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In Praise of the Realistic Hope of Jonathan Franzen’s Endings

In Praise of the Realistic Hope of Jonathan Franzen’s Endings

Jessie Gaynor on Leaving Room for the Possibility of Something Better

By Jessie Gaynor | August 18, 2021

What Makes a Great First Sentence?

What Makes a Great First Sentence?

Alice McDermott on the Importance of Starting a Story with Confidence

By Alice McDermott | August 18, 2021

On Romanizing Korean Names and Writing Immigrant Stories in an Acquired Language

On Romanizing Korean Names and Writing Immigrant Stories in an Acquired Language

Yoon Choi Navigates the Complicated Path to Publication

By Yoon Choi | August 18, 2021

On Learning to Take Author Photos Remotely During the Pandemic

On Learning to Take Author Photos Remotely During the Pandemic

Beowulf Sheehan Adapts His Art to a New Normal

By Beowulf Sheehan | August 18, 2021

Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | August 18, 2021

When You’re Craving Oddities: 5 Books You May Have <br>Missed in July

When You’re Craving Oddities: 5 Books You May Have
Missed in July

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Deirdre Sinnott,
Jeffrey Ford, and Others

By Bethanne Patrick | August 18, 2021

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On Robin McKinley’s Fantasies and the Books That Are “Just Yours”

By NewberyTart | August 18, 2021

Grendel at 50: How John Gardner’s Finest Novel Undermines His Ideas About Moral Fiction

By Andrew DeYoung | August 17, 2021

My Shadow Book: On Consciously—or Unconsciously—Immortalizing Ex-Partners in Literary Fiction

By Andrew Palmer | August 17, 2021

WATCH: Tod Goldberg on Being Ruled By Your Own Game

WATCH: Tod Goldberg on Being Ruled By Your Own Game

From the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 17, 2021

Fascist Fandom and Raging Incels: Tracing the Baffling Nerd-to-White-Nationalist Pipeline

Fascist Fandom and Raging Incels: Tracing the Baffling Nerd-to-White-Nationalist Pipeline

A.E. Osworth on Gamergate, Dr. Seuss, and the Linguistic Roots of the Word “Nerd”

By A.E. Osworth | August 16, 2021

Novels That Offer Easy Lessons Aren’t Worth Reading

Novels That Offer Easy Lessons Aren’t Worth Reading

Jo Hamya Against an Internet-Driven Book Culture

By Jo Hamya | August 16, 2021

The Cognitive Dissonance of America: Writing Through the Terror of Trumpland

The Cognitive Dissonance of America: Writing Through the Terror of Trumpland

Brian Castleberry Wants More Manifestoes and Fewer Myths

By Brian Castleberry | August 16, 2021

How I Tracked Down the Hidden Lives of the Radical, Wealthy Morris Sisters

How I Tracked Down the Hidden Lives of the Radical, Wealthy Morris Sisters

Julie Klam on How She Told the Story of Her Notable Relatives

By Julie Klam | August 16, 2021

Joshua Henkin on the Writer's Continuous Learning Process

Joshua Henkin on the Writer's Continuous Learning Process

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 16, 2021

Fictionalizing a Dark Chapter in the History of Milwaukee Policing

Fictionalizing a Dark Chapter in the History of Milwaukee Policing

Willa C. Richards on Harold Breier, Jeffrey Dahmer, and a Long Legacy of Neglect and Racism

By Willa C. Richards | August 13, 2021

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