A Close Reading of Jack Kerouac's Advice to Writers

A Close Reading of Jack Kerouac's Advice to Writers

"Belief & Technique for Modern Prose" as Read By Your Resident Kerouac Skeptic

By Emily Temple | March 12, 2019

Storytelling Tips from the Writer of <em>Blade Runner</em>

Storytelling Tips from the Writer of Blade Runner

Hampton Fancher: "If you're not in love with words why are you writing?"

By Hampton Fancher | March 12, 2019

Waiting for the Day That Characters Don't Default to White

Waiting for the Day That Characters Don't Default to White

Deena ElGenaidi Grapples with the Politics of Representation

By Deena ElGenaidi | March 12, 2019

Saunders, McCracken, and More: Advice from Masters of the Short Story

Saunders, McCracken, and More: Advice from Masters of the Short Story

Former Winners of the Story Prize Offer Some Thoughts on Writing

By Literary Hub | March 11, 2019

Poetic Advice From Tony Hoagland: You Can Find Voice Anywhere

Poetic Advice From Tony Hoagland: You Can Find Voice Anywhere

Even Corporate Rhetoric Can Have an Inverted Power

By Tony Hoagland | March 7, 2019

Garth Greenwell on What It Means to Live the Writer's Life

Garth Greenwell on What It Means to Live the Writer's Life

Advice and Wisdom from His Bennington College Commencement Speech

By Garth Greenwell | March 6, 2019

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Louisa May Alcott's Letter of Advice to a Young Writer

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Helen Oyeyemi on Her Favorite Books and TV Shows

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On the Obsessions of the Literary Biographer

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Getting to the Bottom of the Mysterious Case of Letitia Landon

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Even After Writing My Novel, Shame Kept Me From Sharing My Story

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Etaf Rum on Finding the Courage to Break the Silence

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Has the New Dark Age Begun Yet?

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Peter Fleming on Why He Writes Toward Apocalypse

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Seeing the World (and Writing It) with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Seeing the World (and Writing It) with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Craig Russell on the Curious Effect of His Dysmetropsia

By Craig Russell | March 4, 2019

Shedding Books to Survive the Uncertainty of Academic Life

Shedding Books to Survive the Uncertainty of Academic Life

Maggie Levantovskaya on Being a Professor Without Books

By Maggie Levantovskaya | March 1, 2019

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Cleveland

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Cleveland

The Literary Scene Is So Alive and the Rest Will Grow on You

By Grace Roberson | March 1, 2019

What If I Wasn't Meant to Be a Novelist?

What If I Wasn't Meant to Be a Novelist?

Aaron Shulman on Realizing the Thing He Wanted Most Maybe Wasn't for Him

By Aaron Shulman | February 28, 2019

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