Why Is It So Hard to Write About Music in Fiction?

Why Is It So Hard to Write About Music in Fiction?

Anne Valente Would Rather Just Make You a Playlist

By Anne Valente | May 13, 2019

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Jackson, Mississippi

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Jackson, Mississippi

Our Cool Shit is Cheap, and Our Cheap Shit is Cool

By Tom Head | May 13, 2019

Tobias Wolff on the Iconic Memoir He Never <br>Intended to Write

Tobias Wolff on the Iconic Memoir He Never
Intended to Write

"I was overcome by admiration for my mother’s courage, and gratitude for her loyalty..."

By Tobias Wolff | May 10, 2019

What Do Mothers and Children Owe Each Other?

What Do Mothers and Children Owe Each Other?

Courtney Maum and Michele Filgate: Being Loved Is Being Heard

By Literary Hub | May 10, 2019

On the Writing Life and Safeguarding Privacy

On the Writing Life and Safeguarding Privacy

Esi Edugyan on the Fraught Relationship Between the
Writer and the Void

By Esi Edugyan | May 10, 2019

The Stories Mothers Never Tell

The Stories Mothers Never Tell

A Collaborative Essay by Jill Talbot and Marcia Aldrich

By Jill Talbot and Marcia Aldrich | May 10, 2019

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Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin's Mind

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One German's Two-Decade Search for a Poem She Couldn't Quite Name

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What Would It Mean to Live in <br>a World Without Stories?

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a World Without Stories?

Alexis Wright on the Systemic Weaponization of Silence

By Alexis Wright | May 8, 2019

Damian Barr Moves From Memoir to Fiction and Finds Inspiration in a Real Life Crime

Damian Barr Moves From Memoir to Fiction and Finds Inspiration in a Real Life Crime

"You want the whole thing to be historic—but these stories are hideously contemporary."

By Daneet Steffens | May 8, 2019

Kanako Nishi on Writing Gender, Power, and the Pain of Others

Kanako Nishi on Writing Gender, Power, and the Pain of Others

"I believe that lines should be capable of changing shape in many ways."

By Allison Markin Powell | May 8, 2019

Rebecca Solnit on Setting <em>Cinderella</em> Free for Contemporary Readers

Rebecca Solnit on Setting Cinderella Free for Contemporary Readers

A Classic Fairytale Rebuilt as a Working Class Liberation Story

By Rebecca Solnit | May 7, 2019

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

On Elizabeth Bishop, Loss, and Coming Out After 20 Years in a Convent

Patricia Dwyer Revisits the Spaces She Has Lost

By Patricia M. Dwyer | May 7, 2019

Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

Reading the Selfie-Filled Memoir of Halldór Laxness

What's Not to Love About Descriptions of Food and Strong Opinions About Poets?

By Gerður Kristný | May 7, 2019

On the Beauty of Defeat and the Future of Europe

On the Beauty of Defeat and the Future of Europe

Laurent Gaudé in Conversation with Aysegul Sert

By Aysegul Sert | May 7, 2019

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