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Why Can't Irish Writers Escape the Sea?

Why Can't Irish Writers Escape the Sea?

Brendan Mac Evilly Goes in Search of a Nice Spot to Swim

By Brendan Mac Evilly | August 26, 2016

Who Am I: Writer or Bookseller?

Who Am I: Writer or Bookseller?

Here’s a book Ben wrote. He works here. If you don’t buy it, he might cry.

By Benjamin Rybeck | August 25, 2016

There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You

There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You

Brandon Taylor on the Importance of Empathy As Craft

By Brandon Taylor | August 25, 2016

Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus

Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus

Forget New York and Get Yourself West to Ohio

By Annie McGreevy | August 25, 2016

How to Write While Traveling

How to Write While Traveling

Andrés Neuman's Fragments from a Latin American Book Tour

By Andrés Neuman | August 24, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: Books with Allegorical Animals and A Lot of Sex

The Grumpy Librarian: Books with Allegorical Animals and A Lot of Sex

Recommendations with lyricism, sentimentality, and philosophical complications

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The Dos and Don'ts of Writing About the Disabled

By Nicola Griffith | August 23, 2016

The Dangerous Myth of Authenticity

By C. B. George | August 18, 2016

Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

By Katherine Towler | August 18, 2016

The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain's Mind

The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain's Mind

How to Raise the Stakes Without Ruining the Mystery

By Alex Lake | August 12, 2016

To All the Characters I've Killed Off, Who Haunt Me Still

To All the Characters I've Killed Off, Who Haunt Me Still

Stuart Nadler Remembers the Darlings He's Drowned

By Stuart Nadler | August 10, 2016

Eating Carrion at the Icelandic Writers Retreat

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Four Days Writing Under the Midnight Sun

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Writing Immigrant Characters as a

Writing Immigrant Characters as a "Rookie American"

Lara Vapnyar on Empathy and Assimilation

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Six Rules for Creating an Oral History

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The Original Chroniclers of Punk on How They Did It

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On the Many Ways and Reasons to Mix Poetry and Prose

On the Many Ways and Reasons to Mix Poetry and Prose

Contributing to A Long-Standing and Very Various Tradition

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The Accidental Life: An Editor’s Notes on Writing and Writers

The Accidental Life: An Editor’s Notes on Writing and Writers

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