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When a Year in the Life of Your Last-Chance Debut Novel Coincides with a Global Pandemic

When a Year in the Life of Your Last-Chance Debut Novel Coincides with a Global Pandemic

Claire Cox Remembers How the Life Before Became Life As It Is Now

By Claire Cox | May 21, 2021

How Writing a Novel Is Like Decrypting a Cipher

How Writing a Novel Is Like Decrypting a Cipher

Rafe Posey on Breaking Open the Kernel of an Idea

By Rafe Posey | May 21, 2021

John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

"The first is the phase of the pit and the pendulum."

By John McPhee | May 21, 2021

Interview with a Journal: <em>Apogee</em>

Interview with a Journal: Apogee

Everything You Need to Know About the Biannual Journal Where Marginalized Writers Are the First Priority

By Vanessa Willoughby | May 21, 2021

A Witness to the Human Experience: Why Medicine Needs Storytellers

A Witness to the Human Experience: Why Medicine Needs Storytellers

David Weill, MD, on the Journey from Medicine to Writing

By David Weill, MD | May 20, 2021

Mary Wollstonecraft is a Double Taurus, Or: How an Astrologer Helped Unstick My Novel

Mary Wollstonecraft is a Double Taurus, Or: How an Astrologer Helped Unstick My Novel

Samantha Silva Gets Some Writing Help from an Unconventional Source

By Samantha Silva | May 20, 2021

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Jim Shepard: When Your Novel Veers a Little Too Close to Grim Reality

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“I Wanted to Be on Fire.” On the Connection Between Art and Self-Destruction

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“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

Courtney Zoffness on Finding Authenticity in a Great Writer and Professor

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Publishing Your Work in a Literary Magazine

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Publishing Your Work in a Literary Magazine

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