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Louisa May Alcott's Letter of Advice to a Young Writer

Louisa May Alcott's Letter of Advice to a Young Writer

"I Do Not Enjoy Writing 'Moral Tales.' I Do It Because It Pays Well."

By Emily Temple | March 6, 2019

Sam Lipsyte: How Do You Fit It All Into a Novel?

Sam Lipsyte: How Do You Fit It All Into a Novel?

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 6, 2019

A Letter to Virginia Woolf,On Translating <em>A Room of One's Own</em> into Romanian

A Letter to Virginia Woolf,On Translating A Room of One's Own into Romanian

"I write to you as myself, I write to you as us all, I write to you as one."

By Elena Marcu | March 6, 2019

Virginia Woolf's Depression Shouldn't Define Her

Virginia Woolf's Depression Shouldn't Define Her

How We Often Overlook the Writer's Otherwise Happy Life

By Maggie Gee | March 6, 2019

Michael Moorcock on H.G. Wells, Reluctant Prophet

Michael Moorcock on H.G. Wells, Reluctant Prophet

A Sci-Fi Master on the Cusp of Modernism

By Michael Moorcock | March 5, 2019

Helen Oyeyemi on Her Favorite Books and TV Shows

Helen Oyeyemi on Her Favorite Books and TV Shows

"Not saying it felt like Louisa May Alcott hated me, but maybe that is what I'm saying."

By Literary Hub | March 5, 2019

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16 Things Joel Golby is Afraid Of

By Joel Golby | March 5, 2019

On the Obsessions of the Literary Biographer

By Lucasta Miller | March 5, 2019

Even After Writing My Novel, Shame Kept Me From Sharing My Story

By Etaf Rum | March 5, 2019

Isn't Every Narrator an Unreliable Narrator?

Isn't Every Narrator an Unreliable Narrator?

So Many Damn Books with Christopher Hermelin and Drew Broussard

By So Many Damn Books | March 5, 2019

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Mamma Mia?"">Is Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai a "Deconstructed Mamma Mia?"

Julia, Tod, and Rider Revisit a Modern Classic

By Literary Disco | March 5, 2019

Has the New Dark Age Begun Yet?

Has the New Dark Age Begun Yet?

Peter Fleming on Why He Writes Toward Apocalypse

By Peter Fleming | March 4, 2019

Seeing the World (and Writing It) with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Seeing the World (and Writing It) with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Craig Russell on the Curious Effect of His Dysmetropsia

By Craig Russell | March 4, 2019

Shedding Books to Survive the Uncertainty of Academic Life

Shedding Books to Survive the Uncertainty of Academic Life

Maggie Levantovskaya on Being a Professor Without Books

By Maggie Levantovskaya | March 1, 2019

A Novel for Our Times

A Novel for Our Times

Francisco Goldman on Valeria Luiselli

By Francisco Goldman | March 1, 2019

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Cleveland

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Cleveland

The Literary Scene Is So Alive and the Rest Will Grow on You

By Grace Roberson | March 1, 2019

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