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Claire Messud: Why I Write

Claire Messud: Why I Write

Kant’s Little East Prussian Head, Among Other Reasons…

By Claire Messud | August 12, 2015

In Praise of the Unpublished Drawer Novel

In Praise of the Unpublished Drawer Novel

Writing the Bad, to Get to the Good

By Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite | August 11, 2015

When a Novel Demands to Be Written

When a Novel Demands to Be Written

Jennine Capó Crucet Turns Fear and Frustration Into Fiction

By Jennine Capo Crucet | July 31, 2015

Making the Jump From Big House to Small Press

Making the Jump From Big House to Small Press

Susan Shapiro on the Satisfactions of Going Indie

By Literary Hub | July 30, 2015

True Love and Fire Alarms: A Tour Diary

True Love and Fire Alarms: A Tour Diary

Rebecca Dinerstein, on the Road from Iowa to Wales

By Rebecca Dinerstein | July 21, 2015

The Unemployed Life of a Professional Writer

The Unemployed Life of a Professional Writer

From Job to Job, Book to Book, on the West Coast of Canada

By Shelley A. Leedahl | July 20, 2015

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The Fierce New Mythologies of Lidia Yuknavitch

By Michele Filgate | July 16, 2015

Virginia Woolf: A Definitive Bloomsbury Reading List

By Bethanne Patrick | July 15, 2015

A Race Against Time: Editing Saul Bellow's Last Novel

By Beena Kamlani | July 14, 2015

Late Bloomers: Fitzgerald and Gardam

Late Bloomers: Fitzgerald and Gardam

English Novelists of a Certain Age Do It Better

By Jessica Ferri | July 10, 2015

Terrible Writing By Great Writers

Terrible Writing By Great Writers

Bad Poetry, Embarrassing Prose

By Literary Hub | July 10, 2015

Poet Selfies

Poet Selfies

Searching for The Thing-In-Itselfie

By Kate Durbin | July 9, 2015

How to Send Things to Germany

How to Send Things to Germany

A Very Helpful Primer by Nell Zink, In Case You Weren't Sure

By Nell Zink | July 9, 2015

The Art of Remembering Your Entire Life

The Art of Remembering Your Entire Life

A writer on how memory is his greatest ally

By Warren Adler | July 6, 2015

Etgar Keret: A Photo Diary of NYC

Etgar Keret: A Photo Diary of NYC

In Which the Author Has Pizza With Ira Glass

By Etgar Keret | July 2, 2015

The Perfect Covergirl

The Perfect Covergirl

How a Painting Ends Up on a Book Cover

By Naomi Jackson | June 29, 2015

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