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Why We Shouldn’t Feel Guilty For Not Being Extremely Well Read

Why We Shouldn’t Feel Guilty For Not Being Extremely Well Read

Ed Simon Considers the Many Uses and Abuses of Promoting “Great Books”

By Ed Simon | May 21, 2026

It’s All Just Torture Porn: A Record of Failed Attempts to Explain What Trans Lit is “For”

It’s All Just Torture Porn: A Record of Failed Attempts to Explain What Trans Lit is “For”

Katherine Packert Burke Considers the Past, Present and Future of Transgender Literary Representation

By Katherine Packert Burke | May 21, 2026

My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 21, 2026

Why, As Writers, Do We Cut the Things We Love?

Why, As Writers, Do We Cut the Things We Love?

Kayla Rae Whitaker on the “Animal Data” That Makes Up a Good Story

By Kayla Rae Whitaker | May 20, 2026

A Pawnshop of the Mind: In Praise of Object-Based Writing

A Pawnshop of the Mind: In Praise of Object-Based Writing

Emily Rapp Black Offers Some Advice to Help Craft Your Next Story or Essay

By Emily Rapp Black | May 20, 2026

Ayelet Waldman on What Quilting Taught Her About the Creative Process

Ayelet Waldman on What Quilting Taught Her About the Creative Process

Combining the Writing Life With the Pursuit of a Beloved Hobby

By Ayelet Waldman | May 19, 2026

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What It Means to Go From School Drop Out to Writing Tutor

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Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

By Lorraine Boissoneault | May 18, 2026

Alice and Me: How My Struggle With Cancer Mirrored My Protagonist’s

Alice and Me: How My Struggle With Cancer Mirrored My Protagonist’s

Caitlin Shetterly on Grappling With the Uncanny Parallels Between Real Life and Fiction

By Caitlin Shetterly | May 18, 2026

Lucy Ives Offers a Few Creative Prompts to Knock You Off Kilter

Lucy Ives Offers a Few Creative Prompts to Knock You Off Kilter

On Writing Without Measurement

By Lucy Ives | May 15, 2026

Chet’la Sebree on How Chronic Illness Forever Altered Her Literary Life

Chet’la Sebree on How Chronic Illness Forever Altered Her Literary Life

“In remodeling my writing practice, I also remodeled who I was, who I could be, as a writer.”

By Chet’la Sebree | May 15, 2026

To Tell A Story: On Blending Family History and Lived Experience in Nonfiction

To Tell A Story: On Blending Family History and Lived Experience in Nonfiction

Tamiko Nimura Recounts the Process of Crafting Her Memoir, From Idea to Execution

By Tamiko Nimura | May 14, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Stine An is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Stine An is Reading Now, and Next

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By Diana Arterian | May 14, 2026

Lucy Sante Recommends Five Books About Her Most Important Tool as a Writer: Memory

Lucy Sante Recommends Five Books About Her Most Important Tool as a Writer: Memory

The Windham-Campbell Prize Winner on Works by Frances A. Yates, Vladimir Nabokov, Donald Westlake, and More

By Lucy Sante | May 13, 2026

When Biography Goes Delulu: Writing the Life of Superstar Astrologer Linda Goodman

When Biography Goes Delulu: Writing the Life of Superstar Astrologer Linda Goodman

“The hazy, contradictory landscape of Goodman’s life was the truth of her existence.”

By Courtney Ann LaFaive | May 13, 2026

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