How the Light Gets In: The Refrigerator Light
A novelist shares the way a writer builds intimacy between readers and characters, and how the peculiar glow of the refrigerator light brings warmth to an audience of one.
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How the Light Gets In: The Moon
When “normal” fails, embrace the strangeness and possibility the night can provide. A renowned fiction writer recounts the uncommon delight of inviting others to join her in writing under the moon.
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Nonfiction as Writing Companion
The author of Freedom Is a Feast examines the inspirational power of real-life events.
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It Gets Fun Again, I Promise
The author of First Love: Essays on Friendship has advice for authors who’ve lost their literary momentum.
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The Antithesis of Inspiration: Why ChatGPT Will Never Write a Literary Masterpiece
Even though ChatGPT can replicate and regurgitate the texts it has consumed, it still lacks the unique inspiration that lived experience provides for writers. A teacher of creative writing puts the AI chatbot to the test.
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Ten Questions for Isle McElroy
“Celebrate the small victories!” —Isle McElroy, author of People Collide
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On Covering
The author of Spoken Word: A Cultural History and The Study of Human Life explores how writers might “cover” literary works as musicians do songs.
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Q&A: Major Jackson of The Slowdown
Following poets laureate Ada Limón and Tracy K. Smith, poet Major Jackson steps into a new role as host of the celebrated podcast, sustaining and encouraging listeners to find new possibilities within poetry.
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Vernacular Currency
The author of What Can I Tell You?: Selected Poems explores the poetic potential of vernacular language.
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Ten Questions for Gabrielle Bates
“I had to feel my way forward, wondering and wanting.” —Gabrielle Bates
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