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Christine Baranski and Jesse Green on Narrating the Life of Mary Rodgers

Christine Baranski and Jesse Green on Narrating the Life of Mary Rodgers

In Conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic

By Behind the Mic | August 11, 2023

When Writing a Novel Bridges a Gap Between Mother and Daughter

When Writing a Novel Bridges a Gap Between Mother and Daughter

Tomi Obaro on the Unexpected Gift of Her Novel, Dele Weds Destiny

By Tomi Obaro | August 9, 2023

Writing Characters in a World After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade

Writing Characters in a World After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade

Ashley Wurzbacher on the Complexities of Creating a Pro-Choice Novel Today

By Ashley Wurzbacher | August 9, 2023

Julie Otsuka on Writing From and Into Memories

Julie Otsuka on Writing From and Into Memories

"These boxes were my inheritance, the stuff out of which my novels are made."

By Julie Otsuka | August 8, 2023

"Writing happens when it happens": On Balancing Motherhood and Being an Author

Prudence Peiffer on Art and Life

By Prudence Peiffer | August 7, 2023

<em>Black Boy</em> and Me: How Richard Wright Inspired Omer Aziz

Black Boy and Me: How Richard Wright Inspired Omer Aziz

"I will always look in my rearview reverentially, owing something deep in my heart to Richard."

By Omer Aziz | August 7, 2023

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Julie Schumacher on Thirty Years of Correspondence With Her Late Friend, Melissa Bank

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Writing a Novel to Encounter Other Versions of Myself

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Rebecca Sacks on Imagining the Roads Her Life Might Have Taken

By Bee Sacks | August 1, 2023

How I Became a Modern Bootlegger

How I Became a Modern Bootlegger

“Even after 25 years in journalism, I never knew humanity the way I did working at a strip club and moving product.”

By John Koopman | July 27, 2023

Mihret Sibhat on the Stories Our Names Tell

Mihret Sibhat on the Stories Our Names Tell

"When writing, I am reminded that understanding is the path to transformation for all."

By Mihret Sibhat | July 26, 2023

Jonathan Galassi Remembers His Friend, the Great Robert Gottlieb

Jonathan Galassi Remembers His Friend, the Great Robert Gottlieb

“The last and arguably the most successful of the editor-publishers.”

By Jonathan Galassi | July 25, 2023

The Burden of Truth: Fictionalizing My Father’s Years at a Federal Leprosy Treatment Center

The Burden of Truth: Fictionalizing My Father’s Years at a Federal Leprosy Treatment Center

Wendy Chin-Tanner on the Dual Gaze Required to Write a Novel Inspired by True Events

By Wendy Chin-Tanner | July 25, 2023

Wang Xiaobo on the Limitless Mind of Italo Calvino

Wang Xiaobo on the Limitless Mind of Italo Calvino

“Literature has infinite potential. What could be wrong with that?”

By Wang Xiaobo | July 25, 2023

On Patricia Highsmith and the Horror—and Revelation—of Obsession

On Patricia Highsmith and the Horror—and Revelation—of Obsession

Hannah Meyer Considers the Power of Destructive Desire
in Fiction and Life

By Hannah Meyer | July 24, 2023

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