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Forget Politics: Why a Novelist’s First Priority Is To Tell a Good Story

Forget Politics: Why a Novelist’s First Priority Is To Tell a Good Story

Jean Hanff Korelitz in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 23, 2022

Shane Kowalski on Creating the Comedic Pivots in His Work

Shane Kowalski on Creating the Comedic Pivots in His Work

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | August 23, 2022

Whose Lives Can We Plunder? Or: How to Base a Character on Yourself

Whose Lives Can We Plunder? Or: How to Base a Character on Yourself

Jincy Willett on Writing From Life Without Betraying Anyone

By Jincy Willett | August 23, 2022

Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is

Emotional Expression Is as Scary and Important as You Think It Is

Erica Jong and Lilly Dancyger Guest on the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 23, 2022

Tom Scharpling on Legacy, Being Forgotten, and His Latest Paperback Release

Tom Scharpling on Legacy, Being Forgotten, and His Latest Paperback Release

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | August 23, 2022

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s <em>Hiroshima Mon Amour</em>

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour

“We’re afraid. But ultimately, isn’t that necessary from time to time? Especially in film?”

By Marguerite Duras | August 22, 2022

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What Five Years with a Predatory Vanity Press Taught Me About Art and Success

By Alexa T. Dodd | August 22, 2022

Kristine Langley Mahler on How Online Rabbit Holes Fuel Creativity

By Kristine Langley Mahler | August 22, 2022

Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 22, 2022

Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

“Politics is how we fight it out on the ground.”

By Mary Gaitskill | August 19, 2022

The Books That Help Beth Macy Find Threads of Hope While Writing About Trauma

The Books That Help Beth Macy Find Threads of Hope While Writing About Trauma

A Reading List for Alleviating Panic in the Face of Secondary Trauma

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13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

Part Three in the “13 Ways of Looking” Series

By Maud Newton | August 18, 2022

Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

Fascism Past and Present: Anthony Marra on What the Censorship of 1940s Hollywood and Italy Can Teach Us

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 18, 2022

On Writing About Childhood, That Most Precious, Precarious Time

On Writing About Childhood, That Most Precious, Precarious Time

Sadie Jones Follows the Lead of Her Young Protagonists

By Sadie Jones | August 18, 2022

Sidik Fofana on Balancing Shyness with Being in the Public Eye

Sidik Fofana on Balancing Shyness with Being in the Public Eye

“I am a contradiction. I am a performer and a monk.”

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The Joys of Influence: In Praise of Intertextuality

The Joys of Influence: In Praise of Intertextuality

Dur e Aziz Amna on the Work That Laid the Foundation for Her Debut Novel

By Dur e Aziz Amna | August 17, 2022

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