

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Dear Rick Moody, Life Coach: Is Melancholy a Suburban Condition?

Dear Rick Moody, Life Coach: Is Melancholy a Suburban Condition?

On Honest Attempts to No Longer Feel Bad

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Why I Founded an Interdisciplinary Retreat for Artists and Writers

Why I Founded an Interdisciplinary Retreat for Artists and Writers

Our mediums can be vastly enhanced by learning about someone else’s

By Courtney Maum | May 11, 2017

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