Why is it So Difficult to Define the Essay?

Why is it So Difficult to Define the Essay?

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If a Bear Shows Up in the First Act, He Better Eat Someone in the Second

If a Bear Shows Up in the First Act, He Better Eat Someone in the Second

Tom Bouman on the Use of Man-Eating Bears in Fiction

By Tom Bouman | June 27, 2017

When a Lifelong Editor Becomes a Novelist

When a Lifelong Editor Becomes a Novelist

What I Learned on the Other Side of the Desk

By Karen Rinaldi | June 23, 2017

Reading Across America: Making Things Political

Reading Across America: Making Things Political

Natalka Burian on Creating Lit Scenes That Can Do Some Good

By Natalka Burian | June 23, 2017

10 Famous Book Hoarders

10 Famous Book Hoarders

Karl Lagerfeld Has More Books Than You

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2017

A Tourist in My Own Book

A Tourist in My Own Book

A Midwesterner Writes the Caribbean

By Rebecca Entel | June 22, 2017

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5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to St. Paul

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to St. Paul

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Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

"My hybrid identity cannot be contained by one culture"

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Jill Eisenstadt on Surviving the Literary Brat Pack

Jill Eisenstadt on Surviving the Literary Brat Pack

The Author of Swell talks New York in the 1980s

By Jill Eisenstadt | June 9, 2017

How An 80-Year-Old Murder Inspired My Present-Day Novel

How An 80-Year-Old Murder Inspired My Present-Day Novel

A Chance Encounter with LIFE magazine Changed Everything

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What Makes a Ghost Story Effective?

What Makes a Ghost Story Effective?

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Joseph Kanon: There Is No Better Place to Write than the Library

Joseph Kanon: There Is No Better Place to Write than the Library

On the most beautiful office in New York City

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