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What's Needed is <em>Magic</em>: Writing Advice from Haruki Murakami

What's Needed is Magic: Writing Advice from Haruki Murakami

Also: Talent, Focus, and Endurance

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2019

The Virtue of Giddiness in Art

The Virtue of Giddiness in Art

Rosie Haward on Desire and Dizziness, from Bernini to Adjani

By Rosie Haward | January 14, 2019

Three Days in the Life (and Mind) of Jan Morris

Three Days in the Life (and Mind) of Jan Morris

From the Diary of an Iconic Writer, From Montaigne to Trump

By Jan Morris | January 11, 2019

David Mitchell Just Wants the Earth to Last (and Liverpool to Win the League)

David Mitchell Just Wants the Earth to Last (and Liverpool to Win the League)

Birthday Wishes from the Author of Cloud Atlas Who Turns 50

By Rose Harris-Birtill | January 11, 2019

An Unnecessarily Close Reading of <em>That</em> Scene in <em>Portnoy's Complaint</em>

An Unnecessarily Close Reading of That Scene in Portnoy's Complaint

Chopped Meat Through the Kosher Grinder

By Emily Temple | January 11, 2019

Cedar Sigo on Playfulness and Poetry

Cedar Sigo on Playfulness and Poetry

In Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | January 11, 2019

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Notice Me: How Literary Publicity Works

By Literary Hub | January 10, 2019

On the Excavation of My Desk

By David L. Ulin | January 10, 2019

Meet the Writer Who Chased Eve Babitz All Over Hollywood

By Zan Romanoff | January 10, 2019

How Do You Set James Joyce’s Most Famous Story on the Stage?

How Do You Set James Joyce’s Most Famous Story on the Stage?

Feasting with the Ghosts of “The Dead”

By Leslie Pariseau | January 10, 2019

An Oddly Poetic Account of Colorblindness from the Turn of the Last Century

An Oddly Poetic Account of Colorblindness from the Turn of the Last Century

the music of light."">"We may aptly term color the music of light."

By Emily Noyes Vanderpoel | January 10, 2019

Why Does Women's Writing About Relationships Need to be “Relatable”?

Why Does Women's Writing About Relationships Need to be “Relatable”?

Hint: It's a Word Men Use to Describe Their Writing in Order to Diminish It

By Blythe Roberson | January 10, 2019

Conversations with My Nanny

Conversations with My Nanny

Leila Slimani, Author of The Nanny, on Her Not-So-Prudish Nanny

By Leïla Slimani | January 10, 2019

Kristen Arnett: A Librarian's Resolutions for the New Year

Kristen Arnett: A Librarian's Resolutions for the New Year

Basically, You Gotta Be Able to Joke About the Bad Stuff

By Kristen Arnett | January 9, 2019

What Happens If You Read <em>All</em> the Self-Help Books?

What Happens If You Read All the Self-Help Books?

Marianne Power on Changing Your Life One Month at a Time

By Marianne Power | January 9, 2019

Decolonizing Lit Mags, Step One: Give Your Budget to Indigenous Editors

Decolonizing Lit Mags, Step One: Give Your Budget to Indigenous Editors

Danielle Geller Talks to Tony Birch About the Lifted Brow's Special Blak Brow Issue

By Danielle Geller | January 9, 2019

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