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Ingrid Rojas Contreras on How Stories Pass Through Generations

Ingrid Rojas Contreras on How Stories Pass Through Generations

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

By Memoir Nation | February 5, 2024

Rick Bass on What Hunting Taught Hemingway About Writing

Rick Bass on What Hunting Taught Hemingway About Writing

”Death, and learning how to end a story: again, the woods made him into a writer.”

By Rick Bass | February 2, 2024

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

“The psychic burden would’ve been too great if I’d written the story as memoir.”

By Chris Cander | February 2, 2024

Rebecca Solnit: How to Comment on Social Media

Rebecca Solnit: How to Comment on Social Media

“The entire measure of someone's commitment is how much they post about their commitment.”

By Rebecca Solnit | January 31, 2024

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

“Reframing work is an ongoing and sometimes impossible-seeming process.”

By Brandi Wells | January 31, 2024

Gregory Pardlo on the Psychology of Tennis, Historical Omissions, and Wanting to Be an Architect

Gregory Pardlo on the Psychology of Tennis, Historical Omissions, and Wanting to Be an Architect

The Author of “Spectral Evidence” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | January 30, 2024

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Andrea Long Chu on Liking and Hating

By The Critic and Her Publics | January 30, 2024

“I now lack the juice to fuel the bluster to conceal that I am a simpleton.” Padgett Powell, Legend

By Jean Marc Ah-Sen | January 30, 2024

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

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

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

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

The Author of “Family Family” Listens to Angel and Demon Alike As She Revises

By Laurie Frankel | January 24, 2024

Dan Levy on Not Fearing Sincerity

Dan Levy on Not Fearing Sincerity

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | January 24, 2024

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