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On Taking Writing Lessons from Quantum Physics

On Taking Writing Lessons from Quantum Physics

Hisham Bustani on a Single Story's Many Possible Worlds

By Hisham Bustani | February 4, 2022

The Lion Speaks: On the Potency of the Epistolary Form

The Lion Speaks: On the Potency of the Epistolary Form

Daniel Black Considers Letters and Linguistic Freedom

By Daniel Black | February 4, 2022

Amor Towles on Bringing a Historical Setting to Life

Amor Towles on Bringing a Historical Setting to Life

"History is the painted backdrop."

By Amor Towles | February 4, 2022

How to Read a Play as a Manual for Novel Writing

How to Read a Play as a Manual for Novel Writing

Julia May Jonas on Tempo, Audience, and More

By Julia May Jonas | February 3, 2022

Peter Ho Davies on Why We Fear Revision (and How to Get Over It)

Peter Ho Davies on Why We Fear Revision (and How to Get Over It)

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 3, 2022

Bernardine Evaristo on Lessons Learned From Toni Morrison

Bernardine Evaristo on Lessons Learned From Toni Morrison

“As a writer, Morrison asks us to do some of the work.”

By Bernardine Evaristo | February 3, 2022

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Some Helpful Metaphors for Writing a Novel, Illustrated

By Swan Huntley | February 3, 2022

Easy Come, Easy Go: Lan Samantha Chang on Writing, Debt, and Diamonds

By Lan Samantha Chang | February 1, 2022

How the Male Point of View Shapes the Narrative of The Great Gatsby

By Jillian Cantor | February 1, 2022

Exploring the Moral Landscape of John Darnielle’s Fictional Universe

Exploring the Moral Landscape of John Darnielle’s Fictional Universe

Matt Mitchell Talks to the Author of Devil House

By Matt Mitchell | January 31, 2022

In a Gazan Home in California, Two Writers Share a Taste of Home

In a Gazan Home in California, Two Writers Share a Taste of Home

Raj Tawney Eats with Jehad al-Saftawi and Lara Aburamadan

By Raj Tawney | January 31, 2022

The Courage to Write: On the Radical Generosity of Letting Yourself Be Seen

The Courage to Write: On the Radical Generosity of Letting Yourself Be Seen

Robin Marie MacArthur Finds Courage in the Audacity of Others

By Robin Marie MacArthur | January 28, 2022

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

“No topic is off-limits for comedy.”

By Maeve Higgins | January 28, 2022

Marcial Gala on Writing Cuba and Reworking <em>The Iliad</em>

Marcial Gala on Writing Cuba and Reworking The Iliad

“My literary project is Cienfuegos: world capital.”

By Samuel Jaffe Goldstein | January 28, 2022

Steven Tagle on Writing and Living in Greece

Steven Tagle on Writing and Living in Greece

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | January 28, 2022

Anjanette Delgado, Yaddyra Peralta, and Mia Leonin on the Literature of Uprootedness

Anjanette Delgado, Yaddyra Peralta, and Mia Leonin on the Literature of Uprootedness

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | January 28, 2022

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