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The author of The Step Back offers strategies for short-story writers trying to draft a novel for the first time and shares how a new approach—aiming to pen a thousand pages—led to his first novel.

“Writers cannot afford the luxury of emotional numbness nor protective armor.” —Quiara Alegría Hudes, author of My Broken Language

An exclusive first look at Myriam J. A. Chancy’s What Storm, What Thunder, which is forthcoming from Tin House on October 5, 2021.

The author of Martha Moody writes about the intimacy and queerness of italics.

Resources and ideas for volunteering, donating, reading, writing, and taking action to support the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.

“Eventually, like a banner, the imagination unfurls itself.” —Jo Ann Beard, author of Festival Days

An exclusive first look at James Hannaham’s Pilot Impostor, which is forthcoming from Soft Skull Press on November 2, 2021. Editor’s Note: This book’s publication date has been postponed to November 30, 2021.

The author of I Know You Know Who I Am writes about stashing his surplus sentences and character sketches in an electronic “junk drawer.”

“I write four hours or one thousand words a day, whichever comes first.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Committed