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On Memoir, Permission, and the Thorny Terrain of Writing About Family

On Memoir, Permission, and the Thorny Terrain of Writing About Family

Jane Wong: “My father wrote half of me into being, I suppose. My mother wrote the other half.”

By Jane Wong | May 6, 2024

Steve Almond on the Magic and the Craft of Storytelling

Steve Almond on the Magic and the Craft of Storytelling

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 6, 2024

Claire Jiménez on the Hardest Emotion to Write

Claire Jiménez on the Hardest Emotion to Write

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

By Memoir Nation | May 6, 2024

I Don’t Want to Talk to My Coworker About Their Stupid Writing: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Don’t Want to Talk to My Coworker About Their Stupid Writing: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 2, 2024

Boel Westin on Tove Jansson

Boel Westin on Tove Jansson

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 2, 2024

Hero of a Cult of One: On Loving Cormac McCarthy’s Early Work

Hero of a Cult of One: On Loving Cormac McCarthy’s Early Work

Jason K. Friedman Considers the Enduring Creative Influence of a Now-Beloved American Writer

By Jason K. Friedman | May 1, 2024

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Rachel Khong on the Power and Potential of Not Knowing

By Nicole Chung | April 30, 2024

Closing the Literary Circle: Marc Berley on Editing the Work of Gordon Lish

By Marc Berley | April 29, 2024

Anne Lamott on Secrets

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 29, 2024

Elwin Cotman on Creating New Forms

Elwin Cotman on Creating New Forms

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

By Memoir Nation | April 29, 2024

Nell Irvin Painter on Writing About Anything (and Everything)

Nell Irvin Painter on Writing About Anything (and Everything)

A Call to Authors and Publishers Alike

By Nell Irvin Painter | April 26, 2024

Gareth Russell on Hampton Court

Gareth Russell on Hampton Court

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 25, 2024

How Music and Verse Can Spark Literary Passion in Reluctant Readers

How Music and Verse Can Spark Literary Passion in Reluctant Readers

Alicia D. Williams on the Many Written and Oral Forms a Story Can Take

By Alicia D. Williams | April 24, 2024

When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

Hazel Hayes on Seeing Her Characters’ Relationship Problems Mirror Her Own

By Hazel Hayes | April 24, 2024

The Pilgrim’s (Lack of) Progress, Or, Sorry I Took So Long to Finish My Novel, Or, On the Value of Restarting

The Pilgrim’s (Lack of) Progress, Or, Sorry I Took So Long to Finish My Novel, Or, On the Value of Restarting

Justin Taylor on the Book He Started Writing in 2014

By Justin Taylor | April 23, 2024

Yan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author

Yan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author

On State Censorship, Artistic Integrity, and the Market Forces Behind Local and Global Publishing

By Yan Lianke | April 23, 2024

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