My Book Started Before I Knew What It Would Be

My Book Started Before I Knew What It Would Be

Liam Callanan on the Family Story That Changed Everything

By Liam Callanan | March 27, 2023

Madelaine Lucas on How to Write a Love Story

Madelaine Lucas on How to Write a Love Story

“The middle of the story—like the middle of love—is where complexity and intimacy dwell.”

By Madelaine Lucas | March 24, 2023

Shannon McLeod on the Emotional Stability of Flash Fiction and Uncertainty of Novel Writing

Shannon McLeod on the Emotional Stability of Flash Fiction and Uncertainty of Novel Writing

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 24, 2023

Sabrina Orah Mark on Fairy Tales Designed to Wake Us Up

Sabrina Orah Mark on Fairy Tales Designed to Wake Us Up

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 24, 2023

“It Was All in the Service of Not Wanting Queer People to Have to Justify Themselves.” Why Catherine Lacey Rewrote History in <em>Biography of X</em>

“It Was All in the Service of Not Wanting Queer People to Have to Justify Themselves.” Why Catherine Lacey Rewrote History in Biography of X

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | March 23, 2023

Alone on the Range: Victor LaValle on <em>Lone Women</em>’s Homesteaders, History, and Horror

Alone on the Range: Victor LaValle on Lone Women’s Homesteaders, History, and Horror

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 23, 2023

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Daisy Jones & the Six Balances Authenticity and Fantasy

By Sarah Priscus | March 23, 2023

A Pathless Wood: Navigating the Poetic Border Between Health and Harm

By James Davis May | March 23, 2023

Catherine Lacey on Playing the Long-Game for Her Fiction

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“The Power is Not Going to Be Static.” Madelaine Lucas on Adding Nuance to the May-December Cliché

“The Power is Not Going to Be Static.” Madelaine Lucas on Adding Nuance to the May-December Cliché

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 22, 2023

Min Jin Lee on the Relationship Between Language and Power

Min Jin Lee on the Relationship Between Language and Power

The Pachinko Author Discusses Teaching, Her Novel in Progress, and the Desire to Make a Difference

By Julia Kovalenko | March 22, 2023

Szilvia Molnar on Knowing When to Kill Your Darlings

Szilvia Molnar on Knowing When to Kill Your Darlings

“I sometimes pulled back on reality. But, on the page, I gave close to everything.”

By Szilvia Molnar | March 21, 2023

The Ethics of Writing About Race as a White Woman

The Ethics of Writing About Race as a White Woman

Rachel Jamison Webster on Oral Traditions, Racial Ancestries, and Confronting Shame

By Rachel Jamison Webster | March 21, 2023

Idra Novey: How to Pack a Punch in a Short Novel

Idra Novey: How to Pack a Punch in a Short Novel

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | March 21, 2023

Elissa Sloan and Jennifer Banash on Celebrity, Myth, and Fiction

Elissa Sloan and Jennifer Banash on Celebrity, Myth, and Fiction

The Authors of Two New Books on Fame and Its Discontents Talk 21st-Century Culture

By Literary Hub | March 21, 2023

Peggy Orenstein on the Self-improvement Memoir

Peggy Orenstein on the Self-improvement Memoir

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

By Memoir Nation | March 21, 2023

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