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Brooklyn Is Where the Heart Is: On Leaving Home to Write About It

Brooklyn Is Where the Heart Is: On Leaving Home to Write About It

Xochitl Gonzalez Considers the Power of Memory in Creating Literary Detail

By Xochitl Gonzalez | January 6, 2022

My Year of Yes: On Falling in Love with Competitive Tennis at Age 41

My Year of Yes: On Falling in Love with Competitive Tennis at Age 41

Scarlett Thomas Considers Her Newfound Passion for the Sport

By Scarlett Thomas | January 6, 2022

Learning, Practice, and Repetition: Why the Act of Writing Is Work

Learning, Practice, and Repetition: Why the Act of Writing Is Work

Jessie Greengrass on the Intersection of Muse and Routine

By Jessie Greengrass | January 5, 2022

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

Yara Zgheib on Writing a Truthful Fiction About—and Amid—a Travel Ban

By Yara Zgheib | January 4, 2022

How Being a Stalled Novelist Led to an Unexpected Career in Data Science

How Being a Stalled Novelist Led to an Unexpected Career in Data Science

C.J. Washington on the Frustrating Struggle to Get Published

By C.J. Washington | January 3, 2022

Piercing the Veil of Silence: How the Outbreak of COVID-19 Impacted the Writing of My Book

Piercing the Veil of Silence: How the Outbreak of COVID-19 Impacted the Writing of My Book

Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Completing Silence and Silences During a Global Pandemic

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi | December 23, 2021

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