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Brief Variations on the Writer's Life

Brief Variations on the Writer's Life

Roger Rosenblatt Approaches the Writer's Task from Unexpected Angles

By Roger Rosenblatt | April 17, 2020

We Owe More to Our Young Writers: On the Relevance of the Workshop

We Owe More to Our Young Writers: On the Relevance of the Workshop

Ru Freeman Considers the Responsibility of the Writing Life

By Ru Freeman | April 16, 2020

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and T Kira Madden on Craft, Candles, and Character

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and T Kira Madden on Craft, Candles, and Character

Authors, and Real-Life Friends, in Conversation

By Literary Hub | April 16, 2020

Life As It Really Is: Translator Richard Pevear on the Stories of Chekhov

Life As It Really Is: Translator Richard Pevear on the Stories of Chekhov

"In art, as in life, there is nothing accidental.”

By Richard Pevear | April 14, 2020

The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman's Poetry

The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman's Poetry

Mark Doty on Sexuality and 'Unspeakability' in Leaves of Grass

By Mark Doty | April 14, 2020

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Chelsea Bieker, Maya Shanbhag Lang, and More

By Teddy Wayne | April 14, 2020

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Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

By Siri Hustvedt | April 13, 2020

Like Talking With a Friend: Intimacy in Lucia Berlin’s Peripatetic Narratives

By Alexandra Chang | April 13, 2020

J.M.G. Le Clézio Talks the Common Good (and Other People's Books)

By Aysegul Sert | April 13, 2020

Jenny Odell and Wendy Liu on Liberating Ourselves From Usefulness

Jenny Odell and Wendy Liu on Liberating Ourselves From Usefulness

"I don't always need a purpose for everything."

By Jenny Odell | April 13, 2020

Kay Ryan on the Preposterous Beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Kay Ryan on the Preposterous Beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins

One Legendary Poet Analyzes Another

By Kay Ryan | April 13, 2020

My Writing Schedule is for Satisfaction, Not Fun

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A No-Frills Look at Elizabeth George's Routine

By Elizabeth George | April 10, 2020

Alternate Histories and Silenced Women: Sue Monk Kidd on Her New Novel <em>The Book of Longings</em>

Alternate Histories and Silenced Women: Sue Monk Kidd on Her New Novel The Book of Longings

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | April 9, 2020

The West in Pieces: On the Reimagined Grammar(s) of C. Pam Zhang

The West in Pieces: On the Reimagined Grammar(s) of C. Pam Zhang

Christian Kiefer on a Debut Novel That Rewrites the Hills of California

By Christian Kiefer | April 9, 2020

Emily Gould on How (and Why) to Keep Writing When Writing Feels Pointless

Emily Gould on How (and Why) to Keep Writing When Writing Feels Pointless

"Why do any of this?"

By Emily Gould | April 9, 2020

Writing From Within the Rosenberg Family Legacy

Writing From Within the Rosenberg Family Legacy

Ellen Meeropol on the Novel That Took Two Decades to Write

By Ellen Meeropol | April 9, 2020

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