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Bob Johnson on Writing the Midwest

Bob Johnson on Writing the Midwest

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 12, 2025

Nicole Graev Lipson on Self as a Fictional Character

Nicole Graev Lipson on Self as a Fictional Character

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | May 12, 2025

Craig Mod on the Creative Power of Walking

Craig Mod on the Creative Power of Walking

“From this boredom, words flow. I can’t stop them.”

By Craig Mod | May 9, 2025

Friend, Foe, Family, Stranger: Fourteen Books on Black Motherhood by Black Daughters

Friend, Foe, Family, Stranger: Fourteen Books on Black Motherhood by Black Daughters

Tramaine Suubi Recommends Toi Derricotte, Toni Morrison, Deesha Philyaw, and More

By Tramaine Suubi | May 9, 2025

Locked in Rapunzel’s Tower: Reflections on the Art Monster and Women’s Loneliness

Locked in Rapunzel’s Tower: Reflections on the Art Monster and Women’s Loneliness

Amie Souza Reilly Reimagines the Fairytale’s Sorceress, Surrealism, and Motherhood

By Amie Souza Reilly | May 9, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Jennifer Hope Choi Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Jennifer Hope Choi Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Ross Gay, Isabella Hammad, Chet’la Sebree, and Others

By Diana Arterian | May 8, 2025

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Literary Alchemy: On Fusing Research and Film Techniques to Write a Novel

By Mo Ogrodnik | May 8, 2025

The Rise of the Submission Industrial Complex

By Benjamin Davis | May 7, 2025

Save or Shred? On the Allure and Conundrum of Unpublished Novels

By Randee Dawn | May 7, 2025

Asking Toni’s Questions: Decentering Whiteness in Literary Spaces

Asking Toni’s Questions: Decentering Whiteness in Literary Spaces

“It is the discomfort of asking and of making space for the answers...that will allow us to stay in the room together.”

By Rosa Castellano | May 7, 2025

Sasha Weiss on Mischief in the Pages

Sasha Weiss on Mischief in the Pages

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | May 6, 2025

The Power of <em>Persuasion</em>: Why Lawyers Love Jane Austen

The Power of Persuasion: Why Lawyers Love Jane Austen

Natalie Jenner Explores the Legal and Judicial Side of One of English Literature’s Most Beloved Writers

By Natalie Jenner | May 6, 2025

I Take No Pleasure in Having Written an “Eerily Prescient” Novel

I Take No Pleasure in Having Written an “Eerily Prescient” Novel

Kevin Nguyen on Why We Don’t Need Books to Tell Us About Our Current Political Moment

By Kevin Nguyen | May 6, 2025

Kazuo Ishiguro Reflects on <em>Never Let Me Go</em>, 20 Years Later

Kazuo Ishiguro Reflects on Never Let Me Go, 20 Years Later

On the Decades-Long Creative Process Behind His Most Successful Novel

By Kazuo Ishiguro | May 5, 2025

More Than a Subplot: Five Novels That Explore and Center Female Friendship

More Than a Subplot: Five Novels That Explore and Center Female Friendship

Disha Bose Recommends Elena Ferrante, R.F. Kuang, Sally Rooney, and More

By Disha Bose | May 5, 2025

Astrid López Méndez on the Role of Verse and Resistance to Poetry

Astrid López Méndez on the Role of Verse and Resistance to Poetry

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