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Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

How Writers Speak to One Another Across Time and Space

By Zadie Smith | July 23, 2021

On <em>Freaks and Geeks</em> and Finding My Voice: How Pop Culture Shaped My Poetry

On Freaks and Geeks and Finding My Voice: How Pop Culture Shaped My Poetry

Matt Mitchell Builds His Own Intersex Canon

By Matt Mitchell | July 22, 2021

Why Yaa Gyasi Wants Us to Remember the Brain Is an Organ

Why Yaa Gyasi Wants Us to Remember the Brain Is an Organ

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 22, 2021

Native Comedian Adrianne Chalepah Against Pandering to White Audiences

Native Comedian Adrianne Chalepah Against Pandering to White Audiences

This Week from the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | July 22, 2021

Reginald Dwayne Betts on Living Between the Poles of Yale-Educated Lawyer and Prison-Educated Poet

Reginald Dwayne Betts on Living Between the Poles of Yale-Educated Lawyer and Prison-Educated Poet

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | July 21, 2021

Rivka Galchen on Her Instinct to Abandon Projects

Rivka Galchen on Her Instinct to Abandon Projects

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | July 21, 2021

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8 storytelling tips all writers could learn from the legendary Zola Twitter thread turned hit movie.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 20, 2021

Rachel Yoder on Navigating Chronic Pain Through Storytelling

By Rachel Yoder | July 20, 2021

Rosecrans Baldwin on Los Angeles, Wittgenstein, and Melancholy

By So Many Damn Books | July 20, 2021

Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 19, 2021

Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

"Go big with wonder."

By Matt Bell | July 16, 2021

Sarah Gailey on the Horror and Wonder of Self-Reflection

Sarah Gailey on the Horror and Wonder of Self-Reflection

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | July 16, 2021

Kristen Radtke on the Biology of Loneliness

Kristen Radtke on the Biology of Loneliness

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 15, 2021

Roberto Bolaño's best advice for writing short stories is . . . pretty wild.

Roberto Bolaño's best advice for writing short stories is . . . pretty wild.

By Emily Temple | July 14, 2021

Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Katie Crouch on Structure, Character Development, and the Band CAKE

By Katie Crouch | July 14, 2021

Kaveh Akbar on Getting Sober and the Supernatural Language of Writing

Kaveh Akbar on Getting Sober and the Supernatural Language of Writing

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | July 14, 2021

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