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Gish Jen on Mining Tension in Fiction

Gish Jen on Mining Tension in Fiction

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

By Memoir Nation | March 13, 2023

Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: Michelle Dowd Revisits Her Childhood in <em>Forager</em>

Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: Michelle Dowd Revisits Her Childhood in Forager

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 13, 2023

The Transcendence of the Clock: On Finding Clarity in Fiction and in Life

The Transcendence of the Clock: On Finding Clarity in Fiction and in Life

Samuel Ligon Explores the Function of Time in Worlds Real and Imagined

By Samuel Ligon | March 13, 2023

Jean Hanff Korelitz on Philip Roth, <em>The Human Stain</em>, and a Novelist’s Right to Tell Other People’s Stories

Jean Hanff Korelitz on Philip Roth, The Human Stain, and a Novelist’s Right to Tell Other People’s Stories

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 13, 2023

Xiaolu Guo on Translating<br> the Self

Xiaolu Guo on Translating
the Self

“I want to talk about the possibilities of translation.”

By Xiaolu Guo | March 10, 2023

My Author Photo Brought Me Face to Face With the Body I Hated

My Author Photo Brought Me Face to Face With the Body I Hated

Kate Brody on Disappearing Into Words to Escape Her Body Dysmorphia

By Kate Brody | March 9, 2023

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Camonghne Felix on Her Gamification Approach to Collage

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 9, 2023

Letters to a Writer of Color: Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro on Finding Community With Each Other

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 9, 2023

Layli Long Soldier on the Joys of Creative Liberation

By Thresholds | March 8, 2023

How Wave Riding is Like Writing: Liza Monroy on Surrendering to the Great Unknown

How Wave Riding is Like Writing: Liza Monroy on Surrendering to the Great Unknown

When I'm Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Liza Monroy | March 8, 2023

If Doctors Make the Worst Patients, Do Editors Make the Worst Authors?

If Doctors Make the Worst Patients, Do Editors Make the Worst Authors?

Jenny Jackson, Editor-Turned-Debut-Author, Fears So

By Jenny Jackson | March 8, 2023

Meet the Five PEN/Faulkner Finalists of 2023

Meet the Five PEN/Faulkner Finalists of 2023

Interviews with Jonathan Escoffery, Kathryn Harlan, Dionne Irving, Yiyun Li, and Laura Warrell

By Martha Anne Toll | March 8, 2023

The one where Margaret Atwood gave a cracking <em>WIRED</em> interview.

The one where Margaret Atwood gave a cracking WIRED interview.

By Janet Manley | March 7, 2023

Idra Novey on Characters Who Hear and Mishear Each Other

Idra Novey on Characters Who Hear and Mishear Each Other

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Take What You Need

By Jane Ciabattari | March 7, 2023

Erasing Metaphors in the Quest to Fit In

Erasing Metaphors in the Quest to Fit In

Dina Nayeri on the Metaphors of Belief and Belonging

By Dina Nayeri | March 7, 2023

Encounters with a Mad King: Jac Jemc on Finding a Story While Lost in Research

Encounters with a Mad King: Jac Jemc on Finding a Story While Lost in Research

“I needed to know everything so I could carefully carve out the something I wanted the book to be about.”

By Jac Jemc | March 7, 2023

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