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Notes on My Literary Minimalism

Notes on My Literary Minimalism

Carol Guess Considers Subtraction, in Writing and in Life

By Carol Guess | February 14, 2019

Kristen Arnett: We Need to Talk About Library Junk

Kristen Arnett: We Need to Talk About Library Junk

Thousands of Librarians, Millions of Useless Old Objects

By Kristen Arnett | February 13, 2019

Ross Gay: In Praise of the Poetry Reading

Ross Gay: In Praise of the Poetry Reading

"Books are lovely. I love books."

By Ross Gay | February 13, 2019

The Challenges of Writing for White People

The Challenges of Writing for White People

As a Columnist, Leonard Pitts Jr. Has Had a Lot of Practice

By Leonard Pitts, Jr. | February 12, 2019

Why We Write About Our Oldest Wounds

Why We Write About Our Oldest Wounds

Mateo Askaripour on Racism, Writing, and the Places We Leave Behind

By Mateo Askaripour | February 8, 2019

What If All Writing is Just Drafts, Forever?

What If All Writing is Just Drafts, Forever?

Joseph Scapellato on the Infinite Manifestations of a Single Novel

By Joseph Scapellato | February 7, 2019

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What Collecting 100 Rejections Taught Me About Creative Failure

By Kim Liao | February 6, 2019

Is Line Editing a Lost Art?

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 6, 2019

Katharine Smyth: Forgetting Virginia Woolf

By Katharine Smyth | February 4, 2019

On the Destabilizing Brilliance of Robert Coover's

On the Destabilizing Brilliance of Robert Coover's "The Babysitter"

Or, How to Accept the Pain of Not Knowing

By Emily Temple | February 4, 2019

Poet, Artist, Erotic Muse of Mexico's Avant Garde: Rediscovering Nahui Olin

Poet, Artist, Erotic Muse of Mexico's Avant Garde: Rediscovering Nahui Olin

On the Life and Times of a True Iconoclast

By Claire Mullen | February 1, 2019

Designing My Characters' Homes Helps Me Write

Designing My Characters' Homes Helps Me Write

On Planners, Plungers, and Different Approaches to Writing a Novel

By Lisa Gornick | February 1, 2019

Living Fernando Pessoa's Dreamlife in Lisbon

Living Fernando Pessoa's Dreamlife in Lisbon

Saleem Haddad on Leaving London for Portugal's Melancholy Streets

By Saleem Haddad | January 31, 2019

On Finding My Way Back to Writing After Years Away

On Finding My Way Back to Writing After Years Away

Parenthood Was an Interruption, Not an End

By Sibylla Nash | January 31, 2019

But What Will Your Daughters Think?

But What Will Your Daughters Think?

Emily Bernard on Writing Female Desire

By Emily Bernard | January 30, 2019

How Learning to Draw Can Help a Writer to See

How Learning to Draw Can Help a Writer to See

On Noticing the World in All Its Detail

By Kiley Bense | January 30, 2019

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