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Sven Birkerts on Discovering the Story You Need To Write

Sven Birkerts on Discovering the Story You Need To Write

“It’s very much about baiting the hook, and then waiting.”

By Sven Birkerts | April 11, 2022

Sarah Manguso on Getting on the Freeway, aka Writing a Novel

Sarah Manguso on Getting on the Freeway, aka Writing a Novel

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 11, 2022

How Sylvia Plath Calls Out for Connection Across Time

How Sylvia Plath Calls Out for Connection Across Time

Sina Queyras Writes in Conversation with “Lady Lazarus”

By Sina Queyras | April 11, 2022

Madhushree Ghosh on Food as Survival, Grief, and Liberation

Madhushree Ghosh on Food as Survival, Grief, and Liberation

Anjali Enjeti in Conversation with the Author of Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family

By Anjali Enjeti | April 11, 2022

Maddie Anstruther and Anya Gera on Slow News and the Importance of Young Voices

Maddie Anstruther and Anya Gera on Slow News and the Importance of Young Voices

In Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | April 11, 2022

Why Thinking Like an Economist Might Be a Form of Madness

Why Thinking Like an Economist Might Be a Form of Madness

Elizabeth Popp Berman in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | April 11, 2022

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Ocean Vuong on Taking the Time You Need to Write

Ocean Vuong on Taking the Time You Need to Write

"Live your life but tend to the work mentally."

By Literary Hub | April 8, 2022

Putin’s Attack on Ukraine is an Attack on Its Language: Poetry by Kateryna Kalytko

Putin’s Attack on Ukraine is an Attack on Its Language: Poetry by Kateryna Kalytko

“Defend yourself to your last breath—and whatever you do / don’t let them near you.”

By Literary Hub | April 8, 2022

How Perfume Becomes an Evocative Clue for Mystery Writers

How Perfume Becomes an Evocative Clue for Mystery Writers

Megan Volpert on the Role of Fragrance in Stories

By Megan Volpert | April 8, 2022

Flash Fiction and the Fear of Falling: Ross Showalter in Conversation with Kirsten Reneau

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Featuring Douglas Stuart, Jennifer Egan, Emily St. John Mandel, and more

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“Unlivable and Untenable.” Molly McGhee on the Punishing Life of Junior Publishing Employees

“Unlivable and Untenable.” Molly McGhee on the Punishing Life of Junior Publishing Employees

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 7, 2022

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

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Barbara Shulgasser-Parker Illuminates the Perverse Side to the Famed Writer

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