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Marie-Helene Bertino on Using Humor to Connect with Readers

Marie-Helene Bertino on Using Humor to Connect with Readers

"Humor can make a reader relax."

By Marie-Helene Bertino | June 18, 2021

Walter Mosley on Learning to Love Rewriting

Walter Mosley on Learning to Love Rewriting

"The beauty of life is in its flaws and how you deal with them."

By Walter Mosley | June 11, 2021

Eric Nguyen on How to Capture a Place in Writing

Eric Nguyen on How to Capture a Place in Writing

"I needed to know New Orleans’ people."

By Eric Nguyen | May 28, 2021

Olivia Laing on Writing the Global Story of Liberation

Olivia Laing on Writing the Global Story of Liberation

The Author of Everybody Discusses Power and Freedom

By Olivia Laing | May 14, 2021

Elissa Washuta on the Questions that Animate an Essay

Elissa Washuta on the Questions that Animate an Essay

"I want to control everything, but the essay won’t let me."

By Elissa Washuta | May 7, 2021

Jhumpa Lahiri on the Joy of Translation as Discovery

Jhumpa Lahiri on the Joy of Translation as Discovery

"I can no longer imagine not working on a translation."

By Jhumpa Lahiri | May 1, 2021

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Elizabeth McCracken on Savoring the Mystery of Writing

By Elizabeth McCracken | April 30, 2021

Danielle Evans on How to Play With Time and Chronology in a Short Story

By Danielle Evans | January 14, 2021

Lily King on Writing the Novel She Needed 30 Years Ago

By Lily King | November 13, 2020

Emily X.R. Pan on How Writing a Short Story Can Lead to a Better Novel

Emily X.R. Pan on How Writing a Short Story Can Lead to a Better Novel

"That short story taught me to experiment."

By Emily X.R. Pan | October 14, 2020

Charlotte Wood on the Subconscious Act of Writing

Charlotte Wood on the Subconscious Act of Writing

"In 20 years of writing I’d never abandoned ship like this."

By Charlotte Wood | August 11, 2020

Emily Gould on How (and Why) to Keep Writing When Writing Feels Pointless

Emily Gould on How (and Why) to Keep Writing When Writing Feels Pointless

"Why do any of this?"

By Emily Gould | April 9, 2020

C Pam Zhang on Writing in a Time of Grief

C Pam Zhang on Writing in a Time of Grief

"That mountain is not insurmountable."

By C Pam Zhang | March 31, 2020

Kurt Vonnegut's Advice for the Impatient Writer

Kurt Vonnegut's Advice for the Impatient Writer

Hint: Don't Wait For Your Loved Ones to Die

By Suzanne McConnell and Kurt Vonnegut | November 11, 2019

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