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How to Dive with Octopuses from 5,000 Miles Away: An Unlikely Craft Essay

How to Dive with Octopuses from 5,000 Miles Away: An Unlikely Craft Essay

Ray Nayler Presents a Crash Course in Octopus Behavior, via YouTube

By Ray Nayler | October 4, 2022

Sidelined No More: A Reading List of Fiercely Political Women

Sidelined No More: A Reading List of Fiercely Political Women

Eve Fairbanks Recommends Barbara Tuchman, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ariel Levy, and More

By Eve Fairbanks | October 4, 2022

The Longest Retreat: Ryan Lee Wong on the Intersection of Writing, Meditating, and Community

The Longest Retreat: Ryan Lee Wong on the Intersection of Writing, Meditating, and Community

“The novel is simply an offering, a chant recited for others.”

By Ryan Lee Wong | October 4, 2022

Luke Geddes on Writing with a Sense of Humor

Luke Geddes on Writing with a Sense of Humor

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | October 4, 2022

Jonathan Lethem on Discovering

Jonathan Lethem on Discovering "Worlds Within the World"

This Week on The Writers Institute Podcast, From the Archives of the New York State Writers Institute

By The Writers Institute | October 4, 2022

On Phone Sex, First Writing Jobs, and Unexpected Teachers

On Phone Sex, First Writing Jobs, and Unexpected Teachers

Lynn Melnick Learns Some Early Lessons About Persistence

By Lynn Melnick | October 3, 2022

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By Book Marks | October 3, 2022

Jeff Vandermeer on Writing Imaginative Fiction

By Memoir Nation | October 3, 2022

Beyond Metafiction: A Reading List of Labyrinthine Realities

By Alyssa Quinn | October 3, 2022

Katie Runde on Trusting the Reader Will Extrapolate

Katie Runde on Trusting the Reader Will Extrapolate

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 3, 2022

The Cultural Influence of <em>Lady Chatterley’s Lover</em> on Indian Novelist Saikat Majumdar

The Cultural Influence of Lady Chatterley’s Lover on Indian Novelist Saikat Majumdar

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 3, 2022

Meet the Writers on the Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

Meet the Writers on the Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

Interviews with Some of Today’s Finest Writers of Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | October 1, 2022

Sandra Cisneros on the Private Act of Writing Poetry

Sandra Cisneros on the Private Act of Writing Poetry

“I find writing poetry a most subversive act.”

By Sandra Cisneros | September 30, 2022

Everything Dies Baby, That’s a Fact: On the Elusive Train Dreams of Claire Denis and Mike Brodie

Everything Dies Baby, That’s a Fact: On the Elusive Train Dreams of Claire Denis and Mike Brodie

“Most memories die and most objects are lost, many by design.”

By Drew Johnson | September 30, 2022

Some Predictions For Who (Should) Win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

Some Predictions For Who (Should) Win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

Twelve Writers Who Have a Shot

By Lavanya Krishnan and Sandeep Bethanabhotla | September 30, 2022

<em>The Rings of Power</em>: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?

The Rings of Power: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?

With Episode 6, Our Intrepid Guides—a Tolkien Devotee and a Fantasy Philistine—Find Themselves Divided

By Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth | September 30, 2022

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