Alice McDermott: Connection Is at the Heart of Why We Read and Write

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EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

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“Living in America Is Like Living in an In-Law’s House.” Nawaaz Ahmed on Writing a Queer, Immigrant Story

“Living in America Is Like Living in an In-Law’s House.” Nawaaz Ahmed on Writing a Queer, Immigrant Story

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 22, 2021

Kalani Pickhart on Writing the Complexities of the 2013 Ukrainian Protests

Kalani Pickhart on Writing the Complexities of the 2013 Ukrainian Protests

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 15, 2021

Rebecca Solnit on Pleasure, Flowers, and Orwell

Rebecca Solnit on Pleasure, Flowers, and Orwell

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 8, 2021

“Nobody’s Free Until Everbody’s Free.” Keisha N. Blain on Lou Hamer’s Work and Life

“Nobody’s Free Until Everbody’s Free.” Keisha N. Blain on Lou Hamer’s Work and Life

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 1, 2021

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Lauren Groff on Maintaining the “Electric Jolt” of an Idea While Writing

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Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

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“Thinking Outside the Brain.” Annie Murphy Paul Discusses Her New Book

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Peter Orner on the Pressure of Fiction’s Infinite Possibilities

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Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

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Kevin McIlvoy on a Novel Can Make Room for Dynamic Crowding

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“Profoundly, Deeply, Centrally Sensual.” Robert Olen Butler on the Kinesthetic Experience of Writing

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Jennifer Sperry Steinorth on the Alchemy in Graphic Poetry

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By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 7, 2021

Christine Mangan on the Delicate Balance of Crafting Suspense

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Edward Hirsch on the Poet’s Celebration of Grief

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