• Craft and Criticism

    African American Literature

    “Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

    By Yogita Goyal  May 21, 2024
    In Conversation

    R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 21, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    R. O. Kwon! Kent Wascom! Joyce Carol Oates! 25 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 21, 2024
    Writing About Disability

    What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

    By Emily C. Bloom  May 20, 2024
    First Draft

    Adelle Waldman on the Lightly Comic

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 20, 2024
    Naming

    The Poetry of Chinese Names

    By Wendy Chen  May 20, 2024
    Film

    Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ilyon Woo on Craft Lessons From the Late Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim Gibson

    By Ilyon Woo  May 20, 2024
    craft advice

    The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

    By J. Nicole Jones  May 20, 2024
    Write-minded

    Susan Kiyo Ito on the Raw Truth of Exposure

    By Write-minded   May 20, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  May 17, 2024
    The Writing Life

    Better in the Middle: Eight Writing Hacks From a Mid-List Author

    By Anna Dorn  May 17, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

    By Anna Noyes  May 17, 2024
    Hybridity

    A Mouth Holds Many Things: On the Magic of Hybrid Writing

    By Dao Strom  May 17, 2024
    Superstitions

    Signs, Symbols, and Omens: A Reading List of Books Featuring Superstitions

    By Jessie Rosen  May 17, 2024
    Beyond the Page

    Curtis Sittenfeld on Love and Comedy

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  May 17, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  May 16, 2024
    In Memoriam

    My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

    By Jonny Diamond  May 16, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 16, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 16, 2024
    Small Town Stories

    We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

    By Carolyn Kuebler  May 16, 2024
    On Translation

    The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

    By Jordan Landsman  May 16, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

    By History of Literature  May 16, 2024
    Languages

    The Yinzers of Glasgow: On the Scottish Origins of Pittsburgh’s Unique Dialect

    By Ed Simon  May 15, 2024
    Photography

    Tearing Away at the Time Escaping: Lou Stoppard on Pairing Photographs with Annie Ernaux’s Exteriors

    By Rebecca Bengal  May 15, 2024
    Sisters

    Sisterhood of the Traveling Stories: On the Literature of Fictional Sisters

    By Kimberly King Parsons  May 15, 2024
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