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There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You

There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You

Brandon Taylor on the Importance of Empathy As Craft

By Brandon Taylor | August 25, 2016

Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus

Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus

Forget New York and Get Yourself West to Ohio

By Annie McGreevy | August 25, 2016

How to Write While Traveling

How to Write While Traveling

Andrés Neuman's Fragments from a Latin American Book Tour

By Andrés Neuman | August 24, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: Books with Allegorical Animals and A Lot of Sex

The Grumpy Librarian: Books with Allegorical Animals and A Lot of Sex

Recommendations with lyricism, sentimentality, and philosophical complications

By Caitlin Goodman | August 24, 2016

The Dos and Don'ts of Writing About the Disabled

The Dos and Don'ts of Writing About the Disabled

Nicola Griffith on the Need to Go Beyond Empathy

By Nicola Griffith | August 23, 2016

The Dangerous Myth of Authenticity

The Dangerous Myth of Authenticity

C.B. George on "one of the more bizarre delusions of contemporary life"

By C. B. George | August 18, 2016

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By Katherine Towler | August 18, 2016

The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain's Mind

By Alex Lake | August 12, 2016

To All the Characters I've Killed Off, Who Haunt Me Still

By Stuart Nadler | August 10, 2016

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The Original Chroniclers of Punk on How They Did It

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On the Many Ways and Reasons to Mix Poetry and Prose

On the Many Ways and Reasons to Mix Poetry and Prose

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Jenny Diski's Jisei: On Death Poems and In Gratitude

How Writers Approach the Unapproachable

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