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How Writing a Novel Is Like Decrypting a Cipher

How Writing a Novel Is Like Decrypting a Cipher

Rafe Posey on Breaking Open the Kernel of an Idea

By Rafe Posey | May 21, 2021

John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

"The first is the phase of the pit and the pendulum."

By John McPhee | May 21, 2021

Interview with a Journal: <em>Apogee</em>

Interview with a Journal: Apogee

Everything You Need to Know About the Biannual Journal Where Marginalized Writers Are the First Priority

By Vanessa Willoughby | May 21, 2021

What if Humanity Isn’t the Final Stage of Evolution?

What if Humanity Isn’t the Final Stage of Evolution?

Sci-Fi Author Adrian Tchaikovsky Talks to Rob Wolf on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | May 21, 2021

A Witness to the Human Experience: Why Medicine Needs Storytellers

A Witness to the Human Experience: Why Medicine Needs Storytellers

David Weill, MD, on the Journey from Medicine to Writing

By David Weill, MD | May 20, 2021

Mary Wollstonecraft is a Double Taurus, Or: How an Astrologer Helped Unstick My Novel

Mary Wollstonecraft is a Double Taurus, Or: How an Astrologer Helped Unstick My Novel

Samantha Silva Gets Some Writing Help from an Unconventional Source

By Samantha Silva | May 20, 2021

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By Chaya Bhuvaneswar | May 20, 2021

How Ancient Tales Became a Rallying Cry for Modern Women

By Phoebe Wynne | May 20, 2021

Barrett Swanson on the Search for Reality in a “Post-Truth” America

By Keen On | May 20, 2021

Carolin Benack and Sanjena Sathian on the Fiction of the Economy and the Dangerous Appeal of Excess

Carolin Benack and Sanjena Sathian on the Fiction of the Economy and the Dangerous Appeal of Excess

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 20, 2021

Elizabeth McCracken on Placing Her Characters in New Settings

Elizabeth McCracken on Placing Her Characters in New Settings

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 20, 2021

Laurie Frankel on the Way That Girls Superhero

Laurie Frankel on the Way That Girls Superhero

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | May 20, 2021

C Pam Zhang on the Psychic Idea of Home

C Pam Zhang on the Psychic Idea of Home

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | May 19, 2021

Outsiders, Eccentrics, and Misfits: A Reading List

Outsiders, Eccentrics, and Misfits: A Reading List

Claire Fuller Can’t Get Enough of the Oddball (Lovable and Otherwise)

By Claire Fuller | May 19, 2021

Jim Shepard: When Your Novel Veers a Little Too Close to Grim Reality

Jim Shepard: When Your Novel Veers a Little Too Close to Grim Reality

An Armchair Catastrophist Predicts a Pandemic

By Jim Shepard | May 19, 2021

An Argument for Literature as Care Work

An Argument for Literature as Care Work

Alexandra Kingston-Reese on How Writers Can Ease a Care Crisis

By Alexandra Kingston-Reese | May 19, 2021

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