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On the Power of Essayistic Compression in Flash Nonfiction

On the Power of Essayistic Compression in Flash Nonfiction

Dinty W. Moore Traces the Growth (Contraction?) of a Genre

By Dinty W. Moore | November 16, 2020

When Your Memoir Has the Word 'Rape' in the Title

When Your Memoir Has the Word 'Rape' in the Title

Michelle Bowdler on Writing the Word So Many People Won't Even Say

By Michelle Bowdler | November 16, 2020

Susan Minot: 'Worship Is a Nicer Word than Obsession'

Susan Minot: 'Worship Is a Nicer Word than Obsession'

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 16, 2020

Lily King on Writing the Novel She Needed 30 Years Ago

Lily King on Writing the Novel She Needed 30 Years Ago

"But where were the books about women writers? Where were the books about their struggles?"

By Lily King | November 13, 2020

A Toy, a Tool, a Piece of Art: Sarah Haas on What a Book Can Be

A Toy, a Tool, a Piece of Art: Sarah Haas on What a Book Can Be

"The object gives language a heft that it doesn’t have on its own."

By Sarah Haas | November 12, 2020

Eudora Welty: How My Parents Built a Childhood of Books

Eudora Welty: How My Parents Built a Childhood of Books

"I live in gratitude."

By Eudora Welty | November 12, 2020

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Diane Cook on Letting Her Characters Loose in the Wilderness

By The Maris Review | November 12, 2020

So Many Damn Short Stories with Lena Valencia

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Andrew Weatherhead on the Art (and Necessity) of Writing Collage

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 11, 2020

Why I Paid Tenfold to Buy Back the Rights for Two of My Books

Why I Paid Tenfold to Buy Back the Rights for Two of My Books

Kiese Laymon on Revision, Radical Friendship, and Community

By Kiese Laymon | November 10, 2020

In Which Jonathan Lethem Possibly Overthinks Our Interview Questions

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BONUS: On the Importance of Not Writing

By Literary Hub | November 10, 2020

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Danielle Evans, Éireann Lorsung, Kao Kalia Yang, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

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On the Lies We Tell in Fiction

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Ruth Gilligan Tells Tales of Cattle Butchers and Ancient Curses

By Ruth Gilligan | November 10, 2020

Bryan Washington on Giving His Characters the Capacity for Love, Even When They Don't Have the Language for It

Bryan Washington on Giving His Characters the Capacity for Love, Even When They Don't Have the Language for It

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 9, 2020

Karen Russell on Fatal Insomnia and the Demons of Our Dreams

Karen Russell on Fatal Insomnia and the Demons of Our Dreams

From the Bookable Podcast with Author Amanda Stern

By Bookable | November 6, 2020

Sandra Cisneros on the Me Too Movement, Narrative Voice, and <em>The House on Mango Street</em>

Sandra Cisneros on the Me Too Movement, Narrative Voice, and The House on Mango Street

In Conversation with Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera

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