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Jamaica Kincaid on How to Live and How to Write

Jamaica Kincaid on How to Live and How to Write

"You can't have too much slutdom, I say."

By Emily Temple | May 25, 2017

A Crash Course in YA Taught Me How To Write

A Crash Course in YA Taught Me How To Write

Katherine Heiny on Learning Plot, Discipline, and How to Finish a Book

By Katherine Heiny | May 24, 2017

On Bias, Clickbait, and the Future of Journalism

On Bias, Clickbait, and the Future of Journalism

Insight and Advice from Staffers at The Washington Post

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

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A Muslim YA Author on Belonging at a Tennessee Book Festival

By Sheba Karim | May 15, 2017

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

By Mary Morris | May 12, 2017

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

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

Dear Rick Moody, Life Coach: Is Melancholy a Suburban Condition?

Dear Rick Moody, Life Coach: Is Melancholy a Suburban Condition?

On Honest Attempts to No Longer Feel Bad

By Rick Moody | May 11, 2017

Why I Founded an Interdisciplinary Retreat for Artists and Writers

Why I Founded an Interdisciplinary Retreat for Artists and Writers

Our mediums can be vastly enhanced by learning about someone else’s

By Courtney Maum | May 11, 2017

What Makes a House a Home?

What Makes a House a Home?

Meghan Daum on the complexities of where we take shelter

By Meghan Daum | May 10, 2017

Maurice Sendak on Art and Art-Making

Maurice Sendak on Art and Art-Making

"You Have to Take the Dive"

By Emily Temple | May 8, 2017

Ben Lerner on the Porous Boundaries of Literature, Truth, and Plagiarism

Ben Lerner on the Porous Boundaries of Literature, Truth, and Plagiarism

Highlights from BAM's Eat, Drink & Be Literary

By Emily Temple | May 4, 2017

Not Finishing My Novel Would Have Ruined My Life

Not Finishing My Novel Would Have Ruined My Life

Lisa Ko with Notes on the Long Game That is Writing

By Lisa Ko | May 3, 2017

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