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"Perhaps We're Being Dense." Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers

Some Kind, Some Weird, Some Unbelievably Harsh

By Emily Temple | June 19, 2019

On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

"I find Kathy’s stuff and have that feeling I sometimes get of not being alone."

By Teresa Rose Carmody | June 19, 2019

What My Writing Nemesis Taught Me About Myself

What My Writing Nemesis Taught Me About Myself

"Her only real crime was that she was a better poet than me."

By Jen Corrigan | June 18, 2019

How the Adaptation of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> Failed Scout Finch

How the Adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird Failed Scout Finch

Rebecca Renner: Gregory Peck Made the Film All About Atticus

By Rebecca Renner | June 18, 2019

What Anne Sexton Taught Me About... Self-Promotion

What Anne Sexton Taught Me About... Self-Promotion

Joy Lanzendorfer on Balancing Social Anxiety and the Need for Writerly Networking

By Joy Lanzendorfer | June 18, 2019

"Franz Kafka" the Brand, Alive and Well in Prague

The Kafkaesque Feeling of Seeing Kafka as a Tourist Attraction

By Renee Lynn Reizman | June 18, 2019

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How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

By Nnamdi Ehirim | June 18, 2019

20 "Perfect Summer Books" for This and Every Year

By Emily Temple | June 17, 2019

Jayson Greene on the Risks of Writing About Grief

By Hannah Seidlitz | June 17, 2019

In Defense of My Family Business: The Soap Opera Storyteller

In Defense of My Family Business: The Soap Opera Storyteller

Nicholas Mancusi on the Importance of Plot and Inventiveness

By Nicholas Mancusi | June 17, 2019

On Movies and How to Write About Them

On Movies and How to Write About Them

Lili Anolik and Geoff Dyer in Conversation

By Literary Hub | June 17, 2019

Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's <em>Ulysses</em>

Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's Ulysses

Ally Findley on the Historical Importance of Sweny's Pharmacy, Which May Soon Vanish

By Ally Findley | June 14, 2019

Writing During Naptime, a Parent's Practice

Writing During Naptime, a Parent's Practice

Katie Gutierrez on the Hard-Won Lessons of Motherhood

By Katie Gutierrez | June 14, 2019

Learning of My Father's Suicide From My Grandmother's Poetry

Learning of My Father's Suicide From My Grandmother's Poetry

John James on the Hard Work of Acknowledging Terrible Truths

By John James | June 14, 2019

What the 39,933 Items on Peter Matthiessen's Computer Mean for the Art of Biography

What the 39,933 Items on Peter Matthiessen's Computer Mean for the Art of Biography

On the Uncertain Future Histories of Our Digital Selves

By Lance Richardson | June 13, 2019

On the Fine Art of Researching For Fiction  

On the Fine Art of Researching For Fiction  

Jake Wolff: How to Write Beyond the Borders of Your Experience

By Jake Wolff | June 12, 2019

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