GalleyCrush: Want
Lynn Steger Strong’s Want, forthcoming from Henry Holt and Company on July 7, 2020.
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Ten Questions for Paul Lisicky
“Work that’s good, that’s itself, eventually gets seen.” —Paul Lisicky, author of Later
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Craft Capsule: Metabolizing
Emma Copley Eisenberg finds inspiration on the open road, driving more than ten thousand miles in three months.
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Imagine a World Without Writing
The author of more than thirty books of fiction and nonfiction imagines how a world without writing might function.
GalleyCrush: Self Care
Leigh Stein’s Self Care, forthcoming from Penguin Books on June 30, 2020.
Ten Questions for Carolyn Forché
“The greatest challenge was in recognizing which poems belonged to this book and which did not.” —Carolyn Forché, author of In the Lateness of the World
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Craft Capsule: Living Images
Emma Copley Eisenberg borrows a creative exercise from beloved writer and comics artist Lynda Barry.
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GalleyCrush: Friends and Strangers
J. Courtney Sullivan’s Friends and Strangers, forthcoming from Knopf on June 23, 2020.
Ten Questions for Jordan Kisner
“I find the notion of being ‘a writer’ ephemeral and fraught, while ‘someone who wrote today’ feels straightforward and manageable.” —Jordan Kisner, author of Thin Places
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Ten Questions for Kawai Strong Washburn
“There’s no shortcut. Not for anything.” —Kawai Strong Washburn, author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors
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Invisible Work: A Q&A With Hilary Leichter
The author of the debut novel Temporary discusses how impermanent work affects the soul.
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Craft Capsule: Researching IRL
“You ask the right person the right question at the right time, and they’ll tell you something that has never before been told in the history of the world.” Emma Copley Eisenberg celebrates the magic of reporting as a research tool.
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GalleyCrush: How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were, forthcoming from Random House on June 16, 2020. Editor’s Note: This book’s publication date has been postponed.
Ten Questions for Nancy Krygowski
“At the heart of it, writing is about connection—to yourself, to those you love, and then, hopefully, to others.” —Nancy Krygowski, author of The Woman in the Corner
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Craft Capsule: Consulting the Tarot
Emma Copley Eisenberg remembers her introduction to the tarot and shares how the cards became an integral part of her writing process.
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GalleyCrush: Seeing the Body
Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ Seeing the Body, forthcoming from W. W. Norton on June 9, 2020.
Ten Questions for Brandon Taylor
“For a while, I was most productive at night, then mornings. Now it’s just whenever there’s a moment.” —Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life
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GalleyCrush: I Hold a Wolf by the Ears
Laura van den Berg’s I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux on June 9, 2020. Editor’s Note: This book’s publication date has been postponed to July 28, 2020.
Q&A: Cisneros Celebrates Macondo
The author of The House on Mango Street on the origins and impact of the Macondo Writers Workshop, which has brought together writers who are activists for twenty-five years.
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The Written Image: Ice Receding/Books Reseeding
Artist Basia Irland carves book sculptures out of ice and embeds them with seeds that populate riverbanks when the sculptures melt.
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Literary MagNet: Eric Tran
An author recommends five journals that published poems from his debut collection, The Gutter Spread Guide to Prayer.
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Small Press Points: The Cupboard Pamphlet
The small press annually publishes four chapbooks of “formally strange or conceptually bizarre” prose.
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594 Ways of Reading Jane Eyre
A research project called Prismatic Jane Eyre compares the many translations of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, studying the ways each reflects the culture in which it was created.
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An Alaska Retreat for Women Writers
Mystery writer Dana Stabenow supports female-identifying and nonbinary writers with a new residency in Homer, Alaska, inspired by the retreat that changed her life.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit and Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong.
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