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On the Challenge of Writing a Sequel to a Twenty-Year-Old Novel

On the Challenge of Writing a Sequel to a Twenty-Year-Old Novel

Lee Martin Needed a New Story to Explain the Ending of “The Bright Forever”

By Lee Martin | April 1, 2025

Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry

Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry

Featuring Ariana Benson, Peter Gizzi, Romeo Oriogun, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Greg Rappleye, and Jess Smith

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2025

Karen Russell on What the Magic Offers

Karen Russell on What the Magic Offers

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 31, 2025

Kate McKean on Your Feelings About Publishing

Kate McKean on Your Feelings About Publishing

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | March 31, 2025

Dancing on the Page: Sulaiman Addonia on Writing in the Footsteps of Pina Bausch

Dancing on the Page: Sulaiman Addonia on Writing in the Footsteps of Pina Bausch

“I could sense the freedom, yet I didn’t dare to march towards it.”

By Sulaiman Addonia | March 28, 2025

How Tennis Helped Me Manage the Competitive Beast That Was Ruining My Writing

How Tennis Helped Me Manage the Competitive Beast That Was Ruining My Writing

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya on Finding Balance Between Drive and Acceptance

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | March 27, 2025

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Ann Powers and Alison Fensterstock on <em>How Women Made Music</em>

Ann Powers and Alison Fensterstock on How Women Made Music

in conversation with AudioFile's Jo Reed

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Fergus McIntosh: “One Wonders”

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Two Ways To Tell the Same Truth: Navigating the Boundary Between Fact and Fiction

Two Ways To Tell the Same Truth: Navigating the Boundary Between Fact and Fiction

Binnie Kirshenbaum: “To write fiction takes patience and fortitude to fend off the assumptions that our novels are memoirs.”

By Binnie Kirshenbaum | March 25, 2025

The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

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By Sanam Mahloudji | March 25, 2025

On Our Problematic Obsession with First-Love Stories

On Our Problematic Obsession with First-Love Stories

Emily Usher Wants Stories That Show Crushes in All Their Messy, Authentic Glory

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Farid Matuk on Mirroring, Poetic Artifice, and Complicating Sensuality in Verse

Farid Matuk on Mirroring, Poetic Artifice, and Complicating Sensuality in Verse

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Mai Der Vang on Generational Trauma

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