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“I Refused to Be a War Bride.” Or, Why I Set My Novels in Nova Scotia

“I Refused to Be a War Bride.” Or, Why I Set My Novels in Nova Scotia

American Howard Norman on Finding His Literary Home in the Canadian Maritimes

By Howard Norman | July 12, 2024

Ayeşgül Savaş on Creating Your Story’s Clock

Ayeşgül Savaş on Creating Your Story’s Clock

“My book ran to the meter of many internal measures of time that make up our routines.”

By Aysegül Savas | July 12, 2024

Robert Petkoff on Finding the Narrative Voice

Robert Petkoff on Finding the Narrative Voice

In conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic

By Behind the Mic | July 12, 2024

My Local Indie Won’t Stock My Buzzy Debut and I’m Pissed: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Local Indie Won’t Stock My Buzzy Debut and I’m Pissed: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 11, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Suicide: It’s a sin. Yet the MAS*H theme song, at certain moments, seems to drift from this book’s spine.”

By Book Marks | July 11, 2024

Setting the Tone: How Listening to Music Can Inspire Fiction Writers

Setting the Tone: How Listening to Music Can Inspire Fiction Writers

Liz Riggs Considers the Similarities and Differences Between Song Lyrics and Narrative Prose

By Liz Riggs | July 11, 2024

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“Tell It To Me Singing.” On Diaspora, Community and Cuban-American Stories

By Tita Ramirez | July 11, 2024

Phil Elwood on Doing PR for All the Worst Humans

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 11, 2024

A Painful, Urgent Reimagining: Emily van Duyne on Writing a New History of Sylvia Plath’s Last Years

By Sarah Viren | July 10, 2024

On the Many Paths Artists Take to Sustain Their Creative Practice

On the Many Paths Artists Take to Sustain Their Creative Practice

Stacey D'Erasmo Asks, “What Keeps Us Alive In Our Art?”

By Stacey D'Erasmo | July 10, 2024

Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

Considering the Publishing Industry's Problematic Ideas About Non-American Writers

By Asha Thanki | July 10, 2024

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

Jan Carson on Capturing the Failures of Northern Ireland in Fiction

The Author of "Quickly, While They Still Have Horses" Reflects on a Country's Disappointing Lack of Progress

By Jan Carson | July 10, 2024

Christina Sharpe on John Keene’s <em>Counternarratives</em>

Christina Sharpe on John Keene’s Counternarratives

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 10, 2024

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

Maris Kreizman on Publishing’s Nonfiction Problem

By Maris Kreizman | July 9, 2024

A Deal With the Devil: What the Age-Old Faustian Bargain Reveals About the Modern World

A Deal With the Devil: What the Age-Old Faustian Bargain Reveals About the Modern World

Ed Simon on "The Most Important Story Ever Told," That of Humanity's Transactional Relationship With Evil

By Ed Simon | July 9, 2024

Kevin Barry on Reimagining the Novel: “You Can’t Be Afraid to Go Nuts on the Page”

Kevin Barry on Reimagining the Novel: “You Can’t Be Afraid to Go Nuts on the Page”

Dan Sheehan talks to the author of “The Heart in Winter” about doomed romances in the Mountain West

By Dan Sheehan | July 9, 2024

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