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My Beautiful Oubliette: The Difficulty of Being a Writer in Prison

My Beautiful Oubliette: The Difficulty of Being a Writer in Prison

Dean Faiello Finds Daily Meaning Through the Act of Writing

By Dean Faiello | June 5, 2017

What Reading Robert Pirsig Taught Me About Writing (And Life)

What Reading Robert Pirsig Taught Me About Writing (And Life)

Lessons From Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

By Bernadette Murphy | June 5, 2017

Don't Make Yourself the Hero of Your Own Story

Don't Make Yourself the Hero of Your Own Story

And 6 Other Pieces of Memoir-Writing Advice

By Elena Lappin | June 2, 2017

Learning the ABC's of Grad School Jargon

Learning the ABC's of Grad School Jargon

Deb Werrlein Wonders What the Hell It All It Means

By Deb Werrlein | May 30, 2017

Reading Susan Sontag in Paris

Reading Susan Sontag in Paris

Or, How to Write About a City Just as Beautiful as Everyone Says It is

By Lori Brister | May 26, 2017

"Poultry?" No, Poetry. On Moving From Verse to Memoir

Chris Forhan on Working in the Slow Idle of Prose After Racing With Poetry

By Chris Forhan | May 25, 2017

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Jamaica Kincaid on How to Live and How to Write

By Emily Temple | May 25, 2017

A Crash Course in YA Taught Me How To Write

By Katherine Heiny | May 24, 2017

On Bias, Clickbait, and the Future of Journalism

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2017

Construction Instead of College, and Ways to Live in the World

Construction Instead of College, and Ways to Live in the World

Kevin Canty on Working His Way to Stories He Can't Forget

By Kevin Canty | May 19, 2017

On the Horror of Getting it Wrong in Print

On the Horror of Getting it Wrong in Print

Ada Calhoun on Hatemail, Fact-Checking, and Closure

By Ada Calhoun | May 18, 2017

"Write What You Know" is Not Good Writing Advice

Kate Southwood Offers a Warning to Young Writers

By Kate Southwood | May 16, 2017

A Muslim YA Author on Belonging at a Tennessee Book Festival

A Muslim YA Author on Belonging at a Tennessee Book Festival

Sheba Karim Goes to Murfreesboro

By Sheba Karim | May 15, 2017

Ballast, Grounding, Subject Matter: On Writers and Their Mothers

Ballast, Grounding, Subject Matter: On Writers and Their Mothers

The Ambiguities and Uncertainties of Love Make us Who We Are

By Mary Morris | May 12, 2017

I Wrote A Show About A Stay-At-Home-Mom While Living Away From My Kids

I Wrote A Show About A Stay-At-Home-Mom While Living Away From My Kids

On irony, gratitude, and mom-guilt

By Sarah Dunn | May 12, 2017

Claudia Rankine:

Claudia Rankine: "I Think We Need to Be Frightened"

Highlights from Her Talk at BAM's Eat, Drink, and Be Literary

By Emily Temple | May 11, 2017

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