• Craft and Advice

    Essay

    Motherhood, Writerhood, and Calling a Job a Job

    By Katy Simpson Smith  November 19, 2015
    Conversations

    David Mitchell: Advice to a Young Writer

    By Literary Hub  November 18, 2015
    Essay

    Sheila Heti on the Woman Who Changed Her Life

    By Sheila Heti  November 12, 2015
    Essay

    After Goodbye to All That, Hello Pittsburgh

    By Katie Kurtzman  November 12, 2015
    Advice

    Rick Moody is Now a Life Coach

    By Rick Moody  November 9, 2015
    Advice

    What Do Writers Owe Readers?

    By Kate Tuttle  November 2, 2015
    Advice

    When Andre Agassi Made Me a Woman (and a Writer)

    By Marie-Helene Bertino  October 29, 2015
    Advice

    How Professional Readers Read for Pleasure

    By Jessica Ferri  October 9, 2015
    Essay

    Why Teaching (Writing) Matters: A Full Confession

    By Jayne Anne Phillips  September 28, 2015
    Daily practice

    The Art of Going the Distance

    By Belinda McKeon  September 17, 2015
    Excerpts

    The Book in Ten Quotes: Nein: A Manifesto

    By Oscar Van Gelderen  September 17, 2015
    Essay

    Everyone Needs a Writing Tribe

    By Janis Cooke Newman  September 14, 2015
    Essay

    David Lipsky Ends Up Becoming Himself

    By Ed Winstead  September 4, 2015
    Daily practice

    A Writing Lesson from Ursula K. Le Guin

    By Ursula K. Le Guin  September 3, 2015
    Excerpts

    Writing Across the Landscape

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 3, 2015
    Essay

    We Need Diverse Diverse Books

    By Matthew Salesses  August 31, 2015
    Music

    Songs for the Road: A Book Tour Playlist

    By Justin Taylor  August 28, 2015
    A Day in the Life

    On the Total Weirdness of the Book Tour

    By Justin Taylor  August 26, 2015
    Expert opinion

    On Having Your Book Turned into a Movie

    By Emma Donoghue  August 25, 2015
    Expert opinion

    When the Editor Becomes the Writer

    By Jill Bialosky  August 24, 2015
    Daily practice

    When I Quit Basketball to Become a Writer

    By Andrew Malan Milward  August 19, 2015
    Daily practice

    The Pleasures of Destroying a Good Book

    By Nick Ripatrazone  August 19, 2015
    Dear aspiring writer

    Charles Bukowski’s Rules for Writing

    By Literary Hub  August 14, 2015
    The Art of Editing

    Let’s Not Get Too Holy: Editing Bukowski

    By Abel Debritto  August 14, 2015
    Essay

    On Writing Transnational Trans Characters

    By Tanwi Nandini Islam  August 13, 2015
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