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One’s Own

“I was not writing as an act of defiance or service or claim to myself. I was writing because I wanted to.”

By Seema Reza | February 20, 2024

Postpartum Publishing: On the Highs and Lows of Bringing a Book Into the World

Postpartum Publishing: On the Highs and Lows of Bringing a Book Into the World

Tawny Lara Explores the Emotional Rollercoaster of Life as a Debut Author

By Tawny Lara | February 15, 2024

Notes on Camp: Caitlin Cowan on the Joys of Working With Young Writers

Notes on Camp: Caitlin Cowan on the Joys of Working With Young Writers

“Play and experimentation should drive the young writer’s work, and all of our work.”

By Caitlin Cowan | February 9, 2024

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

“Reframing work is an ongoing and sometimes impossible-seeming process.”

By Brandi Wells | January 31, 2024

Collaboration, Not Competition: How Betty Smith Helped Her Fellow Writers

Collaboration, Not Competition: How Betty Smith Helped Her Fellow Writers

Rachel Gordan on the Epistolary Relationships Maintained by the Author of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

By Rachel Gordan | January 29, 2024

Zachary Pace on the Push and Pull of Working in Publishing as a Writer

Zachary Pace on the Push and Pull of Working in Publishing as a Writer

“I worried that my writing was a fanciful distraction—and that publishing it was a conflict of interest.”

By Zachary Pace | January 23, 2024

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How to Be Photographed: 12 Tips for Putting Your Best Writerly Face Forward

How to Be Photographed: 12 Tips for Putting Your Best Writerly Face Forward

Michelle Wildgen on the Art of the Author Photo

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Writing on Prepaid Time: Shannon Sanders on Balancing Parenthood and Publishing

Writing on Prepaid Time: Shannon Sanders on Balancing Parenthood and Publishing

"What I wanted, ultimately, wasn’t permission to write instead of parenting; it was to enter a fantasy world where there was time enough for both."

By Shannon Sanders | October 4, 2023

Brendan Shay Basham on the Similarities Between the Chef Life and the Writing Life

Brendan Shay Basham on the Similarities Between the Chef Life and the Writing Life

"Processes are a series of moments in passing."

By Brendan Shay Basham | September 7, 2023

"Tolstoy did not neglect to describe the outhouses": Yiyun Li on the Material Concerns of Characters and Writers

Wednesday’s Child on Class, Money, Joy, and Luxury">The Author of Wednesday’s Child on Class, Money, Joy, and Luxury

By Yiyun Li | September 6, 2023

Julie Schumacher on Thirty Years of Correspondence With Her Late Friend, Melissa Bank

Julie Schumacher on Thirty Years of Correspondence With Her Late Friend, Melissa Bank

"If I were writing to her now, which I suppose I am, I would tell her that I will remember her."

By Julie Schumacher | August 2, 2023

Haunted by the Question: What It Means To “Become” a Writer

Haunted by the Question: What It Means To “Become” a Writer

Efrén Ordóñez Garza on Writing as Practice, Lifestyle, and Identity

By Efrén Ordóñez Garza | July 24, 2023

What Completism Can Teach Us About the Creative Process

What Completism Can Teach Us About the Creative Process

Rhian Sasseen Considers the Lost Art of Prolonged Artistic Growth

By Rhian Sasseen | July 24, 2023

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