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Susan Sontag on Being a Writer:

Susan Sontag on Being a Writer: "You Have to Be Obsessed"

And other insights on craft from the legendary critic and novelist

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2017

No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

No One Cares About Your Dreams—Unless You're a Famous Writer

Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Sylvia Plath and more on their nighttime visions

By Emily Temple | November 1, 2017

Why Does Literature Have So Little to Say About Illness?

Why Does Literature Have So Little to Say About Illness?

Meghan O'Rourke on the Need for More Representation

By Meghan O'Rourke | October 5, 2017

The Prettiest Way to Die

The Prettiest Way to Die

Consumption Chic and the 19th-Century Cult of the Invalid

By Christina Newland | October 3, 2017

Are We Different Writers When We Move From Longhand to a Screen?

Are We Different Writers When We Move From Longhand to a Screen?

A Brief History of Panic in the Face of New Writing Technology

By James Draney | August 18, 2017

The Most Anthologized Essays of the Last 25 Years

The Most Anthologized Essays of the Last 25 Years

In Which Joan Didion Appears More than Once

By Emily Temple | July 31, 2017

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How to Write a Poem About a Cemetery: Speaking with Jennifer Firestone

By MC Hyland | July 20, 2017

Reading Susan Sontag in Paris

By Lori Brister | May 26, 2017

Nihilism or Wonder? On the Evolution of the Alien Story

By Emily Harnett | April 19, 2017

What's Happening in America? Susan Sontag Sought to Find Out in 1966

What's Happening in America? Susan Sontag Sought to Find Out in 1966

50 Years Later, As Trump Takes the Presidency, the Question Remains

By Rafia Zakaria | January 20, 2017

Where Is Max Ritvo's Heaven?

Where Is Max Ritvo's Heaven?

On the Death of a Young Poet and the Limits of Imagination

By M. Sophia Newman | September 7, 2016

In Defense of Trash

In Defense of Trash

Valley of the Dolls to Bonkbusters">Why Pleasures Should Never Be Guilty, From Valley of the Dolls to Bonkbusters

By Lisa Levy | August 25, 2016

Does Fiction Actually Make Us More Empathetic?

Does Fiction Actually Make Us More Empathetic?

On 5 Works that Explore the Connection Between Art and Understanding

By Miguel Conde | August 4, 2016

On the Journals of Famous Writers

On the Journals of Famous Writers

Dustin Illingworth Eavesdrops on Flannery O'Connor, Susan Sontag, and More

By Dustin Illingworth | July 19, 2016

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Empty My Shelves

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Empty My Shelves

Alana Massey on Books as Lifestyle Objects and Thinning Out Her Collection

By Alana Massey | June 13, 2016

Remembering Susan Sontag's Final Days

Remembering Susan Sontag's Final Days

Katie Roiphe on the Legendary Writer's Will to Survive

By Katie Roiphe | March 28, 2016

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