Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband’s Suicide

Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband’s Suicide

Alexandra Marshall Explores the Tension Between the Diverging Demands of Fiction and Memoir

By Alexandra Marshall | August 27, 2024

As a Writer, You Can Never Collect Too Many Endings

As a Writer, You Can Never Collect Too Many Endings

Steve Edwards on the Gathering of Life’s Infinite Moments

By Steve Edwards | August 27, 2024

Carl Phillips on His Love for Epigraphs

Carl Phillips on His Love for Epigraphs

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 26, 2024

Maggie Smith & Shze-Hui Tjoa on New Ways of Thinking About Memoir

Maggie Smith & Shze-Hui Tjoa on New Ways of Thinking About Memoir

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 26, 2024

More Than a Muse: On Salvadoran Artist and Wife of Antoine, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

More Than a Muse: On Salvadoran Artist and Wife of Antoine, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

Gina María Balibrera Paints a Picture of the Forgotten Woman of Surrealism Who Inspired Her Novel

By Gina María Balibrera | August 23, 2024

Ledia Xhoga on the Joy and Pain of Letting Go (of Half Your Novel)

Ledia Xhoga on the Joy and Pain of Letting Go (of Half Your Novel)

“If you wake up wanting to google sunk cost fallacy, have a serious think about your commitments.”

By Ledia Xhoga | August 23, 2024

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Lena Valencia on Chronicling the Beauty and Danger of the Desert

Lena Valencia on Chronicling the Beauty and Danger of the Desert

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Mystery Lights”

By Jane Ciabattari | August 20, 2024

Danez Smith! Audre Lorde! Kwame Dawes! 27 new books out today.

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Sofia Samatar on Collage, Literary Community, and the Stunning Loneliness of Publishing

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Liska Jacobs in Conversation with the Author of “Opacities”

By Liska Jacobs | August 19, 2024

Choose Your Own Adventure: On the Limits of Personal Agency in Migrant Fiction

Choose Your Own Adventure: On the Limits of Personal Agency in Migrant Fiction

Ruben Reyes Jr. Considers the Role of Systemic Power Structures Both On and Off the Page

By Ruben Reyes Jr. | August 19, 2024

Jodi Picoult on the Importance of Recognition

Jodi Picoult on the Importance of Recognition

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 19, 2024

Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas on Fiction Outliers

Rainbow Rowell and Isabel Cañas on Fiction Outliers

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