Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

“I want narrative propelled by questions, not by the need to provide each answer.”

By Anna Noyes | May 17, 2024

I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 16, 2024

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

Carolyn Kuebler Recommends Kathryn Davis, Linda Legarde Grover, Jon McGregor, and More

By Carolyn Kuebler | May 16, 2024

The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

Jordan Landsman Remembers the Writer Admired by Jorge Luis Borges, Alberto Manguel, and Others

By Jordan Landsman | May 16, 2024

Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 16, 2024

Lauren Michele Jackson on the Collision of the Internet, Race, and Gender

Lauren Michele Jackson on the Collision of the Internet, Race, and Gender

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | May 14, 2024

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Saying the Unsayable, and Listening to Silence: Jon Fosse on How Writing Plays Transformed His Craft

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Continual Self-Revision: Bee Sacks on Coming Out As a Nonbinary Author

Continual Self-Revision: Bee Sacks on Coming Out As a Nonbinary Author

“I have become a text that revises themself, that will revise themself every day, every day until the last day.”

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Jennifer Leigh Selig on Deep Memoir

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Sunjeev Sahota on Novels as Detective Stories

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Alice McDermott’s Writing Mantra:<br> “Ah, Fuck Em.”

Alice McDermott’s Writing Mantra:
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From Her One Story Literary Debutante Ball Address

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Karen Tei Yamashita on Seeking Stories in the Soil

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“Undo the shame of forgetting. Dig and sift through dark soil. Feel its texture.”

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Sitting at the Cool Table: Christina Cooke and Marissa Higgins on the (Supposed) Renaissance of Queer Lit

Sitting at the Cool Table: Christina Cooke and Marissa Higgins on the (Supposed) Renaissance of Queer Lit

The Authors of “Broughtupsy” and “A Good Happy Girl” in Conversation

By Christina Cooke | May 10, 2024

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