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Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

The Author of “The Dry Season” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

By Sarah Viren | June 4, 2025

A Wordless Writer: Samina Ali on How Writing a Memoir Helped Her Brain Trauma Heal

A Wordless Writer: Samina Ali on How Writing a Memoir Helped Her Brain Trauma Heal

The Author of “Pieces You’ll Never Get Back” Reflects on the Aphasia that Forever Altered Her Life and Art

By Samina Ali | March 21, 2025

First-Person, Secondhand: Nine Books on Migration That Experiment with Point of View

First-Person, Secondhand: Nine Books on Migration That Experiment with Point of View

Chris Campanioni Recommends Olga Tokarczuk, Dubravka Ugrešić, Anna Seghers, and More

By Chris Campanioni | March 14, 2025

What Western Art Can Learn from Hayao Miyazaki’s Radical Portrayals of Childhood

What Western Art Can Learn from Hayao Miyazaki’s Radical Portrayals of Childhood

Henry Lien on Self-Esteem, "My Neighbor Totoro," and Defying Box-Office Tropes

By Henry Lien | March 10, 2025

Choreographing Shows and Scenes: What Dance Can Teach Fiction Writers

Choreographing Shows and Scenes: What Dance Can Teach Fiction Writers

Shelley Noble on Rhythm, Conveying Emotion, and Commanding the Stage in Life and Literature

By Shelley Noble | October 11, 2024

Dani Shapiro on Letting Structure Reveal Itself

Dani Shapiro on Letting Structure Reveal Itself

“You don’t know—you can’t know—whether the bricks you’ve laid on top will be supported by the bricks at the bottom.”

By Dani Shapiro | April 7, 2023

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Sometimes You Have to Get Lost to Find What You Really Need to Write

By Hal Niedzviecki | June 13, 2022

"Structure is Everything." Keith O'Brien on Structuring a Nonfiction Narrative

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 2, 2022

“Los Angeles is Covered in Gold if You’re a Writer.” Rosecrans Baldwin on Writing LA

By Big Table | April 18, 2022

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

Joe Ollmann Talks to Graphic Novelist Philippe Girard

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2021

In Praise of the Meander: Rebecca Solnit on Letting Nonfiction Narrative Find Its Own Way

In Praise of the Meander: Rebecca Solnit on Letting Nonfiction Narrative Find Its Own Way

Timejumps, Fragments, Backward Glances, Parallel Subjects... Not Just for Novels

By Rebecca Solnit | November 10, 2021

Marisa Silver Revisits the Golden Dawn of Girlhood

Marisa Silver Revisits the Golden Dawn of Girlhood

The Author of The Mysteries in Conversation with Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | May 25, 2021

To Be a Person: Barrett Swanson and Jordan Kisner in Conversation

To Be a Person: Barrett Swanson and Jordan Kisner in Conversation

The Lost in Summerland Author and Thin Places Author Consider the Myriad Methods of Narrative Structure

By Jordan Kisner | May 21, 2021

Leaning into Mystery: On the Inner Life of an Aging<br> Shelter Dog

Leaning into Mystery: On the Inner Life of an Aging
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JoAnne Tompkins Considers the Resilience, Strength, and Companionship of a Beloved Pet

By JoAnne Tompkins | April 13, 2021

The Best Sex I Ever Had Was (Also) a Narrative Structure

The Best Sex I Ever Had Was (Also) a Narrative Structure

Helen Betya Rubinstein on Expectation, Eagerness, and Enjoyment

By Helen Betya Rubinstein | February 17, 2021

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Odie Lindsey on POV Shifts and Moral Dilemmas on
Red Headed Stranger

By Odie Lindsey | August 5, 2020

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