James Frankie Thomas on Discovering His Trans Identity While Writing Fiction

James Frankie Thomas on Discovering His Trans Identity While Writing Fiction

"It’s both mystical and humiliating how your novel can know things before you yourself know them."

By James Frankie Thomas | September 13, 2023

Navied Mahdavian on Confronting Environmental Degredation in the American West

Navied Mahdavian on Confronting Environmental Degredation in the American West

From His Graphic Memoir, This Country

By Navied Mahdavian | September 11, 2023

James Ellroy Reveals the Real Reason He Writes

James Ellroy Reveals the Real Reason He Writes

"I’m writing this essay in the spirit of atonement. My ongoing biography should be revised to reflect this."

By James Ellroy | September 7, 2023

Brendan Shay Basham on the Similarities Between the Chef Life and the Writing Life

Brendan Shay Basham on the Similarities Between the Chef Life and the Writing Life

"Processes are a series of moments in passing."

By Brendan Shay Basham | September 7, 2023

"Tolstoy did not neglect to describe the outhouses": Yiyun Li on the Material Concerns of Characters and Writers

The Author of Wednesday’s Child on Class, Money, Joy, and Luxury

By Yiyun Li | September 6, 2023

What Does It Mean to Write after Having Children?

What Does It Mean to Write after Having Children?

Lightsey Darst on the Eternal, Fleeting Moments of New Motherhood

By Lightsey Darst | August 31, 2023

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Accounting for the Unaccountable: Daniel Johnson on Writing about His Friend, James Foley

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David Shih on Missing His Father's Death

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