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The Sweetness at the Core: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the Positive, Humanizing Power of Fiction

The Sweetness at the Core: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the Positive, Humanizing Power of Fiction

Considering the Central Role of Community and Solidarity in Stories of Marginalization

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin | February 27, 2024

Kyle MacLachlan Keeps Himself Open

Kyle MacLachlan Keeps Himself Open

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Want to Write Better? Consider Building Your Own Writing Desk

Devin Murphy on Woodworking, Writerly Angst, and Freeing Up the Energy to Compose

By Devin Murphy | February 26, 2024

Ethel Rohan on Recovering From a “Failed” First Novel

Ethel Rohan on Recovering From a “Failed” First Novel

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

By Memoir Nation | February 26, 2024

Matthew Salesses on the Possibilities of Climate Fiction

Matthew Salesses on the Possibilities of Climate Fiction

"If cli-fi acts as warning, and it is too late for warnings, what is the point? There must be another way."

By Matthew Salesses | February 23, 2024

Am I the Literary Assh*le? In Which Everyone Talks Sh*t About Everyone Else

Am I the Literary Assh*le? In Which Everyone Talks Sh*t About Everyone Else

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About (Very) Bad Literary Behavior

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Leslie Jamison Writes Into the Trouble

By Literary Hub | February 22, 2024

Erica Berry on the Polyamorous Intimacy of Reader, Author, and Audiobook Narrator

By Erica Berry | February 22, 2024

Debate Me! Why Writers Should Argue With Themselves

By Terry Golway | February 22, 2024

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

The Author of "King Nyx" on the Paranormalist Charles Fort, Theodore Dreiser, and Dismissing Women's Intellects

By Kirsten Bakis | February 21, 2024

John Keene on Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s <em>The Most Secret Memory of Men</em>

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Writing Into Negative Space: Shining A Spotlight on History’s Sidelined Women

Writing Into Negative Space: Shining A Spotlight on History’s Sidelined Women

Kirsten Bakis Explores the Lives of Writer and Paranormalist Cult Figure Charles Fort and His Wife, Anna

By Kirsten Bakis | February 21, 2024

What Writing TV Soap Operas Taught Me About Writing Novels

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Ellen Feldman on the Fine Art of the Commercial Break

By Ellen Feldman | February 21, 2024

Lily Gladstone on Chekhov and Listening

Lily Gladstone on Chekhov and Listening

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

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Leslie Jamison on Self-Construction as a Literary Act

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Finding a Writing Life of <br>One’s Own

Finding a Writing Life of
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“I was not writing as an act of defiance or service or claim to myself. I was writing because I wanted to.”

By Seema Reza | February 20, 2024

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