Stephen Buoro on How <em>A Clockwork Orange</em> Shook His World

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Elizabeth Graver on Making a Novel Out of Life

Elizabeth Graver on Making a Novel Out of Life

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Adrienne Brodeur on Using Summer 2016 as a Setting for <em>Little Monsters</em>

Adrienne Brodeur on Using Summer 2016 as a Setting for Little Monsters

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Michelle Brafman on Love Addiction as Fuel for Plot

Michelle Brafman on Love Addiction as Fuel for Plot

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TC Boyle on Writing About What You Want to Discover

TC Boyle on Writing About What You Want to Discover

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T.J. Newman on Why Writing in Secret Led to a Seven Figure Book Deal

T.J. Newman on Why Writing in Secret Led to a Seven Figure Book Deal

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“I Tried To Be Witness to Him.” Sebastian Barry on Writing Characters That Have Survived Trauma

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Mona Simpson on Reimagining Mental Health Hospitals in Her New Novel

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“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

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Abraham Verghese on Medicine’s Innate Connection to Storytelling

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Passing Through Porous Boundaries: Mai Nardone on Navigating Thai and American Culture

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Ann Lauterbach: On the Value of Effective Language After Trump’s Presidency

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Andrew Porter on the Strange Nature of Short Stories Mirroring Each Other

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No One’s Suffering is Banal: Cathleen Schine on the Intricacy of Writing Trauma

No One’s Suffering is Banal: Cathleen Schine on the Intricacy of Writing Trauma

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Maggie Smith on How She Approached Plot in Her Memoir

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Clint Smith: “What Does it Mean to Carry Wonder and Despair in Your Body at the Same Time?”

Clint Smith: “What Does it Mean to Carry Wonder and Despair in Your Body at the Same Time?”

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