Acting Out a Life: How to Write Novels About Real People

Acting Out a Life: How to Write Novels About Real People

Gill Paul on the Craft of Historical Fiction and the Limits of Biography

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Myriam Gurba on Writing the Visceral

Myriam Gurba on Writing the Visceral

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

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"Tolstoy did not neglect to describe the outhouses": Yiyun Li on the Material Concerns of Characters and Writers

The Author of Wednesday’s Child on Class, Money, Joy, and Luxury

By Yiyun Li | September 6, 2023

A Fearless, Free, Literary Space: On Writers' Diaries

A Fearless, Free, Literary Space: On Writers' Diaries

Isabella Trimboli on Alix Cléo Roubaud, Marie Bashkirtseff, Anne Charlotte Robertson, and More

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Beyond the True-False Binary: How the Internet Helped Transform the Lyric Essay

Beyond the True-False Binary: How the Internet Helped Transform the Lyric Essay

Hugh Ryan on Truth and Post-Truth in Creative Nonfiction

By Hugh Ryan | September 6, 2023

How to Live in Nature: S.L. Coney, Ruthanna Emrys, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs

How to Live in Nature: S.L. Coney, Ruthanna Emrys, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs

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Richard Powers on How to Reconnect with Earth

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“Code words to say what can’t be said”: James Hannaham Talks to a Writer in Solitary Confinement

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The Beauty of Physical Encounters with Rare Books

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David van den Berg on Seeing the Darkness

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Alicia Kennedy on Navigating the Thorny Terrain of Food Writing

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"We’re entrusting each other not just with words, but with our bodies, our tastes, and our time at the cutting board."

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A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

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Jill Talbot on the Transformative Experience of Reading Rebecca Stead, Cheryl Strayed, Durga Chew-Bose, and More

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What Does It Mean to Write after Having Children?

What Does It Mean to Write after Having Children?

Lightsey Darst on the Eternal, Fleeting Moments of New Motherhood

By Lightsey Darst | August 31, 2023

Hilary Leichter on Time and Re-Reading

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Why the Rise of Morally Gray Women In Fiction Is Good For All of Us

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Megan Barnard on the Deliciously Unlikable Yet Complex Female Protagonist

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