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Imposters, Insiders, and Interlopers: Amy Rowland on Writing About Rural America

Imposters, Insiders, and Interlopers: Amy Rowland on Writing About Rural America

“It doesn’t matter if you’re worthy of doing it. It matters that it’s worthy of doing.”

By Amy Rowland | July 13, 2023

Ruth Madievsky on the Semi-Cursed Nightlife of Los Angeles

Ruth Madievsky on the Semi-Cursed Nightlife of Los Angeles

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 13, 2023

Stranger Than Fiction: When Your Life Starts to Resemble Your Novel

Stranger Than Fiction: When Your Life Starts to Resemble Your Novel

Sandra A. Miller on Writing about True Events... and Living Fictional Ones

By Sandra A. Miller | July 13, 2023

Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and Making the Move From Pro Sports to Writing

Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and Making the Move From Pro Sports to Writing

The Author of Sing Her Down Talks to Ona Russell in the New Season of Authors in the Tent

By Authors in the Tent | July 12, 2023

The Rest is History: Andrew Ridker on Writing About the Recent Past

The Rest is History: Andrew Ridker on Writing About the Recent Past

“In a world that changes as rapidly as ours, all fiction is historical fiction.”

By Andrew Ridker | July 12, 2023

Inspiration, From a Distance: On Loving and Fictionalizing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Inspiration, From a Distance: On Loving and Fictionalizing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Elizabeth L. Silver Considers the Perks of a Near Miss

By Elizabeth L. Silver | July 12, 2023

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Tom Hanks on What Nora Ephron Told Him About Writing

By Talk Easy | July 11, 2023

Tessa Hadley on the Unapologetic Joys of Rereading

By Literary Hub | July 11, 2023

Sarah Weinman on Crime as a Catalyst for Social Change

By Keen On | July 11, 2023

Susan Williams on Charles Dickens’s <em>Bleak House</em>

Susan Williams on Charles Dickens’s Bleak House

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 11, 2023

Ruth Madievsky on Creating Fiction From Poetry

Ruth Madievsky on Creating Fiction From Poetry

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of All-Night Pharmacy

By Jane Ciabattari | July 11, 2023

Kathleen Hale on How She Found Her Way to <em>Slenderman</em>

Kathleen Hale on How She Found Her Way to Slenderman

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By I'm a Writer But | July 11, 2023

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Caleb Azumah Nelson, Kate Myers, Richard Russo, and More

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How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

Inside a New Volume Reproducing the Original Manuscript
of In Cold Blood

By Ebs Burnough | July 10, 2023

Ruth Madievsky on Burying Her Darlings in a Cemetery of Bangers

Ruth Madievsky on Burying Her Darlings in a Cemetery of Bangers

“My stylish one-liners were a crutch I used to get out of the more difficult decisions a novel requires.”

By Ruth Madievsky | July 10, 2023

Beyond Tropes: On Writing Straight Characters While Queer

Beyond Tropes: On Writing Straight Characters While Queer

Molly Dektar Explores the Art of Crafting an Ambiguous Narrative

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