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An Ode to Acknowledgements

An Ode to Acknowledgements

Sarah Wheeler on the Joy of Learning About the Village Behind a Book

By Sarah Wheeler | January 12, 2024

Priya Guns on Writing in Times of Crisis

Priya Guns on Writing in Times of Crisis

“No, it’s never just right when our work is commodified. People speak for themselves.”

By Priya Guns | January 12, 2024

Selfishly Curated Experiences: How Planning Trips Can Inform Novel Writing

Selfishly Curated Experiences: How Planning Trips Can Inform Novel Writing

İnci Atrek on Channeling the Intense Emotions of Travel Into Fiction

By İnci Atrek | January 11, 2024

On the Long, Lonely Apprenticeship of the Writing Life

On the Long, Lonely Apprenticeship of the Writing Life

Kayla Min Andrews Remembers Her Mother, Author Katherine Min

By Kayla Min Andrews | January 10, 2024

Michelle Williams on Making Things that Feel Definite

Michelle Williams on Making Things that Feel Definite

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | January 10, 2024

Jonathan van Belle on What Work Meant to Thoreau

Jonathan van Belle on What Work Meant to Thoreau

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | January 10, 2024

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  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

A Sanctuary Made of Books: Stephen McCauley’s Love Letter to Writing in Libraries

By Stephen McCauley | January 9, 2024

Vigilantes and Vengeance: On the Women Who Fight Back

By Elizabeth Flock | January 9, 2024

Wendy Call and Shook on the Power of Titles, Decolonization, and Translating Poems in Iterations

By Literary Hub | January 8, 2024

Maja Thomas on the Future of the Book

Maja Thomas on the Future of the Book

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

By Memoir Nation | January 8, 2024

What Booksellers Can Teach Us About Reading, Writing and Publishing

What Booksellers Can Teach Us About Reading, Writing and Publishing

Will Mountain Cox Reflects on Creating Literary Culture and Community Across Continents

By Will Mountain Cox | January 5, 2024

How the Fire That Destroyed My Paintings Turned Me Into a Writer

How the Fire That Destroyed My Paintings Turned Me Into a Writer

Jonathan Santlofer on Art, Career Changes, and the Joy of Something New

By Jonathan Santlofer | January 5, 2024

Erika Howsare on Finding Inspiration in Headlines

Erika Howsare on Finding Inspiration in Headlines

“As a poet, I love the pithiness of headlines—and beyond that, I love found language of all kinds.”

By Erika Howsare | January 5, 2024

Conversations with the Long-Dead: My Literary Friendship with Margaret Cavendish

Conversations with the Long-Dead: My Literary Friendship with Margaret Cavendish

Francesca Peacock on the More Fanciful Aspects of Writing a Biography

By Francesca Peacock | January 3, 2024

Memories Aren’t Enough: Why Sometimes Only Fiction Can Solve the Mysteries of Life

Memories Aren’t Enough: Why Sometimes Only Fiction Can Solve the Mysteries of Life

Emily Schultz on the Importance of Slanted Truths in Storytelling

By Emily Schultz | January 3, 2024

Horror, Then Healing: Kyle Dillon Hertz on the Power of Facing Trauma in Writing

Horror, Then Healing: Kyle Dillon Hertz on the Power of Facing Trauma in Writing

Finding Liberation Through Literary Depictions of Harm

By Kyle Dillon Hertz | January 3, 2024

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