Forget Politics: Why a Novelist’s First Priority Is To Tell a Good Story

Forget Politics: Why a Novelist’s First Priority Is To Tell a Good Story

Jean Hanff Korelitz in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 23, 2022

A Brief Political—and Personal—History of Gay Bathhouses

A Brief Political—and Personal—History of Gay Bathhouses

Rasheed Newson on Sexually Accommodating Spaces as Community Hubs, and the Moral Panics That Destroyed Them

By Rasheed Newson | August 23, 2022

Shane Kowalski on Creating the Comedic Pivots in His Work

Shane Kowalski on Creating the Comedic Pivots in His Work

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

By I'm a Writer But | August 23, 2022

Whose Lives Can We Plunder? Or: How to Base a Character on Yourself

Whose Lives Can We Plunder? Or: How to Base a Character on Yourself

Jincy Willett on Writing From Life Without Betraying Anyone

By Jincy Willett | August 23, 2022

Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is

Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is

Erica Jong and Lilly Dancyger Guest on the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 23, 2022

Tom Scharpling on Legacy, Being Forgotten, and His Latest Paperback Release

Tom Scharpling on Legacy, Being Forgotten, and His Latest Paperback Release

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | August 23, 2022

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Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean, Read by Mary Jane Wells

By Behind the Mic | August 23, 2022

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour

By Marguerite Duras | August 22, 2022

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Mike Rothschild on the Ongoing Influence of QAnon and Its Self-Made Mythologies

Mike Rothschild on the Ongoing Influence of QAnon and Its Self-Made Mythologies

“Conspiracy theories will always be popular, because they make you feel like you’re smart, important, and part of a community.”

By Mike Rothschild | August 22, 2022

Eileen Myles Remembers Bobby Byrd

Eileen Myles Remembers Bobby Byrd

“His world was huge and specific.”

By Eileen Myles | August 22, 2022

Kristine Langley Mahler on How Online Rabbit Holes Fuel Creativity

Kristine Langley Mahler on How Online Rabbit Holes Fuel Creativity

“The looking is the creeper behavior, but the processing of those digital finds can become the nonfiction writer’s justification.”

By Kristine Langley Mahler | August 22, 2022

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

Laura Mason in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 22, 2022

Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 22, 2022

What the Slenderman Stabbing Tragedy Tells Us About the State of Mental Illness and Criminal Justice in America

What the Slenderman Stabbing Tragedy Tells Us About the State of Mental Illness and Criminal Justice in America

Kathleen Hale in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 22, 2022

How an Unlucky Texas Fisherman Stumbled Upon an Environmental Catastrophe

How an Unlucky Texas Fisherman Stumbled Upon an Environmental Catastrophe

Kirk Wallace Johnson on the Dark Side of America’s Gulf Coast

By Kirk Wallace Johnson | August 22, 2022

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