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11 Famous Writers on the Genius and Influence of Shirley Jackson
"Misanthropy always goes down better with a sense of humor."
Why You Should Write About Your Characters at Work
Jason Allen Explains How His Worst Jobs Shaped Him as a Writer
When Information Is a Weapon: Peter Pomerantsev on the War Against Truth
The Author of This Is Not Propaganda Talks to Andrew on Keen On
On the Anxiety of Writing Historical Fiction: A User’s Manual
Caitlin Horrocks Offers Some Advice for Writing Into the Past
The Surreal, Virtual Worlds of Palestinian Science Fiction
At the Intersection of Dystopia and Technology in Palestinian Life
The Intoxicating Power of Fictional Characters That Spill Into the Reader’s World
H.G. Parry Recommends Six Novels That Come Alive
Romanticizing Mount Everest Misses the Real Story
"An entire population has been overlooked for decades"
Pablo Medina on His Poetic Homage to Dissidents
The Cuban Comedy Author on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
Reading Women Discuss the Literature of Chronic Illness and Mental Health
Kendra Winchester and Sachi Argabright on Rachel Khong, Esmé Weijun Wang, and More
Lisa Taddeo on What We Really Think of Brazen, Happy Women
The Author of Three Women on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady
5 Artists Who Explore Japanese-American Incarceration and Internment
Brandon Shimoda on Heather Nagami, Rea Tajiri, Aisuke Kondo, Brynn Saito, and Kevin Miyazaki
On the History (and Future) of YA and Speculative Fiction by Black Women
Stephanie Toliver on Not Deferring the Dream of Black Girls Being Represented in YASF
“The Greatest Menace to the Writer is the Reader” and Other Advice from Shirley Jackson
(But Don't Worry, You Can Beat Him at His Own Game.)
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