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Asking Toni’s Questions: Decentering Whiteness in Literary Spaces

Asking Toni’s Questions: Decentering Whiteness in Literary Spaces

“It is the discomfort of asking and of making space for the answers...that will allow us to stay in the room together.”

By Rosa Castellano | May 7, 2025

Summers in New England: On Building a Community of Writers in Vermont

Summers in New England: On Building a Community of Writers in Vermont

Nicholas Delbanco Remembers the Living and Dead Who Passed Through the Bennington Writing Seminars

By Nicholas Delbanco | September 16, 2024

Toward a More Generous Pedagogy

Toward a More Generous Pedagogy

Michele Herman on Bringing the Golden Rule to Her Classroom

By Michele Herman | September 5, 2024

Writing Happiness: Why It’s Worth It to Look on the Bright Side of Stories

Writing Happiness: Why It’s Worth It to Look on the Bright Side of Stories

Maribeth Fischer on the Joys of Creating Joyful Fiction

By Maribeth Fischer | August 21, 2024

Envy, Obsession, and Instagram: On My Mental Breakdown at an Esteemed Writing Conference

Envy, Obsession, and Instagram: On My Mental Breakdown at an Esteemed Writing Conference

Brittany Ackerman Chronicles a Very Short, Very Bad Fellowship

By Brittany Ackerman | July 12, 2024

Camille Bordas on What Stand-Up Comedy Can Teach Writing Workshops About Growing Thicker Skin

Camille Bordas on What Stand-Up Comedy Can Teach Writing Workshops About Growing Thicker Skin

Adam Ehrlich Sachs in Conversation with the Author of “The Material”

By Adam Ehrlich Sachs | June 13, 2024

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

By Caitlin Cowan | February 9, 2024

Mako Yoshikawa on How Making Sushi Can Improve Your Writing

By Mako Yoshikawa | February 9, 2024

Between Two Cities: Shubha Sunder on Finding a Place in Fiction

By Shubha Sunder | April 27, 2023

Intrigue, Not Critique: On the “Portrait of the Artist” Feedback Model

Intrigue, Not Critique: On the “Portrait of the Artist” Feedback Model

Florence Gonsalves and Matthew Vollmer Discuss Democratizing the Writing Workshop

By Florence Gonsalves and Matthew Vollmer | April 5, 2023

Free virtual writing workshops and literary events to check out this January.

Free virtual writing workshops and literary events to check out this January.

By Katie Yee | January 10, 2023

How My Passion Project Led to Burnout: On the Bittersweet Rewards of Creative Risks

How My Passion Project Led to Burnout: On the Bittersweet Rewards of Creative Risks

Leigh Stein Considers Life as a Working Writer and the Challenges of Forming an Alternative to AWP

By Leigh Stein | November 29, 2021

If You Want to Write a Novel, Start with a Plan

If You Want to Write a Novel, Start with a Plan

Stephanie Gangi on Writing Her Debut in Her Late 50s

By Stephanie Gangi | November 24, 2021

This is Octavia Butler's best writing advice.

This is Octavia Butler's best writing advice.

By Vanessa Willoughby | June 22, 2021

Matthew Salesses on the Two Things a Workshop Can Do Best (and Often Fails Doing at All)

Matthew Salesses on the Two Things a Workshop Can Do Best (and Often Fails Doing at All)

WMFA Podcast">In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | February 3, 2021

The Case Against Critical Feedback

The Case Against Critical Feedback

Lauren D. Woods on Recapturing the Joy of Writing

By Lauren D. Woods | October 22, 2020

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