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Kurt Vonnegut's Greatest Writing Advice

Kurt Vonnegut's Greatest Writing Advice

"Literature should not disappear up its own asshole," and other craft imperatives

By Emily Temple | April 11, 2017

10 Essential Terms for Poets (and Everyone Else)

10 Essential Terms for Poets (and Everyone Else)

From Aubade to Oriki to Tanka and More!

By Edward Hirsch | April 7, 2017

Reading Across America: A Scene Grows in Queens

Reading Across America: A Scene Grows in Queens

Catherine La Sota on Starting a Reading Series in the World's Borough

By Catherine LaSota | April 7, 2017

The Longest Winter: Or Why It Took Me 15 Years to Finish My Novel

The Longest Winter: Or Why It Took Me 15 Years to Finish My Novel

Max Winter Goes Year-By-Year on a Very Long Journey

By Max Winter | April 5, 2017

How Many Shakespeares Were There?

How Many Shakespeares Were There?

On Authorship, Erasure, and the Myth of the Great Solitary Writer

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 5, 2017

Alexander McCall Smith: In Praise of W.H. Auden

Alexander McCall Smith: In Praise of W.H. Auden

And from Moby Dick to Patrick O'Brian...

By Literary Hub | April 5, 2017

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Jen Michalski on Learning What It Takes Pull Off a Reading

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How Many Books Will You Read Before You Die?

How Many Books Will You Read Before You Die?

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