• Craft and Criticism

    Writing Women

    Writing “Women of a Certain Age.” A Roundtable on Crafting Older Female Characters in Fiction

    By Lisa Gornick  November 27, 2023
    Language

    (Don’t) Watch Your Tongue: Why Swearing Is Fun

    By Rebecca Roache  November 27, 2023
    Children's Literature

    Do You Believe in Magic? On The Timeless Charm of Children’s Books

    By Jane Mount  November 27, 2023
    Write-minded

    Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro on Origin Stories

    By Write-minded   November 27, 2023
    2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

    “The Status Quo is Not an Option…” John Vaillant on Our Climate Future

    By Alex Clark  November 22, 2023
    On Grief

    Elegies of Sorrow and the Crow: How to Process Grief and Loss Through Storytelling

    By Caroline Hardaker  November 22, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    Amy Kurzweil on Text, Image, AI, and Artistic Translation

    By Amy Kurzweil  November 22, 2023
    The Maris Review

    K-Ming Chang On Pushing Every Sentence To Its Furthest Point

    By The Maris Review  November 22, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Dr. Jessica Kirzane on Translating Yiddish Literature

    By History of Literature  November 22, 2023
    Palestinian Literature

    Where is Mosab Abu Toha? A Poem from Gaza in 22 Languages

    By Mosab Abu Toha  November 21, 2023
    African American Literature

    The History of the United States According to Colson Whitehead

    By Alexander Manshel  November 21, 2023
    Literary Journals

    “We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

    By Mark Haber  November 21, 2023
    In Conversation

    Naomi Alderman on Creating a Fictional Tech Dystopia

    By Jane Ciabattari  November 21, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Brit Marling on Writing Women Who Get to the End of Their Stories

    By Talk Easy  November 21, 2023
    Lit Century

    Christine Coulson on John Cheever and Dorothy Parker

    By Lit Century   November 21, 2023
    Keen On

    Azam Ahmed on One Mother’s Attempt to Take on a Drug Cartel

    By Keen On  November 21, 2023
    Book Bans

    Censoring Kids’ Worlds: Laurie Hertzel on the Danger of Banning Books for Children

    By Laurie Hertzel  November 20, 2023
    Keen On

    Whitney Hanson on Smartphone Poetry and Generational Anxiety

    By Keen On  November 20, 2023
    First Draft

    Ayana Mathis on Prioritizing the People on the Page

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 20, 2023
    The Craft of Writing

    M.C. Benner Dixon on Creating Persuasive Metaphors

    By M.C. Benner Dixon  November 17, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  November 17, 2023
    Rare Books

    Beth Kephart on the Eternal Hope of Rare Books

    By Beth Kephart  November 16, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  November 16, 2023
    Palestinian Literature

    On Literary Empathy and the Performative Reading of Palestinian Authors

    By Etaf Rum  November 16, 2023
    Craft

    Nina LaCour on Finding a Story in Her Own Backyard

    By Nina LaCour  November 16, 2023
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