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Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

On Life and Death as a Grand Series of Comings and Goings

By J. Aaron Sanders | February 25, 2016

Why I Became a Travel Writer

Why I Became a Travel Writer

John Gimlette on Doing the Not Very Sensible Thing

By John Gimlette | February 24, 2016

When Art Cannot Console Us in Death

When Art Cannot Console Us in Death

Emily Harnett on the Hard Art of the Death Memoir

By Emily Harnett | February 17, 2016

Why Does Art Happen in Pairs?

Why Does Art Happen in Pairs?

Or What To Do When a Novel Just Like Yours Comes Out First

By Drew Nellins Smith | February 12, 2016

What Makes Something Funny?

What Makes Something Funny?

Stuart Evers on Why Jokes Make the Best Weapons

By Stuart Evers | February 12, 2016

A Bikini, a Toothbrush, and 44 Issues of <em>The New Yorker</em>

A Bikini, a Toothbrush, and 44 Issues of The New Yorker

In Which Summer Brennan Attempts to Catch Up On a Year's Reading

By Summer Brennan | February 11, 2016

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How to Write What You Don't Know

By Amy Gustine | February 10, 2016

When a Self-Declared Genius Asks You to Read His Masterpiece

By Jeff Sharlet | February 4, 2016

Writing, Traveling, and the Creative Act

By Suzanne Joinson | February 4, 2016

The Rise of the Literary Binge-Read

The Rise of the Literary Binge-Read

How 21st-Century Culture and Technology Changed Highbrow Fiction

By Michael Bourne | February 3, 2016

How I Accidentally Wrote a Civil War Novel

How I Accidentally Wrote a Civil War Novel

New Stories Born from the Oldest Ballads

By Taylor Brown | February 3, 2016

Our Fairy Tales Ourselves: Storytelling  From East to West

Our Fairy Tales Ourselves: Storytelling From East to West

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on What a Story Can Be

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett | January 27, 2016

Surrealism and Decomposition. Or How I Wrote My Novel.

Surrealism and Decomposition. Or How I Wrote My Novel.

Elizabeth McKenzie Finds Help From Breton to Bellow

By Elizabeth McKenzie | January 26, 2016

Writing Workshops LA: Beware of Dog!

Writing Workshops LA: Beware of Dog!

Michele Filgate Talks to Edan Lepucki About West Coast Writing Community

By Michele Filgate | January 22, 2016

The Importance of Reading While Pregnant

The Importance of Reading While Pregnant

On Our Love-Hate Relationship with Parenting Books

By Yardenne Greenspan | January 21, 2016

Four Personality Types That Will Derail Your Literary Event

Four Personality Types That Will Derail Your Literary Event

Or, Some Highly Subjective Advice on What Makes for a Good Panel

By Tim Johnson | January 15, 2016

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