• Craft and Criticism

    The Art of Editing

    7 Writers Who Were Also Editors (And the Books They Edited)

    By Emily Temple  September 14, 2017
    Archives

    When Roald Dahl’s Editor Decided He Was Too Much of a Prick To Publish

    By Emily Temple  September 13, 2017
    Q and A

    Eileen Myles, the Books in My Life: From Little Women to Angela Carter

    By Eileen Myles  September 13, 2017
    Poets

    Kaveh Akbar: How I Found Poetry in Childhood Prayer

    By Kaveh Akbar  September 12, 2017
    Conversations

    “I’ve Always Been Political”: Celeste Ng and Nicole Chung in Conversation

    By Nicole Chung  September 12, 2017
    Deep Dive

    The Ways in Which a Novel Can Fail Like a Marriage

    By Josh Weil  September 12, 2017
    Profile

    Nathan Englander on “His Turducken” of a Novel: Spy Thriller, Love Story, Meta-History

    By Dylan Foley  September 12, 2017
    What to Read

    The Classes 25 Famous Writers Teach

    By Emily Temple  September 12, 2017
    Q and A

    Nicole Krauss: Reading the Russians, and Other Life Goals

    By Literary Hub  September 11, 2017
    Criticism

    How Should a Male Writer Be? On the Toxic Competitiveness of Writers

    By Alex Gilvarry  September 11, 2017
    Memoir

    Can the New York Times’ Modern Love Column Change a Writer’s Life?

    By Andrea Jarrell  September 8, 2017
    Art

    The Magic and Risk of a Handwritten Letter

    By Meghan Forbes  September 7, 2017
    Advice

    How Academics Survive the Writing Grind: Some Anecdotal Advice

    By Helen Sword  September 7, 2017
    Personal Essay

    One Decade, Two Writers, Many Actors, and Finally My Book Became a Movie

    By Mark Haskell Smith  September 7, 2017
    Did you know?

    Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian Was Almost a Plain Old Western

    By Michael Lynn Crews  September 6, 2017
    Q and A

    Salman Rushdie’s First Love Was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

    By Literary Hub  September 5, 2017
    Poets

    90 Lines For John Ashbery’s 90th Birthday

    By Literary Hub  September 5, 2017
    Advice

    N.K. Jemisin on Craft, Advocacy, and Ignoring the Naysayers

    By Emily Temple  September 1, 2017
    Essay

    A Formidable Writer, An Exceptional Man: Philip Roth on Richard Stern

    By Philip Roth  September 1, 2017
    Conversations

    Angela Davis on Black Lives Matter, Palestine, and the Future of Radicalism

    By Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin  September 1, 2017
    Technology

    Where Are the Likes? Coming to Terms with Being a Writer on Social Media

    By Nick Ripatrazone  August 31, 2017
    Advice

    Dear Rick Moody: What Should I Say About My Scars?

    By Rick Moody  August 31, 2017
    Conversations

    “What Am I Trying to Leave Behind?” An Interview with Jhumpa Lahiri

    By Francesca Pellas  August 31, 2017
    Personal Essay

    The Photograph That Helped Me Finish My Book

    By Laura Schenone  August 30, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Why We Keep Waiting for Godot

    By Shannon Reed  August 30, 2017
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