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A Rare and Fragile Cage: On Loving—and Being Trapped By—the Lithuanian Language

A Rare and Fragile Cage: On Loving—and Being Trapped By—the Lithuanian Language

Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė Considers the One-Way Cultural Street Between Her Home Country and the Rest of the World

By Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė | October 22, 2025

Sue Monk Kidd on Finding a Flow State in Writing

Sue Monk Kidd on Finding a Flow State in Writing

“Writing, it turns out, is a difficult joy.”

By Sue Monk Kidd | October 17, 2025

Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time

Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time

The Author Explores How Learning Latin Helps Her Untangle History With the Present

By Anna North | October 15, 2025

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

Sonora Jha on the Challenges of Satirizing a Character Who Reminds Her of Herself

By Sonora Jha | October 15, 2025

Tawny Lara on Embracing the Sh*tty First Draft

Tawny Lara on Embracing the Sh*tty First Draft

Write Like an Idiot!

By Tawny Lara | October 10, 2025

A Cross-Genre Trek: How Translation Improved My Debut Novel

A Cross-Genre Trek: How Translation Improved My Debut Novel

Laura Venita Green Explores How Learning Italian Has Made Her English Writing Better

By Laura Venita Green | October 8, 2025

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How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing

By Michelle Gurule | October 6, 2025

Sarah Mesle on the Power of Picturing Your Desired Reader

By Sarah Mesle | October 3, 2025

Lily King on Campus Novels, Time Jumps, and Having Fun While Writing

By Emma Straub | October 2, 2025

Why Literary Festivals Still Matter

Why Literary Festivals Still Matter

Javier Garcia del Moral on Lessons in Inquietud and Investing in Art During Times of Tragedy

By Javier Garcia del Moral | September 26, 2025

John J. Lennon on Humanity in Prison and the Sensationalism of the True Crime Genre

John J. Lennon on Humanity in Prison and the Sensationalism of the True Crime Genre

Vauhini Vara Talks to the Author of “The Tragedy of True Crime”

By Vauhini Vara | September 22, 2025

How Writing Poetry Can Freeze Time

How Writing Poetry Can Freeze Time

Heidi Seaborn on Regrets and Becoming a Poet in Her Fifties

By Heidi Seaborn | September 18, 2025

Connecting the Dots: On Creating Fiction from Facts

Connecting the Dots: On Creating Fiction from Facts

Beth Kephart Considers the Craft of Bringing a Fiction Writer’s Eye to Real Lives

By Beth Kephart | September 10, 2025

The Case for Polyamory: Alejandro Varela on Writing a Novel That Questions Everything

The Case for Polyamory: Alejandro Varela on Writing a Novel That Questions Everything

“Once society’s fallibility becomes apparent, everything else comes into question.”

By Alejandro Varela | September 9, 2025

Patrick Ryan on the Secrets of the Omniscient Narrator

Patrick Ryan on the Secrets of the Omniscient Narrator

“I was the narrator’s manager, maybe. I was the narrator’s life coach. But I wasn’t the narrator.”

By Patrick Ryan | September 5, 2025

Sheila Heti on the Profound Influence of Jane Bowles on Her Writing—and Life

Sheila Heti on the Profound Influence of Jane Bowles on Her Writing—and Life

What “Two Serious Ladies” Can Teach Writers About Struggle and Bravery

By Sheila Heti | August 25, 2025

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