Chloe Michelle Howarth on How to End a Piece of Writing

Chloe Michelle Howarth on How to End a Piece of Writing

“After the last page, it’s as much their story as it is mine.”

By Chloe Michelle Howarth | July 18, 2025

Fail More, Fail Better: On Writing a Novel Without Knowing or Planning Anything

Fail More, Fail Better: On Writing a Novel Without Knowing or Planning Anything

How Issa Quincy Delights in the Tension of Drafting Through Uncertainty

By Issa Quincy | July 16, 2025

Patricia J. Williams on Martha S. Jones's <em>The Trouble of Color</em>

Patricia J. Williams on Martha S. Jones's The Trouble of Color

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 16, 2025

What Age-Gap Relationships Reveal About Power, Sex, Love, and Desire

What Age-Gap Relationships Reveal About Power, Sex, Love, and Desire

Hattie Williams on Novels by Kirsten Reed, Coco Mellors, Jenny Erpenbeck, and More

By Hattie Williams | July 14, 2025

Even Better the Second (or Third, or Fourth...) Time: In Praise of Re-Reading

Even Better the Second (or Third, or Fourth...) Time: In Praise of Re-Reading

Kathy Wang: “There are certain books where...the pleasure there isn’t really the ending but rather the journey.”

By Kathy Wang | July 14, 2025

Robert Macfarlane on Crossing the Terrain

Robert Macfarlane on Crossing the Terrain

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 14, 2025

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Jeff Hiller on The Celebrity Memoir

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Genre is a Container, Not a Cage, a Tool, Not a Limitation

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War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

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By Wanjeri Gakuru | July 11, 2025

Edmund White: Remembering a Doyen of LGBTQ+ Literature and His Mentorship

Edmund White: Remembering a Doyen of LGBTQ+ Literature and His Mentorship

Michael T. Luongo on the Loss of a Great Writer and Mentor

By Michael T. Luongo | July 11, 2025

Three Earphones-Award Winners from AudioFile

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If You Use AI in Your Writing YOU Are the Literary Asshole

If You Use AI in Your Writing YOU Are the Literary Asshole

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About (Very) Bad Literary Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 10, 2025

How Does a Critic Write a Novel About Critics?

How Does a Critic Write a Novel About Critics?

Charlotte Runcie on the Symbiotic Relationship Between Artists and Those Who Review Them

By Charlotte Runcie | July 10, 2025

The Church of the Screen: A Daughter’s Reflections on an Early Cinematic Education

The Church of the Screen: A Daughter’s Reflections on an Early Cinematic Education

Joanna Howard Explores the Impact of Her Mother’s Passion For Film on Her Own Storytelling

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