"Write the tale that scares you . . . I dare you." Michaela Coel has some writing advice for us.

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 20, 2021

What the Poet Can Do in the Face of the Modern Colonial State

What the Poet Can Do in the Face of the Modern Colonial State

Aruni Kashyap Finds Defiance and Potential in Tradition of the Testimonio

By Aruni Kashyap | September 20, 2021

The Mistake No Dialogue Writer Should Ever Make

The Mistake No Dialogue Writer Should Ever Make

Dan O'Brien Has Some Thoughts on the Way Characters Should Talk

By Dan O'Brien | September 20, 2021

Kevin McIlvoy on a Novel Can Make Room for Dynamic Crowding

Kevin McIlvoy on a Novel Can Make Room for Dynamic Crowding

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 20, 2021

How to write like Cheryl Strayed.

How to write like Cheryl Strayed.

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 17, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: After Hours Editions

Interview with an Indie Press: After Hours Editions

On the “Slow Burn” of Publishing Poetry

By Corinne Segal | September 17, 2021

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Patrick Radden Keefe on the Fine Line Between Reporting and Storytelling

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Live at the Red Ink Series: On Using Reinvention as a Writing Tool

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Margaret Renkl on Finding Ideas Everywhere

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From Exobiology and Geology to... Writing Fiction?

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Linda Rui Feng on Writing as an Act of Telepathy

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Sanjena Sathian on the Downfalls of Ambition

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Lauren Groff Knows You’re Getting Her Book Title Wrong

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In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 16, 2021

T. C. Boyle Craves Structure, in Life and on the Page

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On the Playwright Sarah Kane and Radical Ekphrasis in Contemporary Poetics

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Andrea Abi-Karam on Writing To The Dead

By Andrea Abi-Karam | September 15, 2021

Writing a Novel Through Illness: On the Inseparability of Body and Mind

Writing a Novel Through Illness: On the Inseparability of Body and Mind

Cai Emmons on Her ALS Diagnosis and Writing as a Reflection of Health

By Cai Emmons | September 15, 2021

Colson Whitehead: Why a Heist Novel Was the Best Way to Tell the Story of New York

Colson Whitehead: Why a Heist Novel Was the Best Way to Tell the Story of New York

“I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks.”

By Dwyer Murphy | September 14, 2021

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