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Karen Palmer on Writing in Motion

Karen Palmer on Writing in Motion

“A car is a contained world with ever-shifting vistas.”

By Karen Palmer | September 19, 2025

Half-Eaten Strawberries and Walt Whitman’s Bedroom: Readings by Caroljean Gavin, Justin Phillip Reed, and Robert Olen Butler

Half-Eaten Strawberries and Walt Whitman’s Bedroom: Readings by Caroljean Gavin, Justin Phillip Reed, and Robert Olen Butler

From Micro, a Podcast That Elevates Small Works with Big Voices

By Micro Podcast | October 12, 2021

“Profoundly, Deeply, Centrally Sensual.” Robert Olen Butler on the Kinesthetic Experience of Writing

“Profoundly, Deeply, Centrally Sensual.” Robert Olen Butler on the Kinesthetic Experience of Writing

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 13, 2021

20 new books to add your fall(!) reading list.

20 new books to add your fall(!) reading list.

By Katie Yee | September 7, 2021

Great Advice From 25 Writing Manuals by Famous Authors

Great Advice From 25 Writing Manuals by Famous Authors

Q: What’s the key to suspense? A: I’ll tell you later.

By Emily Temple | January 22, 2018

10 Great Works of New Orleans Lit to Read This Fat Tuesday

10 Great Works of New Orleans Lit to Read This Fat Tuesday

From Tennessee Williams to Anne Rice to John Kennedy Toole

By Emily Temple | February 28, 2017

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