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The First Rule of Novel-Writing is Don't Write a Novel

The First Rule of Novel-Writing is Don't Write a Novel

Elizabeth Percer: Nine Non-Rules for Writing

By Elizabeth Percer | March 25, 2016

Kwame Dawes on Rhythm, Diaspora, and Political Poetry

Kwame Dawes on Rhythm, Diaspora, and Political Poetry

"All poets are political. We are political by our noise and by our silence."

By Matthew Daddona | March 25, 2016

On Race, Research, and the High-Stakes Choices of the Debut Novelist

On Race, Research, and the High-Stakes Choices of the Debut Novelist

KAITLYN GREENIDGE in conversation with ANGELA FLOURNOY

By Literary Hub | March 24, 2016

At the Existentialist Café

At the Existentialist Café

Sarah Bakewell

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 24, 2016

Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure

Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure

On Accuracy and Authenticity in Art

By Jonathan Russell Clark | March 24, 2016

Claire Vaye Watkins: How to Escape Your Hometown

Claire Vaye Watkins: How to Escape Your Hometown

Returning to the Desert, Meeting Your Teenage Self

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John D'Agata and the Art of the American Essay

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