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The Pleasures of Destroying a Good Book

The Pleasures of Destroying a Good Book

Crack It, Bend It, Mark It, Love It

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 19, 2015

Charles Bukowski's Rules for Writing

Charles Bukowski's Rules for Writing

Be Honest, Have a Few Drinks, and Submit Everything

By Literary Hub | August 14, 2015

Let's Not Get Too Holy: Editing Bukowski

Let's Not Get Too Holy: Editing Bukowski

The Search for Letters, Stories, Anything

By Abel Debritto | August 14, 2015

On Writing Transnational Trans Characters

On Writing Transnational Trans Characters

Diaspora and Finding a Family By Choice

By Tanwi Nandini Islam | August 13, 2015

Writers and Their Favorite Tools

Writers and Their Favorite Tools

On Pens, Pencils, and other Fetish Objects

By Michele Filgate | August 13, 2015

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

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In Praise of the Unpublished Drawer Novel

By Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite | August 11, 2015

When a Novel Demands to Be Written

By Jennine Capo Crucet | July 31, 2015

Making the Jump From Big House to Small Press

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

The Fierce New Mythologies of Lidia Yuknavitch

The Fierce New Mythologies of Lidia Yuknavitch

Michele Filgate in Conversation About Blood, Sweat, Tears, and More

By Michele Filgate | July 16, 2015

Virginia Woolf: A Definitive Bloomsbury Reading List

Virginia Woolf: A Definitive Bloomsbury Reading List

What They Read, Who to Read, and Why

By Bethanne Patrick | July 15, 2015

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

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

Beena Kamlani on Working with a Master

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

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