• Craft and Advice

    On Writing

    “When? Where? How?” Margaret Atwood Considers the Burning Questions of the Writing Life

    By Margaret Atwood  March 1, 2022
    News and Culture

    Actually, Not Everything is Writing: Sarah Moss on Why She Likes to Knit and Run

    By Sarah Moss  March 1, 2022
    Keen On

    John Scalzi on Writing a Sci-Fi Novel Based in a Post-Covid World

    By Keen On  March 1, 2022
    Literary Criticism

    The Cerebral, Gut-Wrenching World of Antonio di Benedetto

    By Juan José Saer  February 28, 2022
    Mothers and Daughters

    Writing a Memoir Taught Me How to See My Mother

    By Sherry Turkle  February 28, 2022
    The Craft of Writing

    George Saunders on Overcoming Uncertainty in Writing

    By George Saunders  February 25, 2022
    New Books Network

    “Science Fiction is All About Our Now.” A Conversation with Tochi Onyebuchi

    By New Books Network  February 25, 2022
    Short Stories

    A Constellation of Fiction: How to Tell When You Have a Short Story Collection

    By Leslie Kirk Campbell  February 25, 2022
    Playwrights

    Six Things Quan Barry Learned from Being a Multi-Hyphenate Writer

    By Quan Barry  February 24, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Intimate Contact: Garth Greenwell on Book Bans and Writing About Sex

    By Fiction Non Fiction  February 24, 2022
    Womanhood

    Writing a Mother Character Who Can “Run With the Wolves”

    By Amelia Morris  February 24, 2022
    On Grief

    The Unexpected Gifts of Writing About Grief

    By Jacquelyn Mitchard  February 24, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Bethany C. Morrow on the Self-Delusion of Privilege

    By The Maris Review  February 24, 2022
    Otherppl

    Lan Samantha Chang on the Joys of Writing Homage

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  February 24, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Sarah Manguso and Elizabeth McCracken on All-American Whiteness

    By The Virtual Book Channel  February 24, 2022
    Archives

    How Archivists Uncover the Clues to History

    By Isaac Fellman  February 22, 2022
    Children's Lit

    How Writing a Children’s Book is an Antidote to Doomsday Thinking

    By Ben Okri  February 22, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Joy Lanzendorfer on the Gendered Double Standard of Ambition

    By I'm a Writer But   February 22, 2022
    Writers in Conversation

    Julie Otsuka on Writing Memory Loss and the Power of the First-Person Plural

    By Jane Ciabattari  February 22, 2022
    New Books Network

    How Deanna Raybourn (Reluctantly) Started Writing Historical Fiction

    By New Books Network  February 18, 2022
    Book Dreams

    Brendan Slocumb on Racism in the Classical Music World

    By Book Dreams  February 17, 2022
    The Maris Review

    Why Julia May Jonas Didn’t Name Her Main Character

    By The Maris Review  February 17, 2022
    Otherppl

    Sheila Heti on Feeling Estranged from the Facts of Existence

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  February 17, 2022
    Criticism

    Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis

    By Anthony Domestico  February 16, 2022
    Thresholds

    “Dialogue is Embarrassing.” Sarah Manguso on Finally Writing a Novel

    By Thresholds   February 16, 2022
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