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“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 22, 2023

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

Casey Plett on the Distance Between Author-Selves, Ten Years Apart

By Casey Plett | May 22, 2023

What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing

What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing

Bethanne Patrick Works Backwards From the Criticism to a Great Book

By Bethanne Patrick | May 22, 2023

Anne Elizabeth Moore on Finding Minor Moments That Build a Picture of the World

Anne Elizabeth Moore on Finding Minor Moments That Build a Picture of the World

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 22, 2023

Gretchen Cherington on Investigating Toward Deeper Truths

Gretchen Cherington on Investigating Toward Deeper Truths

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

By Memoir Nation | May 22, 2023

The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

From Akhtar’s Introduction of Rushdie at Last Night’s PEN Gala

By Ayad Akhtar | May 19, 2023

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Rita Chang-Eppig on How to Write a Fight Scene

By Rita Chang-Eppig | May 19, 2023

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

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Invisible Lives: Cassandra Jackson on Keeping and Discovering Family Secrets

By Cassandra Jackson | May 19, 2023

At the Heart of My Novel Was The Story I Could Never Write

At the Heart of My Novel Was The Story I Could Never Write

Daisy Florin Finds the Inciting Incident in a Sexual Encounter She Didn't Have a Word For

By Daisy Alpert Florin | May 19, 2023

How Screenwriting Can Help You Write Stronger Fiction

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The Person Who Wrote It Is Eating Ramen: Samantha Irby on Writing for TV

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The Stakes of the Writers’ Strike: Benjamin Percy on the WGA Walkout, Streaming, and the Survival of Screenwriting

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

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Anne Berest’s Best Story Came From Deep in Her Family’s Past

Anne Berest’s Best Story Came From Deep in Her Family’s Past

“Every life is a novel for those who are curious enough.”

By Literary Hub | May 17, 2023

“I Kiss My Ghosts’ Sticky Foreheads.” Jane Wong on Poetic Ambivalence and Feeding on the Past

“I Kiss My Ghosts’ Sticky Foreheads.” Jane Wong on Poetic Ambivalence and Feeding on the Past

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