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“Outside the Coordinates.” On Crafting Nonfiction That Takes Risks

“Outside the Coordinates.” On Crafting Nonfiction That Takes Risks

Laura Tillman Talks to Her Mentor and Former Teacher, Suzannah Lessard

By Laura Tillman | May 24, 2023

S.L. Wisenberg on Finding Home in Her Work

S.L. Wisenberg on Finding Home in Her Work

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

By I'm a Writer But | May 24, 2023

Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits <em>Girl, Interrupted</em> 30 Years After Its Publication

Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits Girl, Interrupted 30 Years After Its Publication

“There was enough blank space in it for people to insert themselves.”

By Susanna Kaysen | May 23, 2023

Ocean Vuong on the Moral Questions of Fiction

Ocean Vuong on the Moral Questions of Fiction

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | May 23, 2023

Rebecca Makkai Has Qualms with True Crime Media (and Makes That Critique in Her New Novel)

Rebecca Makkai Has Qualms with True Crime Media (and Makes That Critique in Her New Novel)

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | May 23, 2023

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

“If we can access memories with our thumbs, why bother accurately searing them into our brains?”

By Avery Carpenter Forrey | May 23, 2023

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“That Was a Big Part of My Healing.” Kwame Alexander on Narrating His New Memoir

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Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

By Martin Amis | May 22, 2023

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 22, 2023

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

Casey Plett on the Distance Between Author-Selves, Ten Years Apart

By Casey Plett | May 22, 2023

What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing

What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing

Bethanne Patrick Works Backwards From the Criticism to a Great Book

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Anne Elizabeth Moore on Finding Minor Moments That Build a Picture of the World

Anne Elizabeth Moore on Finding Minor Moments That Build a Picture of the World

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 22, 2023

Gretchen Cherington on Investigating Toward Deeper Truths

Gretchen Cherington on Investigating Toward Deeper Truths

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

By Memoir Nation | May 22, 2023

How Has the Turbulent History of Northern Ireland Changed the Literary Landscape?

How Has the Turbulent History of Northern Ireland Changed the Literary Landscape?

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The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

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