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My Mother the Inventor: Why “Fail Better” is Sometimes the Best Lesson a Parent Can Give

My Mother the Inventor: Why “Fail Better” is Sometimes the Best Lesson a Parent Can Give

Coco McCracken on Her Mother’s Past as an Inventor—And What It Taught Her About Being a Writer

By Coco McCracken | October 20, 2025

In Praise of Writing in Cemeteries

In Praise of Writing in Cemeteries

Darcie Dennigan on the Benefits of Unrouting Your Routines

By Darcie Dennigan | September 12, 2025

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

“In literature I have found a landscape or galaxy that is vaster and more enduring than a country or a state.”

By Ha Jin | July 28, 2025

Against Journaling: Dennis Tang on the Joys of Not Writing It All Down

Against Journaling: Dennis Tang on the Joys of Not Writing It All Down

“Don’t be afraid of losing touch with the past. After all, you were there, living it.”

By Dennis Tang | April 11, 2024

On the Playwright Sarah Kane and Radical Ekphrasis in Contemporary Poetics

On the Playwright Sarah Kane and Radical Ekphrasis in Contemporary Poetics

Andrea Abi-Karam on Writing To The Dead

By Andrea Abi-Karam | September 15, 2021

Raymond Carver became a short story writer for a surprisingly practical reason.

Raymond Carver became a short story writer for a surprisingly practical reason.

By Walker Caplan | August 2, 2021

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