How to Mingle at a Book Thing
Find your social buoys, practice your talking points, and if all else fails, return to the topic of shoes.
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The Written Image: A Radical Alteration, Women’s Studio Workshop
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts features artists books with innovative designs that honor familial pasts and document history.
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How to Pick an MFA Program
Faculty, program type, format, and size are just a few of factors to consider when finding a school that suits who you are as a writer.
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Haunted by My Almost-Book: The Afterlife of a Canceled Contract
A poet who canceled the contract for her debut collection describes the difficult years-long process of scrubbing the internet of erroneous information about her book.
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How to Write When You’d Rather Be Online
Your internet obsessions can become your writing’s obsessions; allow those passions to animate your book.
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How to Negotiate a Freelance Rate—or, How to Know Your Worth
Remember the value of time, expertise, and talent—and that you, too, should be invested in your work.
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Beyond Our Borders: Understanding Foreign Rights in Publishing
An agent with twenty years of experience selling foreign rights on both sides of the Atlantic unpacks what can appear to be a complicated and unfamiliar aspect of book publishing.
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The Value of Our Work: What Writers Can Learn From the Harvard Business School
An author who worked for years as a scribe at the Harvard Business School shares the lessons she learned that can be applied to writing, most notably: Believe that what you do is valuable.
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How to Write the Personal Essay for MFA Applications
Use your essay to answer the question: Devoting two years to writing can be a dream come true, but why is it your dream?
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AI Reads (and Translates) Audiobooks
Audible has announced that machines will begin narrating its audiobooks and translating them into select languages.
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