Ten Questions for James Cagney
“I’m not a writer, I’m a receiver for something I don’t always understand.” —James Cagney, author of Martian: The Saint of Loneliness
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Ten Questions for Jonathan Escoffery
“A terrible draft of a story is a gift, because now the real work can begin.” —Jonathan Escoffery, author of If I Survive You
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Ten Questions for Lauren Acampora
“These characters have been in my head for so long that they seem more real to me than some people.” —Lauren Acampora, author of The Hundred Waters
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Ten Questions for Caylin Capra-Thomas
“I needed to live all of the change and movement and multiplicity that the book wound up being about in order to write it.” —Caylin Capra-Thomas, author of Iguana Iguana
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Write It Again
The author of Took House explores what happens when poets permit themselves to write about the same subject multiple times.
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Make It Strange
The author of Took House explores the importance of “strangeness” in poetry and offers a method for capturing this quality by combining two different draft poems.
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Ten Questions for Safia Elhillo
“This book really fought me, or I fought it, for the first couple of years.” —Safia Elhillo, author of Girls That Never Die
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Hold Your Darlings
The author of Took House explores a kinder approach to revision, in which language cut during one editorial process may be saved as material for a new writing project.
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Revise Like a Painter
The author of [WHITE] considers how writers might take inspiration from visual artists in their approach to revision, pushing beyond surface editing to “see” their work afresh.
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Ten Questions for Lydia Conklin
“I have to lock up my phone every day—in a box designed for locking up cookies—during the hours I’m writing. Text messages ruin me.” —Lydia Conklin, author of Rainbow Rainbow
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