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When the Best Possible Story is Right Outside Your Door

When the Best Possible Story is Right Outside Your Door

Nathan Deuel on (Trying) to Teach Travel Writing in the Middle of the UCLA Student Protests

By Nathan Deuel | August 9, 2024

My Friends Have Bad Taste in Poetry and I Want to Tell Them: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Friends Have Bad Taste in Poetry and I Want to Tell Them: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | August 8, 2024

Liz Rosenberg on Louisa May Alcott's Essays

Liz Rosenberg on Louisa May Alcott's Essays

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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Experiencing Place in Fiction: On Allowing Your Characters to Get Lost

Experiencing Place in Fiction: On Allowing Your Characters to Get Lost

Lena Valencia on Writing Place Like a Character, Rebecca Solnit, and the American Southwest

By Lena Valencia | August 7, 2024

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Lifting the Curse of Luigi da Porto: On the Life and Legacy of a 15th-Century Italian Poet

Kate Weinberg Finds Literary Inspiration in Romeo and Juliet’s Original Creator

By Kate Weinberg | August 7, 2024

The Art of Giving Up (and Starting Over) as a Novelist

The Art of Giving Up (and Starting Over) as a Novelist

Kat Tang on Moral Failings, Becoming a Lawyer, and Acknowledging When to Shelve Your Work

By Kat Tang | August 7, 2024

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A Monstrous Spiral: How Narrative Form Can Bring a Story to Life

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Alisa Alering on Being the Mountain

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How Catalyst and Iskanchi Press Are Bringing African Writers’ Work to a Wider Audience

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Lisa Leshne and Kathleen Schmidt Offer Publishing Advice From the Trenches

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Colm Tóibín on James Baldwin’s Enduring, International Influence

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Bret Anthony Johnson on Creating a Story’s Foundation

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