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What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

Aminatta Forna on Over Two Decades of Literary Excavation of Sierra Leone’s Civil War

By Aminatta Forna | January 29, 2024

Collaboration, Not Competition: How Betty Smith Helped Her Fellow Writers

Collaboration, Not Competition: How Betty Smith Helped Her Fellow Writers

Rachel Gordan on the Epistolary Relationships Maintained by the Author of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

By Rachel Gordan | January 29, 2024

No Safe Place to Grieve: The Trauma of Muslim Americans Living Under Surveillance

No Safe Place to Grieve: The Trauma of Muslim Americans Living Under Surveillance

Aisha Abdel Gawad on the Danger of Talking Openly About Palestinian Pain

By Aisha Abdel Gawad | January 29, 2024

Janet Fitch on Writing With All The Senses

Janet Fitch on Writing With All The Senses

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

By Memoir Nation | January 29, 2024

Author as Illusionist: William Maxwell on Literary Magic and Refusing to Give Up as a Writer

Author as Illusionist: William Maxwell on Literary Magic and Refusing to Give Up as a Writer

Alec Wilkinson Introduces Maxwell’s Speech at Smith College in 1955

By William Maxwell | January 26, 2024

Am I the Literary Assh*le? Judging Your Bad Bookish Behavior

Am I the Literary Assh*le? Judging Your Bad Bookish Behavior

Introducing a New Column with Kristen Arnett

By Kristen Arnett | January 25, 2024

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Re(re)vision: Laurie Frankel on Throwing Away Half Her Book While Writing It

By Laurie Frankel | January 24, 2024

Dan Levy on Not Fearing Sincerity

By Talk Easy | January 24, 2024

Zachary Pace on the Push and Pull of Working in Publishing as a Writer

By Zachary Pace | January 23, 2024

Kate Brody on Subverting Genre

Kate Brody on Subverting Genre

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | January 23, 2024

Jill McCorkle on Nostalgia

Jill McCorkle on Nostalgia

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 22, 2024

How to Be Self-Revealing in Memoir When You’re Not In Real Life

How to Be Self-Revealing in Memoir When You’re Not In Real Life

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

By Memoir Nation | January 22, 2024

Jami Attenberg on Writing a Book, 1,000 Words at a Time

Jami Attenberg on Writing a Book, 1,000 Words at a Time

“If I didn’t write this book now, then when would it happen?”

By Jami Attenberg | January 19, 2024

Susan Muaddi Darraj on Finding Inspiration in the Lives of Ordinary Palestinians

Susan Muaddi Darraj on Finding Inspiration in the Lives of Ordinary Palestinians

“I take my cue from them—these are my people, and their humble resilience will continue to inspire me.”

By Susan Muaddi Darraj | January 18, 2024

Why I Write Gay: Eric Schlich Channels His Bisexuality Through Queer Protagonists

Why I Write Gay: Eric Schlich Channels His Bisexuality Through Queer Protagonists

“I’m done thinking of that as cowardly. Because what it really was, was empowering.”

By Eric Schlich | January 18, 2024

Ava DuVernay on Not Losing Track of What Matters

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