The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

Allison Epstein on the Popularity of World War II Novels, Reform Movements, and Why We Need Historical Stories

By Allison Epstein | October 17, 2023

Beyond Words: On the Story Within a Single Painting

Beyond Words: On the Story Within a Single Painting

Christine Coulson Considers Finding Inspiration in Museum Wall Labels

By Christine Coulson | October 17, 2023

George Saunders on Alteration

George Saunders on Alteration

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | October 17, 2023

Nothing is Lost in Translation: On Basque, Spanish, English and the Language of Dreams

Nothing is Lost in Translation: On Basque, Spanish, English and the Language of Dreams

Kirmen Uribe on Life and Literature Between Languages

By Kirmen Uribe | October 16, 2023

Write Who You Love: J. Ryan Stradal on Memorializing His Mother Through Fiction

Write Who You Love: J. Ryan Stradal on Memorializing His Mother Through Fiction

"Over time I learned how to stare into that loss, a loss that brought more pain and longing than I’d ever felt, and pull her back through it."

By J. Ryan Stradal | October 16, 2023

Raising the Dead from Paper: Katharine Quarmby on Fiction's Friendly Ghosts

Raising the Dead from Paper: Katharine Quarmby on Fiction's Friendly Ghosts

"Remembering is both an act of restitution and of defiance."

By Katharine Quarmby | October 16, 2023

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Rainbow Rowell on the Love of Fan Fiction

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Living the Questions: Lisa C. Krueger on the Shared Foundations of Therapy and Poetry

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Nicola Griffith on Writing Immersive Historical Fiction

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Inspired By the <em>Genius Loci</em>: On Unlocking the Spirit of Settings

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Martin Goodman Considers What It Means to Write About the Holocaust

By Martin Goodman | October 12, 2023

Safiya Sinclair on Growing Up Rastafari

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In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 12, 2023

How to Write a Memoir When You're Sick With Cancer

How to Write a Memoir When You're Sick With Cancer

Dan O'Brien on Cancer and Honesty

By Dan O'Brien | October 11, 2023

Insomnia, Imposter Syndrome, and All the Ways I Learned to Write My Book

Insomnia, Imposter Syndrome, and All the Ways I Learned to Write My Book

"In order to tell the truth out loud, on the page, I needed to learn to be compassionate with myself"

By Rebecca Clarren | October 11, 2023

Hua Hsu on Finding the Future in the Past

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This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | October 11, 2023

Newly minted Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse on the best writing advice he's ever received.

Newly minted Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse on the best writing advice he's ever received.

By Emily Temple | October 10, 2023

Writing as Transformation: Who Paul Yoon Needed to Become to Finish His Book

Writing as Transformation: Who Paul Yoon Needed to Become to Finish His Book

Laura van den Berg Speaks with the Author of The Hive and the Honey

By Laura van den Berg | October 10, 2023

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