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Let's Talk About the Fantasy of the Writer's Lifestyle

Let's Talk About the Fantasy of the Writer's Lifestyle

The Undying Trope of Glamorous Decay is Basically an Anthropologie Catalog

By Rosalie Knecht | January 31, 2018

Our Obsession with Lost Books, And How They Often Disappoint

Our Obsession with Lost Books, And How They Often Disappoint

Tim Wirkus on the Tension Between What is Anticipated and What is Delivered

By Tim Wirkus | January 31, 2018

Paris's Literary Hotel, a Room (and Writer) for Each Letter of the Alphabet

Paris's Literary Hotel, a Room (and Writer) for Each Letter of the Alphabet

(But Are You Sure You Want to Stay in the Kafka Room?)

By Matt Grant | January 31, 2018

Nonfiction As Queer Aesthetic: Discovering Myself, Discovering My Art

Nonfiction As Queer Aesthetic: Discovering Myself, Discovering My Art

Dave Madden on Recognizing the Possibility of Life and Narrative

By Dave Madden | January 30, 2018

How Nursing Led Me Back to Writing

How Nursing Led Me Back to Writing

Emma Glass Rediscovers the Importance of Storytelling in an Unlikely Place

By Emma Glass | January 29, 2018

Ursula K. Le Guin's Best Life Advice

Ursula K. Le Guin's Best Life Advice

America's Greatest Writer Has Died

By Emily Temple | January 24, 2018

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10 Other Literary Writers We'd Love to See with Weekly Columns

By Emily Temple | January 23, 2018

How Being a Librarian Makes Me a Better Writer

By Xhenet Aliu | January 23, 2018

Great Advice From 25 Writing Manuals by Famous Authors

By Emily Temple | January 22, 2018

How to Write a #MeToo Story

How to Write a #MeToo Story

Alison B. Hart's 12 Steps, From Beginning to End

By Alison B. Hart | January 19, 2018

How Alice B. Toklas Found her Voice Through Food

How Alice B. Toklas Found her Voice Through Food

On Writing Her Own Cookbook, After Gertrude Stein

By Justin Spring | January 18, 2018

I Am Different Now from the Person I Wrote in My Memoir

I Am Different Now from the Person I Wrote in My Memoir

Is a Published Memoir the Last Word?

By Molly Caro May | January 18, 2018

Read Susan Sontag's Love Letter to Borges, Written 10 Years After His Death

Read Susan Sontag's Love Letter to Borges, Written 10 Years After His Death

"We are still learning from you. We are still imitating you."

By Emily Temple | January 16, 2018

Who Gets to Write About Gentrification?

Who Gets to Write About Gentrification?

Naima Coster Writes from the Center, Not the Margins

By Naima Coster | January 16, 2018

Dear Rick Moody: Half My Family Knows the Truth About Me

Dear Rick Moody: Half My Family Knows the Truth About Me

A Son Wonders About Coming Out to His Mother

By Rick Moody | January 12, 2018

Do Audio Books Count As Reading?

Do Audio Books Count As Reading?

And Other Pernicious Questions That Arise for Visually Impaired Book-Lovers

By James Tate Hill | January 11, 2018

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