• Craft and Advice

    The Common

    Nariman Youssef on Migration, Translation, and the Complexities of the “Mother Tongue”

    By The Common  October 22, 2021
    New Books Network

    Jennifer Estep on Her Favorite Character of All Time to Write

    By New Books Network  October 22, 2021
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Julia Elliott and DaMaris B. Hill on Writing Rural America

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 21, 2021
    Craft

    TaraShea Nesbit on Reckoning With Ghosts, and Returning to the Same Story, Again and Again

    By TaraShea Nesbit  October 21, 2021
    Imprisoned Writers

    Chris Hedges on Teaching Playwriting in Prison

    By Chris Hedges  October 21, 2021
    The Hub

    This 1998 advice from Ursula K. Le Guin about gender-neutral language is still relevant.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  October 20, 2021
    Reading Women

    Reading Women on the Emotional Complexities in Women’s Crime Fiction

    By Reading Women  October 20, 2021
    Trauma

    Writing Through Trauma, Past and Present: On the Legacies of Catholic Ireland

    By Elaine Feeney  October 20, 2021
    Narrative Structures

    Tiphanie Yanique on Moving Beyond Traditional Hero Narratives

    By Jane Ciabattari  October 19, 2021
    Playwrights

    “Cut, Cut, Cut, Until the Spirit Shines Through.” Sarah Ruhl on Craft and Catharsis

    By Beth Henley  October 19, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Forrest Gander on Grief, Translation, and Sharing Joy in Times of Suffering

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 19, 2021
    Journalism

    Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

    By Nickolas Butler  October 18, 2021
    The Writing Life

    How Do You Write About People Who Don’t Want To Be Written About?

    By Ethan Lou  October 18, 2021
    First Draft

    Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 18, 2021
    The Hub

    Read Ezra Pound’s extensive revisions to T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  October 15, 2021
    Open Source

    Jonathan Franzen on Reckoning with the Limits and Purposes of Writing Novels

    By Open Source  October 15, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Marguerite Duras on Finding Stories Everywhere

    By Marguerite Duras  October 15, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    Alfred Molina on His Genre- and Character-Spanning Career

    By Behind the Mic   October 15, 2021
    Writers in Conversation

    Mondiant Dogon on Writing as an Important and Difficult Healing Process

    By Jenna Krajeski  October 15, 2021
    Mystery and Suspense

    Steph Cha on Choosing the Best of Mystery and Suspense During an Unprecedented and Harrowing Year

    By Steph Cha  October 14, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi and Eileen Myles on Writing Against Linearity

    By The Virtual Book Channel  October 14, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Susan Orlean: “In the End, What Matters is Noticing.”

    By The Maris Review  October 14, 2021
    Keen On

    Robbie Bach on the Concept of “Venture Terrorism”

    By Keen On  October 14, 2021
    Writing Advice

    It Begins with Silence: Victoria Chang on Her Writing Process

    By Victoria Chang  October 13, 2021
    Reading Women

    Alexis Daria on Exploring Boundaries and Family Dynamics in Her New Book

    By Reading Women  October 13, 2021
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