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Transcendent Compositions: On Making Perfume and Writing Fiction

Transcendent Compositions: On Making Perfume and Writing Fiction

"They Are Ways to Escape Material Borders—And My Body"

By TANAÏS | May 11, 2018

22 Photos of Famous Authors and Their Moms

22 Photos of Famous Authors and Their Moms

Happy Mother's Day

By Emily Temple | May 11, 2018

Dear Book Therapist: What Do I Read When the Worst Has Happened?

Dear Book Therapist: What Do I Read When the Worst Has Happened?

Two Letter Writers For Whom Staring Over Isn't an Option

By Rosalie Knecht | May 9, 2018

On Choosing a New York I Didn't Think I Wanted

On Choosing a New York I Didn't Think I Wanted

If This is the Center of the World, Why Does Real Life Feel Elsewhere?

By Joanna Cantor | May 9, 2018

Khaled Hosseini on How Art Makes Us Feel Less Alone

Khaled Hosseini on How Art Makes Us Feel Less Alone

Watch a Video Narrated by the Author of The Kite Runner

By Literary Hub | May 4, 2018

Against Clarity (or In Praise of Youthful Wisdom)

Against Clarity (or In Praise of Youthful Wisdom)

Steven Church: You Don't Have to Be Old to Write a Memoir

By Steven Church | May 1, 2018

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The Night I Slept in James Thurber's Bed

By Annabelle Gurwitch | May 1, 2018

7 Methods for Writing Your First Draft

By Ross Raisin | May 1, 2018

The Last Days of James Baldwin's House in the South of France

By Magdalena J. Zaborowska | April 27, 2018

When, Exactly, Do Children Start Thinking They Hate Poetry?

When, Exactly, Do Children Start Thinking They Hate Poetry?

Chris Harris on Teaching Kids How to Write Verse

By Chris Harris | April 26, 2018

What If Readers Are Learning the Wrong Lessons From My Writing?

What If Readers Are Learning the Wrong Lessons From My Writing?

Nafissa Thompson-Spires on Race, Empathy, and the Ethics of Satire

By Nafissa Thompson-Spires | April 25, 2018

When the Wildfires of Your Novel Come to Life Around You

When the Wildfires of Your Novel Come to Life Around You

Julia Dixon Evans on the California Wildfire that Destroyed 282,000 Acres

By Julia Dixon Evans | April 25, 2018

Years After Barry Hannah's Death, He Haunts Us Still

Years After Barry Hannah's Death, He Haunts Us Still

Michael Bible on the Southern "Writer's Writer"

By Michael Bible | April 23, 2018

Sometimes the Best Way to Read is to Mark Up the Book

Sometimes the Best Way to Read is to Mark Up the Book

On the Revelatory Power of Annotations

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 23, 2018

Olivia Laing Sets Her Sights on Fiction

Olivia Laing Sets Her Sights on Fiction

The Lonely City Author on Changing Fortunes and New Media

By Beth Kephart | April 19, 2018

The Bottomless Generosity of the Writer's Memoir

The Bottomless Generosity of the Writer's Memoir

On Alexander Chee, Leslie Jamison, and Writing About Writing

By Larissa Pham | April 18, 2018

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