Freedom From Genre as Freedom to Write

The author of [WHITE] explores how writing outside one’s primary genre can lead to literary breakthroughs.
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The author of [WHITE] explores how writing outside one’s primary genre can lead to literary breakthroughs.
“Thinking is really about 90 percent of the work.” —James Hannaham, author of Pilot Impostor
The author of Southbound and The Parted Earth shares her approach to balancing projects in multiple genres.
The author of Anodyne takes a poetic approach to prose writing.
The author of This Is One Way to Dance resists genre limitations and seeks her own unique form.
“I’m mistrustful of writing advice in general.” —Kate Zambreno, author of Drifts
“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
“The biggest challenge for me to accomplish any project is working to keep myself out of the way.” —Krista Franklin, author of Too Much Midnight
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