Lauren Sandler on Setting Up Ground Rules with Her Book Subjects

Lauren Sandler on Setting Up Ground Rules with Her Book Subjects

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 1, 2021

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on the Ambiguous and Unfolding Process of Healing

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on the Ambiguous and Unfolding Process of Healing

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 1, 2021

Not Sure If Your Dialogue Is Any Good? Get an Actor to Perform It

Not Sure If Your Dialogue Is Any Good? Get an Actor to Perform It

Calvin Kasulke on Finding a Good Reason to Write Good Characters

By Calvin Kasulke | August 31, 2021

Mona Awad on the Duality and Universality of Shakespeare

Mona Awad on the Duality and Universality of Shakespeare

This Week on the So Many Damn Books Podcast

By So Many Damn Books | August 31, 2021

Christine Mangan on the Delicate Balance of Crafting Suspense

Christine Mangan on the Delicate Balance of Crafting Suspense

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 30, 2021

Bonnie Friedman on the Pleasure of Diving into Details

Bonnie Friedman on the Pleasure of Diving into Details

"To write well we must sink into the silt of this world."

By Bonnie Friedman | August 27, 2021

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Too Close To Home: Writing a Book That Your Parents Won’t Read

By Michelle Jana Chan | August 27, 2021

How an Irish Syntactical Peculiarity Helped Me Find My Protagonist’s Voice

By Kia Corthron | August 27, 2021

Jose Hernandez Diaz on the Surrealism of Prose Poetry

By The Common | August 27, 2021

Wayne Koestenbaum Would Like to Thank Dreams and Nouns

Wayne Koestenbaum Would Like to Thank Dreams and Nouns

Some Advice for the Graduating Class of Bennington College
(and the Rest of Us)

By Wayne Koestenbaum | August 26, 2021

Matthew Salesses: If We’re Going to Tell Stories About the World, We Need to Make Better Decisions

Matthew Salesses: If We’re Going to Tell Stories About the World, We Need to Make Better Decisions

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 26, 2021

WATCH: Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett in Conversation with Joshua Henkin

WATCH: Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett in Conversation with Joshua Henkin

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By The Virtual Book Channel | August 26, 2021

Katie Crouch in Praise of the Not-Perfectly-Plotted Novel

Katie Crouch in Praise of the Not-Perfectly-Plotted Novel

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | August 25, 2021

"No revision, no second thoughts. Already I am terrified." Jean Rhys on writing and life.

By Snigdha Koirala | August 24, 2021

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on Writing Place and Juggling Projects

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on Writing Place and Juggling Projects

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

By Jane Ciabattari | August 24, 2021

My Year of Mourning: Mapping the Full Cycle of the Loss of My Father

My Year of Mourning: Mapping the Full Cycle of the Loss of My Father

Merissa Nathan Gerson’s Notes on Grief

By Merissa Nathan Gerson | August 23, 2021

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