• Craft and Advice

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    The Dos and Don’ts of Writing About the Disabled

    By Nicola Griffith  August 23, 2016
    Essay

    The Dangerous Myth of Authenticity

    By C. B. George  August 18, 2016
    Essay

    Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

    By Katherine Towler  August 18, 2016
    What to Read

    The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain’s Mind

    By Alex Lake  August 12, 2016
    Essay

    To All the Characters I’ve Killed Off, Who Haunt Me Still

    By Stuart Nadler  August 10, 2016
    Essay

    Eating Carrion at the Icelandic Writers Retreat

    By Anne Giardini  August 10, 2016
    Essay

    Writing Immigrant Characters as a “Rookie American”

    By Lara Vapnyar  August 9, 2016
    How to...

    Six Rules for Creating an Oral History

    By Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain  August 5, 2016
    Advice

    On the Many Ways and Reasons to Mix Poetry and Prose

    By Lucy Ives  August 3, 2016
    Excerpts

    The Accidental Life: An Editor’s Notes on Writing and Writers

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  August 2, 2016
    Feature

    Women Writing Brazil

    By Literary Hub  July 28, 2016
    Essay

    Jenny Diski’s Jisei: On Death Poems and In Gratitude

    By David L. Ulin  July 21, 2016
    Advice

    The Grumpy Librarian: For Fans of Canadians and Enemies of Humor

    By Caitlin Goodman  July 19, 2016
    Advice

    How to Tell a Murderer’s Story

    By Laura Tillman  July 19, 2016
    Essay

    What Getting Published At 16 Taught Me About Becoming a Writer

    By Catherine Banner  July 15, 2016
    Essay

    Did I Write a Gay Book? An Indian Book? A Diverse Book?

    By Rumaan Alam  July 14, 2016
    Feature

    How Patrick Ryan Made it to Outer Space

    By Sophia Efthimiatou  July 12, 2016
    Feature

    How To Be A Writer: The Map Is the Territory

    By Ramona Ausubel  July 11, 2016
    Politics

    We Need to Keep Writing (and Talking) About These Endless Wars

    By J. Kael Weston  July 8, 2016
    Essay

    Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

    By Bob Shacochis  July 8, 2016
    Advice

    The Grumpy Librarian: Are You a Time Traveler?

    By Caitlin Goodman  July 7, 2016
    Feature

    The First Rule of Write Club Is…

    By Guy Gavriel Kay  July 6, 2016
    Conversations

    The Art of the Short Story: Helen Phillips and Matthew Vollmer

    By Literary Hub  July 5, 2016
    Essay

    Literary or Genre, It’s the Plot That Counts

    By Emily Barton  June 30, 2016
    Essay

    Why Does Anyone Write?

    By Alice Adams  June 29, 2016
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