Writers’ History Lessons
The Depression-era Federal Writers’ Project enlisted writers to tell a nation’s stories. Now the People’s Recorder podcast explores the history of the project and its continued relevance.
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Seek the Unknown in the Familiar: Lessons From Historical Fiction
The best historical fiction “vibrates with a past that is in the present” and reveals the unseen in stories thought we knew—craft skills any writer can bring to their work.
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Ten Questions for Kiran Bath
“Just tell the truth.” —Kiran Bath, author of Instructions for Banno
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Ten Questions for Nicolás Medina Mora
“The task of the novelist, I think, consists of treating life as a research project.” —Nicolás Medina Mora
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Ten Questions for Jennifer Savran Kelly
“Look for the agents and editors who share your vision for the work and trust them.” —Jennifer Savran Kelly, author of Endpapers
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Ten Questions for Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones
“I was writing this hybrid lyric thing that was hard to fall into a rhythm with at first.” —Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones, author of The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History
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Ten Questions for Vievee Francis
“I have to fight for every word, then fight to let them go.” —Vievee Francis, author of The Shared World
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Storytelling in Poetry
The author of What Can I Tell You?: Selected Poems examines poetic approaches to narrative.
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Ten Questions for Joy Castro
“I like taking risks.” —Joy Castro, author of One Brilliant Flame
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Ten Questions for E. M. Tran
“There’s space for your story.” —E. M. Tran, author of Daughters of the New Year
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