• Craft and Criticism

    Craft

    The Trick to Translating Rhythm, Tone, and Slang

    By Lisa Dillman  June 9, 2017
    Conversations

    J.M. Servín Defies Stereotypes of the Mexican Immigration Experience

    By Literary Hub  June 9, 2017
    Conversations

    Amita Trasi and Cecilia Galante on Writing Young Characters

    By Literary Hub  June 9, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Embrace Your Monstrous Flesh: On Women’s Bodies in Horror

    By Rebecca Harkins-Cross  June 8, 2017
    Inspiration

    How An 80-Year-Old Murder Inspired My Present-Day Novel

    By Rosecrans Baldwin  June 8, 2017
    Conversations

    Daniel Riley on Skyjackings, Joan Didion, and 1970s California

    By Dan Sheehan  June 8, 2017
    Craft

    What Makes a Ghost Story Effective?

    By Gail Godwin  June 8, 2017
    Where to Go

    Joseph Kanon: There Is No Better Place to Write than the Library

    By Joe Kanon  June 8, 2017
    Craft

    Jennifer Weiner: From Small-Town Beat Reporter to Big City Columnist

    By Jennifer Weiner  June 7, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Is Richard Brautigan’s Most Famous Novel a Minor Masterpiece or Naive Relic?

    By Nick Ripatrazone  June 7, 2017
    Personal Essay

    How Making a Movie Made Me Fall in Love with Writing Novels Again

    By Robyn Harding  June 7, 2017
    Conversations

    Jessie Chaffee on Saints, Sinners, and Surviving Your Twenties

    By Bethanne Patrick  June 7, 2017
    Poets

    On the Generosity of Gwendolyn Brooks, 100 Years Later

    By Matt St. John  June 7, 2017
    Conversations

    Inventing a New Poetic Form To Honor Gwendolyn Brooks

    By Literary Hub  June 7, 2017
    History

    From Penelope to Pussyhats, The Ancient Origins of Feminist Craftivism

    By Stephanie McCarter  June 7, 2017
    Criticism

    Why is One Hundred Years of Solitude Eternally Beloved?

    By Veronica Esposito  June 6, 2017
    Close Reading

    Huckleberry Kat: How Mark Twain Influenced George Herriman

    By Michael Tisserand  June 6, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Revisiting Jenny Diski’s Debut, Sadomasochistic Novel

    By Daphne Merkin  June 5, 2017
    Craft

    How to Write an Internet Essay to Support Your Novel

    By Gabe Habash  June 5, 2017
    Craft

    My Beautiful Oubliette: The Difficulty of Being a Writer in Prison

    By Dean Faiello  June 5, 2017
    Conversations

    Silence is an Occupation all Its Own

    By Ilana Masad  June 5, 2017
    Personal Essay

    What Reading Robert Pirsig Taught Me About Writing (And Life)

    By Bernadette Murphy  June 5, 2017
    Criticism

    My Fictional Nemesis: Why Thomas Hardy’s Angel Clare is the Worst

    By Rachel Vorona Cote  June 2, 2017
    Advice

    Don’t Make Yourself the Hero of Your Own Story

    By Elena Lappin  June 2, 2017
    Essay

    Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

    By Johanna Skibsrud  June 2, 2017
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