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To Be Honest in Poetry Right Now is to Embrace the Abstract, Negative, and Weak

To Be Honest in Poetry Right Now is to Embrace the Abstract, Negative, and Weak

An Essay and Poem by Xuela Zhang

By Xuela Zhang | May 4, 2026

Lauren Groff: There is No Such Thing as Boredom, Only Noticing

Lauren Groff: There is No Such Thing as Boredom, Only Noticing

From Her Speech at the 2026 One Story Debutante Ball

By Lauren Groff | May 1, 2026

Sarah L. Kaufman on Harnessing the Power of Verbs

Sarah L. Kaufman on Harnessing the Power of Verbs

How to Use Unusual Verbs to Create Fresh Images

By Sarah L. Kaufman | May 1, 2026

Interrogating the Heaviness: On Resilience in Fiction and Real Life

Interrogating the Heaviness: On Resilience in Fiction and Real Life

Rachel León and Grace Spulak Discuss The Ways Their Creative Process Is Informed By Professional and Personal Experience

By Rachel León | April 27, 2026

Without the “Women’s Fiction” of the Early Aughts I Wouldn’t Have Survived My Divorce

Without the “Women’s Fiction” of the Early Aughts I Wouldn’t Have Survived My Divorce

Sarah Vacchiano on Experiencing a “Soft Launch” to Adulthood—and Writing About It

By Sarah Vacchiano | April 24, 2026

Brad Neely on Embracing Errors When Making Art

Brad Neely on Embracing Errors When Making Art

“I like art that preserves the rough edges of the person.”

By Brad Neely | April 24, 2026

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How Library of America Helped Shape the Modern American Literary Canon

By Max Rudin | April 24, 2026

My Friend Won’t Stop Sending Me Writing and It’s Driving Me Crazy: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Friend Won’t Stop Sending Me Writing and It’s Driving Me Crazy: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | April 23, 2026

A DIY Literary Education: How Zines Taught Me To Be a Novelist

A DIY Literary Education: How Zines Taught Me To Be a Novelist

Jeff Miller: “Possibly the greatest lesson I got from the zine is that writing is about community.”

By Jeff Miller | April 23, 2026

The Craft Challenges of Writing Political Fiction

The Craft Challenges of Writing Political Fiction

Abigail Savitch-Lew on the Twelve-Year Struggle Behind Her Debut Novel

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 23, 2026

Jayne Anne Phillips Wonders What Happens to Writers If They Don’t Write?

Jayne Anne Phillips Wonders What Happens to Writers If They Don’t Write?

“Silence, earned or merely present, is as natural to writers as writing.”

By Jayne Anne Phillips | April 22, 2026

Pollinating Our Stories: What Bumblebees Taught Me About Writing

Pollinating Our Stories: What Bumblebees Taught Me About Writing

Eileen Garvin: “As writers, our minds and hearts go from story to story like blossom to blossom picking up the bits and pieces of answers to our questions.”

By Eileen Garvin | April 22, 2026

Becca Rothfeld (with Herman Melville and John Updike)

Becca Rothfeld (with Herman Melville and John Updike)

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | April 22, 2026

Prone To Be Productive: In Praise of Writing in Bed

Prone To Be Productive: In Praise of Writing in Bed

Megan O’Grady: “I don’t know about magic, but something happens in my bed, which is where I tend to think best.”

By Megan O'Grady | April 21, 2026

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