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In Defense of Keeping Books Spine-In

In Defense of Keeping Books Spine-In

R.O. Kwon on the Beauty Of 'Walls of Paged-Through, Dog-Eared Beige.'

By R.O. Kwon | August 7, 2018

The Story Collector, or, How Not to Write a Novel

The Story Collector, or, How Not to Write a Novel

Aysegül Savas on the Fiction Writer as Ethnographer

By Aysegül Savas | August 7, 2018

How Writing a Short Story Collection is Like Starting a Zoo

How Writing a Short Story Collection is Like Starting a Zoo

Valerie Trueblood on Grabbing a Story By the Neck

By Valerie Trueblood | August 6, 2018

"Write a Sentence as Clean as a Bone" And Other Advice from James Baldwin

You Can Never Go Wrong Listening to This Guy

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2018

When Writing is Your Job, Researching Trauma Can Be a Workplace Hazard

When Writing is Your Job, Researching Trauma Can Be a Workplace Hazard

Finding Time For Violence Throughout Your Work Day

By Jennifer Down | August 2, 2018

Sigrid Rausing: Write When You Can, and Don't Worry About an Audience

Sigrid Rausing: Write When You Can, and Don't Worry About an Audience

The Author of Mayhem on Anne Carson, Jane Austen,
and Estonian Farm Collectives

By Literary Hub | July 30, 2018

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There is Such a Thing as Talent: Elizabeth Hardwick on Writing

By Emily Temple | July 27, 2018

13 Literary Writers Who Have Adapted Other People's Books for the Screen

By Emily Temple | July 26, 2018

Grammar Purity is One Big Ponzi Scheme

By June Casagrande | July 26, 2018

How I Wrote My Memoir, One Notecard at a Time

How I Wrote My Memoir, One Notecard at a Time

Or: How to Fit Your Trauma in a Recipe Box

By Melissa Stephenson | July 26, 2018

From Apartment to Bryant Park: A Poetry Salon Grows Up

From Apartment to Bryant Park: A Poetry Salon Grows Up

Poet JP Howard Creates Community for Women Writers

By Joshunda Sanders | July 25, 2018

Edy Poppy Talks Sex, Love, and Boredom with Siri Hustvedt

Edy Poppy Talks Sex, Love, and Boredom with Siri Hustvedt

The Author of Anatomy. Monotony. Approaches the Edge of Autofiction

By Literary Hub | July 25, 2018

Once Upon a Time in New York: A Sublet of One's Own

Once Upon a Time in New York: A Sublet of One's Own

On Loving And Then Leaving The Perfect Illegal Sublet

By Andrea Kleine | July 23, 2018

Working With a Photographer Taught Me to See Writing Differently

Working With a Photographer Taught Me to See Writing Differently

"I Began to Appreciate Just How Visual the World Out There Was"

By John Lingan | July 20, 2018

The Loneliness of Long-Distance Writing

The Loneliness of Long-Distance Writing

One Foot After the Other, One Word Follows the Next

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 20, 2018

Do Great Writers Really Steal? On Plagiarism and Publishing

Do Great Writers Really Steal? On Plagiarism and Publishing

The Art of Fielding Law Suit Has Come to an End. OR HAS IT?

By Lincoln Michel | July 19, 2018

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