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Hook the Reader and Hold Them: Why More Writers Should Study the Lessons of YA

Hook the Reader and Hold Them: Why More Writers Should Study the Lessons of YA

Donna Freitas on the Importance of Experimentation

By Donna Freitas | April 8, 2021

How Leonora Carrington’s Self-Portrait Helped Me Tell Her Story

How Leonora Carrington’s Self-Portrait Helped Me Tell Her Story

Michaela Carter on the Mysteries of Writing Breakthroughs

By Michaela Carter | April 8, 2021

Jasmine Mans on Finding Her Voice as a Spoken Word Poet

Jasmine Mans on Finding Her Voice as a Spoken Word Poet

This Week from the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | April 8, 2021

Janice P. Nimura: The Case for Admiring “Unlikable” Women

Janice P. Nimura: The Case for Admiring “Unlikable” Women

This Week on Just the Right Book Podcast with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | April 8, 2021

On Avi's Brilliant Ability to Recreate His Voice with Each Book

On Avi's Brilliant Ability to Recreate His Voice with Each Book

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | April 8, 2021

Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train

Helen Oyeyemi Finds the World of Her Novel on the Train

The Author of Peaces in Conversation with Kristin Iversen

By Kristin Iversen | April 7, 2021

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On the Bruce Springsteen Song That Reinvigorated My Writing

By Natalie Standiford | April 7, 2021

On Finding the Balance Between Solitude and Community at an MFA Program

By Sanjena Sathian | April 7, 2021

Gina Frangello: The Case Against Self-Flagellation in Memoir

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 7, 2021

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney on First Drafts and Battling Writer’s Block

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney on First Drafts and Battling Writer’s Block

“Write the first draft for yourself.”

By Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney | April 6, 2021

K.M. Szpara on Borrowing from Nietzsche to Title His<br> New Novel

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This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | April 6, 2021

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The Unique Pleasures of Letter-Writing in a Era of Impulsive Interaction

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By Jackie Polzin | April 2, 2021

Melissa Febos on How Patriarchy and Capitalism Conspire Against Women

Melissa Febos on How Patriarchy and Capitalism Conspire Against Women

Elizabeth Lothian Talks with the Author of Girlhood

By Elizabeth Lothian | April 2, 2021

The Addict as Archaeologist: Telling the Hard Stories of Family Tragedy

The Addict as Archaeologist: Telling the Hard Stories of Family Tragedy

Steven Wingate on the Long Journey to His Latest Novel

By Steven Wingate | April 2, 2021

How Do Writers Without Access to Books Develop a Craft?

How Do Writers Without Access to Books Develop a Craft?

Sulaiman Addonia on the Lessons of Displacement

By Sulaiman Addonia | April 1, 2021

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