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A Literary Outpost on the End of Long Island

A Literary Outpost on the End of Long Island

Sag Harbor: Where John Steinbeck, Truman Capote, and Others Took Refuge

By Erica Commisso | January 17, 2019

The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud

The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud

From Zora Neale Hurston to Chen Guangcheng, How Reading Aloud Saves Lives

By Meghan Cox Gurdon | January 17, 2019

Where New York's Literary Single Girls Lived

Where New York's Literary Single Girls Lived

Amy Rowland on the Legacy of Women's-Only Boardinghouses

By Amy Rowland | January 17, 2019

Sam Lipsyte on the Key to Writing:

Sam Lipsyte on the Key to Writing: "It All Has to Be the Good Part."

On Writer's Block, His Old Man Name, and Why Anyone Would Read Your Work

By Sam Lipsyte | January 17, 2019

Rediscovering Reading After Graduate School Nearly Destroyed It

Rediscovering Reading After Graduate School Nearly Destroyed It

"I’m relearning what kinds of stories matter to me."

By Jeanna Kadlec | January 16, 2019

How Domesticity is at the Heart of the Novel

How Domesticity is at the Heart of the Novel

On What It Is to Write About Everyday Life

By Tessa Hadley | January 16, 2019

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Reading Across America: Have Your Poetry and Eat It, Too

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This Science Fiction Novelist Created a Feminist Language from Scratch

By Rebecca Romney | January 15, 2019

Samanta Schweblin: There's No Place Like Home, Including Home Itself

Samanta Schweblin: There's No Place Like Home, Including Home Itself

The Author of Mouthful of Birds on Being Compared to Kafka (Among Other Things)

By Literary Hub | January 15, 2019

Alice Munro Helped Me Finish My Story  (And I Didn't Even Know It)

Alice Munro Helped Me Finish My Story (And I Didn't Even Know It)

Chris Power on Unconscious Literary Influences

By Chris Power | January 15, 2019

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How to Say "I’m a Writer" and Mean It

"First you must believe you’re a writer."

By Bethany Marcel | January 15, 2019

How I Found Love One Literary Event at a Time

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The Tale of Tajja Isen's Very Canadian Romance

By Tajja Isen | January 14, 2019

A Brief History of Children's Books: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

A Brief History of Children's Books: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Jennifer Traig on the Bizarre Violence of Early Kid Lit

By Jennifer Traig | January 14, 2019

On the Problems of Changing Style, Novel to Novel

On the Problems of Changing Style, Novel to Novel

Tim Johnston Finds Long Lost Advice from Raymond Carver

By Tim Johnston | January 14, 2019

What's Needed is <em>Magic</em>: Writing Advice from Haruki Murakami

What's Needed is Magic: Writing Advice from Haruki Murakami

Also: Talent, Focus, and Endurance

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2019

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