• Craft and Advice

    Film

    Why You Should Watch the New Nora Ephron Documentary

    By Michelle Dean  March 18, 2016
    Advice

    John D’Agata and the Art of the American Essay

    By David L. Ulin  March 17, 2016
    Advice

    On Terrible Writing Advice From Famous Writers

    By Danielle Dutton  March 16, 2016
    Essay

    They Just Dig: On Writing, Coal Mining, and Fear

    By Elissa Washuta  March 16, 2016
    Film

    From Page to Screen: Flynn, L’Engle, Grann, and… Franco!

    By Nandini Balial  March 11, 2016
    Essay

    Here Are the Things You Should Worry About While Writing a Novel

    By Susannah Felts  March 11, 2016
    Essay

    The Time I Played Catch with Annie Dillard

    By Michael Croley  March 10, 2016
    Essay

    In Praise of the Mighty Zine

    By Liska Jacobs  March 10, 2016
    Essay

    Geoff Dyer: “What Kind of Writer is Annie Dillard?”

    By Geoff Dyer  March 10, 2016
    Essay

    Yes, She Reads Everything: Pico Iyer on Annie Dillard

    By Pico Iyer  March 10, 2016
    Essay

    On the Deep Disquiet of Finishing Your Book

    By Jonathan Lee  March 8, 2016
    Essay

    The Things We Do to Promote the Books We Write

    By Summer Brennan  March 8, 2016
    Criticism

    Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

    By Anita Huslin  March 7, 2016
    Advice

    The Diminishing Returns of Freelance Magazine Writing

    By Kent Russell  March 3, 2016
    Advice

    Dear Rick Moody: Should I Tell Them I Love Them?

    By Rick Moody  February 26, 2016
    Design

    Secrets of the Book Designer: Falling in Love With a Book, Taking a Risk

    By Janet Hansen  February 25, 2016
    Poets

    Walt Whitman is Dead, I’m Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

    By J. Aaron Sanders  February 25, 2016
    Travel

    Why I Became a Travel Writer

    By John Gimlette  February 24, 2016
    Criticism

    When Art Cannot Console Us in Death

    By Emily Harnett  February 17, 2016
    Essay

    Why Does Art Happen in Pairs?

    By Drew Nellins Smith  February 12, 2016
    Essay

    What Makes Something Funny?

    By Stuart Evers  February 12, 2016
    Essay

    A Bikini, a Toothbrush, and 44 Issues of The New Yorker

    By Summer Brennan  February 11, 2016
    Advice

    How to Write What You Don’t Know

    By Amy Gustine  February 10, 2016
    Essay

    When a Self-Declared Genius Asks You to Read His Masterpiece

    By Jeff Sharlet  February 4, 2016
    Feature

    Writing, Traveling, and the Creative Act

    By Suzanne Joinson  February 4, 2016
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