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Growing up in Costa Rica, the author was intimidated by her mother’s unconventional art. As an adult and a novelist, that same art—and her mother’s commitment to its making—has shown the author the kind of essential refuge artmaking provides.
Write a poem inspired by Jay Hopler’s Still Life, a work of short fiction in which the protagonist is made aware of their body, or an essay linking distinct stories into a single narrative.
The author returns to the Anderson Center at Tower View in Minnesota and reflects on his past two residencies, what has changed, and the fellow artists he’s lost since his first time there in 2006.
Write a poem in which each sentence opens with an imperative, a fiction piece about a protagonist who finds a new direction for living, or an essay that uses a metaphor to evoke the process of learning a skill or language.
The author and bookseller explores the changes in her relationship to writing and publication, and the expectations she puts on herself to produce more.
For two weeks in June, more than 15,000 writers from around the world commit to writing a thousand words a day as part of the annual 1000 Words of Summer project.
Write a poem that meditates on the origins of a meal; a fiction piece about a character corresponding with a historical figure; or an essay about accepting the onset of spring.
Advice on becoming a writer ignores the impact of motherhood—and fails to acknowledge the privileges of canonical writers. The author describes learning “to see art-making as a professional possibility” as a brown mother-writer.
The best-selling nonfiction author describes the craft lessons he drew from the false starts that paved the way for his debut novel, All the Secrets of the World.
Write a poem about your relationship to the past, a story about a character at a crossroads, or an essay about the role storytelling has in your life.
