Ten Questions for Kate Zambreno
“I’m mistrustful of writing advice in general.” —Kate Zambreno, author of Drifts
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Craft Capsule: Notes From the Cutting Room Floor
The author of This Is One Way to Dance shares how notes—footnotes, codas, prologues, corrections—figure into her writing process.
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GalleyCrush: Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom, forthcoming from Knopf on September 8, 2020.
Postcard From the Pandemic: Creativity Behind Closed Doors in New York City
The author of And Then We Grew Up considers solitude, loneliness, and the act of writing in a city hit hard by COVID-19.
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Ten Questions for Cooper Lee Bombardier
“It is a vulnerable thing to expose one’s least-glamorous moments to the scrutiny of the page.” —Cooper Lee Bombardier, author of Pass With Care
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GalleyCrush: Hysteria
Jessica Gross’s Hysteria, forthcoming from Unnamed Press on August 18, 2020.
Between Worlds: A Q&A With Poet Kiki Petrosino
The author of White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia discusses definitions of poetry, ancestral silence, and unpacking American history’s “white blood.”
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Postcard From the Pandemic: Tolstoy Under Quarantine
Reading Tolstoy’s War and Peace as part of a virtual book club hosted by Yiyun Li and A Public Space has become a comforting ritual during the pandemic.
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Ten Questions for John Elizabeth Stintzi
“Write what you do not know, which I think is particularly helpful because—not to sound too much like Socrates—I’m not really convinced that anyone knows anything.” —John Elizabeth Stintzi, author of Vanishing Monuments
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Postcard From the Pandemic: A Solid Little Feeling
The author of The Nix struggles with the pressure to be productive during the pandemic and finds relief in celebrating the small victories.
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Craft Capsule: Obsessions, Hobbies, Dreams
The author of The Prettiest Star shares strategies and questions that help him get to know his characters.
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GalleyCrush: Finna
Nate Marshall’s Finna, forthcoming from One World on August 11, 2020.
The Campaign to Save Lambda Literary
Lambda Literary, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting LGBTQ literature and writers, has launched a fund-raiser to help it stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Craft Capsule: Minor Characters
The author of The Prettiest Star celebrates the magic of minor characters.
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Ten Questions for Rufi Thorpe
“There was nothing hard about writing it, it was more like finally giving in to some terrible force.” —Rufi Thorpe, author of The Knockout Queen
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GalleyCrush: World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s World of Wonders, forthcoming from Milkweed Editions on August 11, 2020.
Ten Questions for Frances Cha
“I need three things to write: snacks, drinks, and silence.” —Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face
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Postcard From the Pandemic: The Language of the Virus
A writer considers the ways in which the coronavirus pandemic is changing us, including the words we use.
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Craft Capsule: Catalogues, Cetaceans, and Casey Kasem
The author of The Prettiest Star explores a variety of archives to help him capture the specific spirit and look of the eighties.
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GalleyCrush: Luster
Raven Leilani’s Luster, forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux on August 4, 2020.
I Am Moving: Poets at the End of the World
The five poets who make up the Poets at the End of the World collective discuss how they support one another as artists, contribute to social causes, and envision a better, more just future.
Ten Questions for Ho Sok Fong and Natascha Bruce
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Ho Sok Fong and Natascha Bruce, the author and the translator of the story collection Lake Like a Mirror.
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Reaching Through the Screen: The Reality for Adjunct Professors During COVID-19
The pandemic has forced teaching writers and their students to move classes online, but that’s far from the only challenge for adjunct professors at colleges and universities across the country.
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Craft Capsule: Multiple Points of View
Carter Sickels recalls the challenges of juggling multiple first-person narrators in his novel The Prettiest Star.
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GalleyCrush: Why Visit America
Matthew Baker’s Why Visit America, forthcoming from Henry Holt and Company on August 4, 2020.