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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

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

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

"I Do Not Enjoy Writing 'Moral Tales.' I Do It Because It Pays Well."

By Emily Temple | March 6, 2019

Helen Oyeyemi on Her Favorite Books and TV Shows

Helen Oyeyemi on Her Favorite Books and TV Shows

"Not saying it felt like Louisa May Alcott hated me, but maybe that is what I'm saying."

By Literary Hub | March 5, 2019

16 Things Joel Golby is Afraid Of

16 Things Joel Golby is Afraid Of

The World Is a Scary Place, and So Are My Innermost Thoughts

By Joel Golby | March 5, 2019

On the Obsessions of the Literary Biographer

On the Obsessions of the Literary Biographer

Getting to the Bottom of the Mysterious Case of Letitia Landon

By Lucasta Miller | March 5, 2019

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

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

Etaf Rum on Finding the Courage to Break the Silence

By Etaf Rum | March 5, 2019

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Has the New Dark Age Begun Yet?

By Peter Fleming | March 4, 2019

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

By Craig Russell | March 4, 2019

Shedding Books to Survive the Uncertainty of Academic Life

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

What Scott McCloud Taught Us About Internet Storytelling

What Scott McCloud Taught Us About Internet Storytelling

He Had This Figured Out 25 Years Ago

By Sarah Rosenthal | February 25, 2019

The Epidemic of Thinking There's Only One African Writer

The Epidemic of Thinking There's Only One African Writer

Yewande Omotoso on the Inability to See Beyond Categories

By Yewande Omotoso | February 22, 2019

On David Foster Wallace's Obsession With Failure

On David Foster Wallace's Obsession With Failure

What Happens When Failure is the End Point?

By Ryan Lackey | February 21, 2019

How to Free Yourself From the 'Walking Essay'

How to Free Yourself From the 'Walking Essay'

Lucy Schiller On Writing From Stillness

By Lucy Schiller | February 21, 2019

Eula Biss:

Eula Biss: "A book I can’t defend, a book I can’t renounce."

Reflections on a Book and a Decade of Whiteness

By Eula Biss | February 20, 2019

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