Ten Questions for Ismet Prcic
“I treat my life as fodder for literature, so I consider living it (surviving it) as part of writing.” —Ismet Prcic, author of Unspeakable Home
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Ten Questions for Bret Anthony Johnston
“That I’ve never expected this work to be fast or easy is a priceless gift, my saving grace.” —Bret Anthony Johnston, author of We Burn Daylight
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Ten Questions for Ayşegül Savaş
“It seems like a necessary step to figure out how to emerge from mess to order.” —Ayşegül Savaş, author of The Anthropologists
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Ten Questions for Mesha Maren
“If I didn’t like writing then I wouldn’t do it.” —Mesha Maren, author of Shae
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Family Stories: Alternatives for Load-Bearing Clichés
The author of Family Family explores why tired tropes proliferate in fiction—and how to avoid them.
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Hearing Voices: Characterization and Language
The author of The Last Language considers the relationship between character and speech.
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Withholding and Revelation: Managing Information in Fiction
The author of The Last Language considers how to strike the right note of ambiguity in a novel.
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Ten Questions for Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
“I need to be authentic to my culture and invite readers to embrace the Vietnamese culture through my work.” —Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, author of Dust Child
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Ten Ways of Being in the Weeds With Your Novel, and Ten Ways Out
The author of The Boundaries of Their Dwelling counts the many ways a novelist may get lost, but ultimately find a way through, a book project.
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Radiant Futures by Nawaaz Ahmed
Nawaaz Ahmed reads from his novel, Radiant Fugitives, published in August 2021 by Counterpoint.
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