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The Things We Do to Promote the Books We Write

The Things We Do to Promote the Books We Write

Summer Brennan on Publicity, Social Media, and Marlon James, Chef

By Summer Brennan | March 8, 2016

Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

On history, heritage, and whitewashing

By Anita Huslin | March 7, 2016

The Diminishing Returns of Freelance Magazine Writing

The Diminishing Returns of Freelance Magazine Writing

Kent Russell on "Beautifying Your Own Corpse"

By Kent Russell | March 3, 2016

Dear Rick Moody: Should I Tell Them I Love Them?

Dear Rick Moody: Should I Tell Them I Love Them?

Rick Moody, Life Coach, on the Deep Bone Sadness of Unrequited Love

By Rick Moody | February 26, 2016

Secrets of the Book Designer: Falling in Love With a Book, Taking a Risk

Secrets of the Book Designer: Falling in Love With a Book, Taking a Risk

Designing the cover for Steven Millhauser's Voices in the Night

By Janet Hansen | February 25, 2016

Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

On Life and Death as a Grand Series of Comings and Goings

By J. Aaron Sanders | February 25, 2016

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Why I Became a Travel Writer

By John Gimlette | February 24, 2016

When Art Cannot Console Us in Death

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What Makes Something Funny?

Stuart Evers on Why Jokes Make the Best Weapons

By Stuart Evers | February 12, 2016

A Bikini, a Toothbrush, and 44 Issues of <em>The New Yorker</em>

A Bikini, a Toothbrush, and 44 Issues of The New Yorker

In Which Summer Brennan Attempts to Catch Up On a Year's Reading

By Summer Brennan | February 11, 2016

How to Write What You <em>Don't</em> Know

How to Write What You Don't Know

Amy Gustine on the Deep Research Behind Good Fiction

By Amy Gustine | February 10, 2016

When a Self-Declared Genius Asks You to Read His Masterpiece

When a Self-Declared Genius Asks You to Read His Masterpiece

In a Letter to a Total Stranger, Why I Read What I Read

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Writing, Traveling, and the Creative Act

Writing, Traveling, and the Creative Act

Suzanne Joinson: Dispatches from Israel, Azerbaijan, and a Deer Park in Beijing

By Suzanne Joinson | February 4, 2016

The Rise of the Literary Binge-Read

The Rise of the Literary Binge-Read

How 21st-Century Culture and Technology Changed Highbrow Fiction

By Michael Bourne | February 3, 2016

How I Accidentally Wrote a Civil War Novel

How I Accidentally Wrote a Civil War Novel

New Stories Born from the Oldest Ballads

By Taylor Brown | February 3, 2016

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