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Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White

Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White

“I think writing is mainly work.”

By Sam Weller | July 11, 2025

“Small But Unforgettable Moments.” What E.B. White Loved About New York City

“Small But Unforgettable Moments.” What E.B. White Loved About New York City

Martha White Remembers Her Grandfather’s Lifelong Relationship With the Big Apple

By Martha White | November 25, 2024

Editing Without Ego: How Katharine S. White Quietly Shaped <em>The New Yorker</em>’s Writers

Editing Without Ego: How Katharine S. White Quietly Shaped The New Yorker’s Writers

Amy Reading on Artistic Collaboration, Egotistical Male Editors, and the Idea of the Genius Editor

By Amy Reading | September 3, 2024

The Lights Don’t Just Go Out: A Lifelong Fainter on How Fiction Gets Fainting All Wrong

The Lights Don’t Just Go Out: A Lifelong Fainter on How Fiction Gets Fainting All Wrong

Sophie Brickman on “Charlotte's Web,” JD Salinger, and Capturing Fainting from the Fainter’s Perspective

By Sophie Brickman | August 6, 2024

When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

Katie Hafner Recommends Anna Quindlen, Geraldine Brooks, and More

By Katie Hafner | July 28, 2022

These five books are perfect picks for dog lovers.

These five books are perfect picks for dog lovers.

By Vanessa Willoughby | August 26, 2021

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"She died sniffing life, and enjoying it." Read E.B. White's witty obituary for his dog Daisy.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 9, 2021

Phillip Lopate Considers America’s Post-WWII Essay Boom

By Phillip Lopate | April 5, 2021

On E.B. White's Urgent Calls for Environmental Justice

By Megan Mayhew Bergman | September 19, 2019

Jon Meacham on E.B. White and American Democracy

Jon Meacham on E.B. White and American Democracy

"White’s patriotism is clear-eyed; his nationalism nonexistent."

By Jon Meacham | May 6, 2019

Can Parenthood Be the Artist's Best Tool?

Can Parenthood Be the Artist's Best Tool?

Adam Nemett on Growing Up with an Artist for a Father

By Adam Nemett | January 2, 2019

12 Famous Authors at Work With Their Dogs

12 Famous Authors at Work With Their Dogs

The Most Literary Take Your Dog to Work Day

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2018

20 Literary Adaptations Disavowed by Their Original Authors

20 Literary Adaptations Disavowed by Their Original Authors

White-washing, Misquoting, Miscasting, and Other Sins of Hollywood

By Emily Temple | February 27, 2018

On Our Love-Hate Relationship with Punctuation

On Our Love-Hate Relationship with Punctuation

Why So Much Anger for the Semicolon?

By Stephen Spector | December 5, 2017

You Can Never Go Back: On Loving Children's Books as an Adult

You Can Never Go Back: On Loving Children's Books as an Adult

Why Visiting Old Fictional Friends is So Bittersweet

By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold | November 14, 2017

The Most Anthologized Essays of the Last 25 Years

The Most Anthologized Essays of the Last 25 Years

In Which Joan Didion Appears More than Once

By Emily Temple | July 31, 2017