• First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

    First Draft

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

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 3, 2022
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    EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 30, 2021
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    “Living in America Is Like Living in an In-Law’s House.” Nawaaz Ahmed on Writing a Queer, Immigrant Story

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 22, 2021
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    Kalani Pickhart on Writing the Complexities of the 2013 Ukrainian Protests

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 15, 2021
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    Rebecca Solnit on Pleasure, Flowers, and Orwell

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 8, 2021
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    “Nobody’s Free Until Everbody’s Free.” Keisha N. Blain on Lou Hamer’s Work and Life

    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

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 25, 2021
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    Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 18, 2021
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    “Thinking Outside the Brain.” Annie Murphy Paul Discusses Her New Book

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 12, 2021
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    Peter Orner on the Pressure of Fiction’s Infinite Possibilities

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 4, 2021
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    Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 27, 2021
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    Kevin McIlvoy on a Novel Can Make Room for Dynamic Crowding

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 20, 2021
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    “Profoundly, Deeply, Centrally Sensual.” Robert Olen Butler on the Kinesthetic Experience of Writing

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 13, 2021
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    Jennifer Sperry Steinorth on the Alchemy in Graphic Poetry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 7, 2021
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    Christine Mangan on the Delicate Balance of Crafting Suspense

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 30, 2021
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    Edward Hirsch on the Poet’s Celebration of Grief

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 23, 2021
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    Joshua Henkin on the Writer’s Continuous Learning Process

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 16, 2021
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    Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on Articulating Grief to Find the Way Back to Reality

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 9, 2021
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    From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 2, 2021
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    Tobey Pearl on the Beginnings of America’s Judicial System

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 26, 2021
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    Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 19, 2021
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    Steven Pressfield on the Artist
    as Warrior

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 12, 2021
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    Marisa Silver on (Finally) Nailing Down Her Novel’s Point of View

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 6, 2021
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    Justin Jannise: Making Peace with Putting It All Out There

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 28, 2021
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    Diane Seuss: Does Language Eclipse Feeling?

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 21, 2021
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