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"Writing is part of my life, and life is part of my writing.” —Khadijah Queen, author of Anodyne

“I would remind myself that every book has its own life and to just have faith in the story.” —Cherie Dimaline, author of Empire of Wild

The author of Horsepower suggests putting aside knowledge and focusing on unlearning.

The author of Horsepower examines and resists the racism and subconscious anxieties that infect the U.S. literary imagination. 

The author of The Prettiest Star celebrates the magic of minor characters. 

“The book didn’t announce itself to me until 2017, when I went looking for it. I scanned over the poems I had been writing, scanning to see what my brain had been up to without me noticing.” —Danez Smith, author of Homie

“I wish I could simply walk into an office every day and feel ready to go, but that’s just not the case for me, and I know that by now.” —Marianne Chan, author of All Heathens

“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

“I have a deeply unhealthy work-life balance in that the Venn diagram of those things is a circle.” —Ilana Masad, author of All My Mother’s Lovers