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No Perfect Laps, No Perfect Drafts: Jade Song on What Swimming Taught Her About Writing

No Perfect Laps, No Perfect Drafts: Jade Song on What Swimming Taught Her About Writing

The Author of “Chlorine” Reflects on Being a Teenage Athlete and the Dangers of Perfectionism

By Jade Song | March 28, 2024

Alexandra Tanner on Vulnerability, Making Money as a Writer, and Taking Literary Shortcuts

Alexandra Tanner on Vulnerability, Making Money as a Writer, and Taking Literary Shortcuts

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By Sasha Fletcher | March 27, 2024

Bob Blaisdell on Karl Ove Knausgaard

Bob Blaisdell on Karl Ove Knausgaard

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Moira Donegan on Cultivating Invulnerability

Moira Donegan on Cultivating Invulnerability

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Mark Cecil on What He’s Learned From the Toughest Audience There Is

By Mark Cecil | March 26, 2024

“But the Ancient Greeks Didn’t *Sound* Irish...” On Capturing Voice in Historical Fiction

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How a Train is Like a Novel: On the Phenomenon of Illusory Self-Motion

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Style As Survival: On Writing After Death

Style As Survival: On Writing After Death

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By Joyelle McSweeney | March 25, 2024

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Lisa Ko: How Writing a Novel is Like Wandering a Flea Market

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