How Important is the First Draft to Your Novel?

How Important is the First Draft to Your Novel?

Some People Revise, Some People Write

By Sandra Scofield | December 12, 2017

Against the Bad Sex in Fiction Award

Against the Bad Sex in Fiction Award

A Critically Misguided (and Ultimately Meaningless) Tradition

By TD Storm | December 12, 2017

Rebecca Solnit on Women's Work and the Myth of the Art Monster

Rebecca Solnit on Women's Work and the Myth of the Art Monster

Creativity and Advocacy Are No More (Or Less) Selfish Than Motherhood

By Rebecca Solnit | December 12, 2017

Revelations Upon Learning Kafka's Niece Knows My Name

Revelations Upon Learning Kafka's Niece Knows My Name

Gennady Aygi's Meditations on a Master

By Gennady Aygi | December 12, 2017

Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?

Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?

And were the cats imaginary?

By Emily Temple | December 11, 2017

Watch the Only Existing Footage of Clarice Lispector

Watch the Only Existing Footage of Clarice Lispector

"I think that when I'm not writing I'm dead."

By Emily Temple | December 11, 2017

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A Boeuf Bourguignon for the End of the World

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Why I Hate Christmas (But Love Songs About Hating Christmas)

By Peter Blauner | December 11, 2017

Reading Kobo Abe with One Eye on Edgar Allan Poe

By Scott Beauchamp | December 11, 2017

William H. Gass's Advice for Writers:

William H. Gass's Advice for Writers: "You Have to be Grimly Determined."

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By Emily Temple | December 7, 2017

How <em>Heart of Darkness</em> Revealed the Horror of Congo's Rubber Trade

How Heart of Darkness Revealed the Horror of Congo's Rubber Trade

Conrad's Novel Led to Investigation (and Legislation) of Human Rights Abuses

By Maya Jasanoff | December 7, 2017

Sally Rooney Wants to Start the Revolution

Sally Rooney Wants to Start the Revolution

Speaking with the Conversations with Friends Author About Class and Care

By Yen Pham | December 7, 2017

Ursula K. Le Guin: Who Cares About the Great American Novel?

Ursula K. Le Guin: Who Cares About the Great American Novel?

Against a Uselessly Competitive, Hopelessly Gendered Concept

By Ursula K. Le Guin | December 6, 2017

Against the Attention Economy: Short Stories Are Not Quick Literary Fixes

Against the Attention Economy: Short Stories Are Not Quick Literary Fixes

Brandon Taylor, in Praise of Slow Reading

By Brandon Taylor | December 6, 2017

On Book Publishing's Drinking Culture

On Book Publishing's Drinking Culture

What If We Didn't Drink at Every Single Event?

By Szilvia Molnar | December 6, 2017

Is it Too Late to Save the Internet from Itself?

Is it Too Late to Save the Internet from Itself?

Noam Cohen Talks to Andrew Keen About Digital Capitalism Run Amok

By Andrew Keen | December 6, 2017

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