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On the Bad Binary of

On the Bad Binary of "Good" and "Bad" Literature

Josh Cook on Taking Back the Idea of "Good Taste" from Cultural Authoritarians

By Josh Cook | August 23, 2023

The Long, Winding, Booby-Trapped, and Occasionally Rewarding Road to Publication

The Long, Winding, Booby-Trapped, and Occasionally Rewarding Road to Publication

Lou Mathews on a Hell of a Journey

By Lou Mathews | August 23, 2023

Questioning Authority and Story: Emily Tesh, Vajra Chandrasekera, and Sophie Strand

Questioning Authority and Story: Emily Tesh, Vajra Chandrasekera, and Sophie Strand

Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre S03E02

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | August 23, 2023

Kathryn Bromwich Reads From <em>At the Edge of the Woods</em>

Kathryn Bromwich Reads From At the Edge of the Woods

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | August 23, 2023

Unspendable Currency: Edgar Kunz on Making Ends Meet As a Poet

Unspendable Currency: Edgar Kunz on Making Ends Meet As a Poet

"The job makes the real work possible. The place you live is only as good as the life it allows."

By Edgar Kunz | August 22, 2023

Accounting for the Unaccountable: Daniel Johnson on Writing about His Friend, James Foley

Accounting for the Unaccountable: Daniel Johnson on Writing about His Friend, James Foley

On Memorializing a Meteoric Life After an Unimaginable Loss

By Daniel Brock Johnson | August 22, 2023

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Sandra Cisneros on Her Mother and Studs Terkel

By Talk Easy | August 22, 2023

None of the Above: On Writing a Biracial Protagonist

By Claire Stanford | August 21, 2023

The Revelatory Power of Being Sensitive

By Jenn Shapland | August 21, 2023

Gish Jen and Peggy Orenstein on Storytelling and Legacy

Gish Jen and Peggy Orenstein on Storytelling and Legacy

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

By Memoir Nation | August 21, 2023

Vanessa Riley on Haiti's Only Queen

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From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 21, 2023

Brando Skyhorse on the Fantastic Art of Revision

Brando Skyhorse on the Fantastic Art of Revision

"Are we no longer confused?"

By Brando Skyhorse | August 18, 2023

We’re Not Promising Anymore: Lizzy Goodman on the Fleeting Amateur Spirit of <em>Meet Me in the Bathroom</em>

We’re Not Promising Anymore: Lizzy Goodman on the Fleeting Amateur Spirit of Meet Me in the Bathroom

“You have to make your story out of what you find.”

By Gyasi Hall | August 18, 2023

Crafting Madness: Stephanie Heit on Joining a Lineage of Authors with Mental Health Difference

Crafting Madness: Stephanie Heit on Joining a Lineage of Authors with Mental Health Difference

Naomi Ortiz Talks to the Author of Psych Murders

By Naomi Ortiz | August 18, 2023

"The molecular weight of loneliness": On Writing Fiction Influenced by Neuroscience

Temi Oh on Identity, Consciousness, and Free-Will in Science Fiction

By Temi Oh | August 18, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Paul Murray, William Boyd, August Wilson, and More

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