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Writing “Women of a Certain Age.” A Roundtable on Crafting Older Female Characters in Fiction

Writing “Women of a Certain Age.” A Roundtable on Crafting Older Female Characters in Fiction

Lisa Gornick Hosts a Conversation with Julia Alvarez, Fiona Davis, Andrea Lee, and Elizabeth Strout

By Lisa Gornick | November 27, 2023

Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro on Origin Stories

Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro on Origin Stories

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

By Memoir Nation | November 27, 2023

Elegies of Sorrow and the Crow: How to Process Grief and Loss Through Storytelling

Elegies of Sorrow and the Crow: How to Process Grief and Loss Through Storytelling

Caroline Hardaker on Max Porter, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Yoko Agawa, and More

By Caroline Hardaker | November 22, 2023

Amy Kurzweil on Text, Image, AI, and Artistic Translation

Amy Kurzweil on Text, Image, AI, and Artistic Translation

“The relationship between a sentence and a related image should be thought of as one of translation.”

By Amy Kurzweil | November 22, 2023

K-Ming Chang On Pushing Every Sentence To Its Furthest Point

K-Ming Chang On Pushing Every Sentence To Its Furthest Point

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | November 22, 2023

Dr. Jessica Kirzane on Translating Yiddish Literature

Dr. Jessica Kirzane on Translating Yiddish Literature

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | November 22, 2023

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Naomi Alderman on Creating a Fictional Tech Dystopia

By Jane Ciabattari | November 21, 2023

Brit Marling on Writing Women Who Get to the End of Their Stories

By Talk Easy | November 21, 2023

Censoring Kids’ Worlds: Laurie Hertzel on the Danger of Banning Books for Children

By Laurie Hertzel | November 20, 2023

Whitney Hanson on Smartphone Poetry and Generational Anxiety

Whitney Hanson on Smartphone Poetry and Generational Anxiety

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 20, 2023

Ayana Mathis on Prioritizing the People on the Page

Ayana Mathis on Prioritizing the People on the Page

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 20, 2023

M.C. Benner Dixon on Creating Persuasive Metaphors

M.C. Benner Dixon on Creating Persuasive Metaphors

“In English, every word, almost, is an efficient little vehicle pointed outward at the wide and literal world.”

By M.C. Benner Dixon | November 17, 2023

On Literary Empathy and the Performative Reading of Palestinian Authors

On Literary Empathy and the Performative Reading of Palestinian Authors

Etaf Rum Considers Reading and Writing During Times of Crisis

By Etaf Rum | November 16, 2023

Nina LaCour on Finding a Story in Her Own Backyard

Nina LaCour on Finding a Story in Her Own Backyard

On Long Walks, Routines, and the Strange and Wonderful Joy of Writing a Book

By Nina LaCour | November 16, 2023

Ed Park on Panoramic Storytelling

Ed Park on Panoramic Storytelling

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | November 16, 2023

What Working Minimum-Wage Jobs Taught Me About Writing Novels

What Working Minimum-Wage Jobs Taught Me About Writing Novels

Joanne McNeil on Patricia Highsmith, Classism, and Finding Raw Material in Staff Workrooms

By Joanne McNeil | November 14, 2023

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