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“I’m Not Really Interested in Creating Sympathetic Characters.” Rachel Connolly Talks to Lucie Elven

“I’m Not Really Interested in Creating Sympathetic Characters.” Rachel Connolly Talks to Lucie Elven

The Author of Lazy City on Creative Intentionality and Subverting the Trauma Plot

By Lucie Elven | December 18, 2023

Sakiru Adebayo on the Diasporization of African Literature

Sakiru Adebayo on the Diasporization of African Literature

Writing Without the Certainty of Return

By Sakiru Adebayo | December 18, 2023

Baron Wormser on the Subtle Art of Attunement

Baron Wormser on the Subtle Art of Attunement

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

By Memoir Nation | December 18, 2023

Andrea Elliott on Her Passion for Immersive Journalism

Andrea Elliott on Her Passion for Immersive Journalism

In Conversation with Ayad Akhtar on Sun Valley Writers’ Conference’s Beyond the Page

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | December 18, 2023

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

From Anne Carson Going Viral to the End of the Manuscript Thief Saga

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2023

Martín Solares on Creating Novelesque Excitement

Martín Solares on Creating Novelesque Excitement

“A story is novelesque when it provokes in the reader, at regular intervals, the burning question: What will happen next?”

By Martín Solares | December 15, 2023

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Playing With Words: Heather Cleary on the Pleasures of Translating the Unfamiliar

Playing With Words: Heather Cleary on the Pleasures of Translating the Unfamiliar

“We often learn the most from texts (and friends) with which we have little in common.”

By Heather Cleary | December 14, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Zucker is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Zucker is Reading Now and Next

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By Diana Arterian | December 14, 2023

Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

Kelly Marie Coyne on Women Writers, Role Models, and Miss Americana

By Kelly Marie Coyne | December 14, 2023

Sarah Blakley-Cartwright On How Should a Mother Behave

Sarah Blakley-Cartwright On How Should a Mother Behave

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 14, 2023

Micheal O’Siadhail on the Pleasure of Writing Poems by Hand

Micheal O’Siadhail on the Pleasure of Writing Poems by Hand

The Author of Desire Charts His Journey from Pencils to Typewriters to Computers and Back

By Micheal O'Siadhail | December 13, 2023

The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

Maura Lammers Considers the Role of Inaction in Fiction and in Real Life

By Maura Lammers | December 13, 2023

Phyllis Rose on Writing About Real People in Nonfiction, Making Your Diaries Public, and More

Phyllis Rose on Writing About Real People in Nonfiction, Making Your Diaries Public, and More

Rumena Bužarovska Talks with the Author of The Year of Reading Proust

By Rumena Bužarovska | December 13, 2023

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