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Refusing to Let Go of My Characters

Refusing to Let Go of My Characters

On Writing A Second Novel to Stave Off Loss

By Scott Spencer | June 29, 2017

The Pessimist's Guide to Literary Wedding Toasts

The Pessimist's Guide to Literary Wedding Toasts

Seriously, Put Down the Damn Neruda

By Emily Temple | June 28, 2017

Why is it So Difficult to Define the Essay?

Why is it So Difficult to Define the Essay?

Or, How to Use Knowledge Ethically

By Nicole B. Wallack | June 28, 2017

If a Bear Shows Up in the First Act, He Better Eat Someone in the Second

If a Bear Shows Up in the First Act, He Better Eat Someone in the Second

Tom Bouman on the Use of Man-Eating Bears in Fiction

By Tom Bouman | June 27, 2017

When a Lifelong Editor Becomes a Novelist

When a Lifelong Editor Becomes a Novelist

What I Learned on the Other Side of the Desk

By Karen Rinaldi | June 23, 2017

Reading Across America: Making Things Political

Reading Across America: Making Things Political

Natalka Burian on Creating Lit Scenes That Can Do Some Good

By Natalka Burian | June 23, 2017

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10 Famous Book Hoarders

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2017

A Tourist in My Own Book

By Rebecca Entel | June 22, 2017

Lunch with Beckett, Drinks with Genet, and a Lifelong Love of Books

By John J. Healey | June 21, 2017

Shorter, Faster, Better: On the Beauty of Literary Compression

Shorter, Faster, Better: On the Beauty of Literary Compression

From John Cheever to Amy Hempel, Saying Much in Few Words

By Olivia Clare Friedman | June 20, 2017

False Starts, or This Novel-Writing Shit Isn't Easy

False Starts, or This Novel-Writing Shit Isn't Easy

Don Lee on how to write a novel the hard way

By Don Lee | June 15, 2017

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to St. Paul

5 Reasons Why a Writer Should Move to St. Paul

The Most "Livable" City in America is Pretty Good for Writers, Too

By Maya Beck | June 15, 2017

When

When "Interesting" Isn't Interesting

Examining Our Over-reliance on a Word that Says Not Much At All

By Chris Townsend | June 14, 2017

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

"My hybrid identity cannot be contained by one culture"

By SJ Sindu | June 14, 2017

Jill Eisenstadt on Surviving the Literary Brat Pack

Jill Eisenstadt on Surviving the Literary Brat Pack

The Author of Swell talks New York in the 1980s

By Jill Eisenstadt | June 9, 2017

How An 80-Year-Old Murder Inspired My Present-Day Novel

How An 80-Year-Old Murder Inspired My Present-Day Novel

A Chance Encounter with LIFE magazine Changed Everything

By Rosecrans Baldwin | June 8, 2017

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