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Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Mesha Maren on the Sisters of Longing Who Inspire Her Work

By Mesha Maren | May 21, 2024

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading <em>The Corrections</em> While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading The Corrections While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

“The book is the same every time, but I am different, so what it offers me is different.”

By Jessie Gaynor | May 21, 2024

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

From “The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American Literature”

By Yogita Goyal | May 21, 2024

R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Exhibit”

By Jane Ciabattari | May 21, 2024

Temim Fruchter on Writing to Resist Repression

Temim Fruchter on Writing to Resist Repression

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | May 21, 2024

What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

Emily C. Bloom on the Impact and Legacy of “The Child Who Never Grew”

By Emily C. Bloom | May 20, 2024

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Adelle Waldman on the Lightly Comic

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 20, 2024

In Praise of Long Conversations in Film

By Sean Minogue | May 20, 2024

Art Meets Life: Beth Parker on Searching for Red Grooms’ Mysterious Sculpted Bookstore

By Beth Parker | May 20, 2024

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ilyon Woo on Craft Lessons From the Late Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim Gibson

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ilyon Woo on Craft Lessons From the Late Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim Gibson

On Han and Jung and How to Tell a Story

By Ilyon Woo | May 20, 2024

Clocks, Cameras, Cracked Doll Faces: The Confessions of a Serial Collector

Clocks, Cameras, Cracked Doll Faces: The Confessions of a Serial Collector

Nancy Miller Gomez on the Origins and Evolution of an Obsession

By Nancy Miller Gomez | May 20, 2024

The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

J. Nicole Jones on the Writers Who Create Literary Puzzles and the Readers Who Solve Them

By J. Nicole Jones | May 20, 2024

Susan Kiyo Ito on the Raw Truth of Exposure

Susan Kiyo Ito on the Raw Truth of Exposure

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | May 20, 2024

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Claire Messud, Adam Higginbotham, Miranda July, Hari Kunzru, and More

By Book Marks | May 17, 2024

Better in the Middle: Eight Writing Hacks From a Mid-List Author

Better in the Middle: Eight Writing Hacks From a Mid-List Author

Anna Dorn Offers Some Subjective Tidbits For Writers At Any Stage of Their Journey

By Anna Dorn | May 17, 2024

Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

“I want narrative propelled by questions, not by the need to provide each answer.”

By Anna Noyes | May 17, 2024

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