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The Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir

The Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir

Kelly McMasters Wonders What is Enough When Revealing Hard Truths

By Kelly McMasters | May 31, 2023

Why David Sedaris Still Keeps His Daily Diary

Why David Sedaris Still Keeps His Daily Diary

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | May 31, 2023

How to Start a Literary Magazine

How to Start a Literary Magazine

Declan Meade in Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 31, 2023

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Writing a Violent Story with Love

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Writing a Violent Story with Love

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

By Memoir Nation | May 31, 2023

Ling Ma on Rachel Ingalls’s <em>Mrs. Caliban</em>

Ling Ma on Rachel Ingalls’s Mrs. Caliban

This Week from the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | May 30, 2023

Luis Alberto Urrea on Creating Fiction From Family History

Luis Alberto Urrea on Creating Fiction From Family History

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Good Night, Irene

By Jane Ciabattari | May 30, 2023

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Mona Simpson on Reimagining Mental Health Hospitals in Her New Novel

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 30, 2023

Jessica Anne and Long Day Press on Making Sex with My Family

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Murder Is a Plot Point. Suicide Isn’t.

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How Horror, As a Genre, Works

How Horror, As a Genre, Works

John Truby in Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 26, 2023

A Room Without a View: How to Create Space (and Time) for Creativity (on the Toilet)

A Room Without a View: How to Create Space (and Time) for Creativity (on the Toilet)

Daniel Wallace on His Father’s Writing Space

By Daniel Wallace | May 26, 2023

Rita Chang-Eppig on Researching Pirates for Her Debut Novel

Rita Chang-Eppig on Researching Pirates for Her Debut Novel

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 25, 2023

Rising from the Ashes: Felix Salmon on the Debt Ceiling Crisis and the Surprising Resilience of the COVID Economy

Rising from the Ashes: Felix Salmon on the Debt Ceiling Crisis and the Surprising Resilience of the COVID Economy

Felix Salmon in Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 25, 2023

Why Eccentrics Find a Natural Home in Fiction

Why Eccentrics Find a Natural Home in Fiction

Carlos Fonseca Finds a New Language in the World of the Outcast

By Carlos Fonseca Suarez | May 25, 2023

Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

Ross Simonini Speaks with the Author of In Many Ways

By Ross Simonini | May 25, 2023

Kate Lebo on Making and Remaking Recipes On and Off the Page

Kate Lebo on Making and Remaking Recipes On and Off the Page

“Writing a recipe and reading a recipe are both acts of translation.”

By Kate Lebo | May 24, 2023

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