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Learning, Practice, and Repetition: Why the Act of Writing Is Work

Learning, Practice, and Repetition: Why the Act of Writing Is Work

Jessie Greengrass on the Intersection of Muse and Routine

By Jessie Greengrass | January 5, 2022

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

Yara Zgheib on Writing a Truthful Fiction About—and Amid—a Travel Ban

By Yara Zgheib | January 4, 2022

How Being a Stalled Novelist Led to an Unexpected Career in Data Science

How Being a Stalled Novelist Led to an Unexpected Career in Data Science

C.J. Washington on the Frustrating Struggle to Get Published

By C.J. Washington | January 3, 2022

Piercing the Veil of Silence: How the Outbreak of COVID-19 Impacted the Writing of My Book

Piercing the Veil of Silence: How the Outbreak of COVID-19 Impacted the Writing of My Book

Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Completing Silence and Silences During a Global Pandemic

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi | December 23, 2021

When New Journalism Was New: Gay Talese on His Legendary <em>Esquire</em> Profile of Frank Sinatra

When New Journalism Was New: Gay Talese on His Legendary Esquire Profile of Frank Sinatra

On Trying—and Failing—to Interview Ol' Blue Eyes

By Gay Talese | December 22, 2021

The Weaponization of Quiet: On the Subtle Horror of Ayşegül Savaş’s <em>White on White</em>

The Weaponization of Quiet: On the Subtle Horror of Ayşegül Savaş’s White on White

Francesca Giacco on Intimacy, Art, and the Danger of Losing Yourself in a Story

By Francesca Giacco | December 21, 2021

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Sharon Gless on Her First Stage Appearance and Earning a Seven-Year Contract for Universal Studios

By Sharon Gless | December 21, 2021

Orhan Pamuk on a Lost Pool, and the World Beneath Its Surface

By Orhan Pamuk | December 20, 2021

Why You Shouldn’t Read Historical Fiction to Learn History

By Juhea Kim | December 20, 2021

Mel Brooks on the Making of <em>Spaceballs</em>

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“I thought, Science fiction! Now there’s a genre I haven’t wrecked yet…”

By Mel Brooks | December 16, 2021

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Michael A. Gonzales Remembers His Dear Friend and Mentor

By Michael A. Gonzales | December 14, 2021

Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s <em>How the García Girls Lost Their Accents</em>

Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

Elizabeth Acevedo on the Lasting Legacy and Importance of a Transformative Novel

By Elizabeth Acevedo | December 14, 2021

Why We Need New Vocabulary to Describe the Ending of the Grief That Comes After Loss

Why We Need New Vocabulary to Describe the Ending of the Grief That Comes After Loss

Pauline Boss on Trauma and Why We Need to Rethink the Concept of Closure

By Pauline Boss | December 14, 2021

What Happens When I Don’t Understand My Own Novel?

What Happens When I Don’t Understand My Own Novel?

Bonnie Friedman on Taking Clues From Your Own Manuscript

By Bonnie Friedman | December 13, 2021

“The Wines Tasted Alive.” Visiting an Icon of Natural Winemaking in Slovenia

“The Wines Tasted Alive.” Visiting an Icon of Natural Winemaking in Slovenia

Rachel Signer on an Afternoon with Saša Radikon

By Rachel Signer | December 13, 2021

On Telling the Story of Injustice Through Memoir

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