Situating the Self in a Lineage of Writers
The author of no swaddle (University of Iowa Press, 2025) considers the legacies and influences of authors engaged in similar forms and topics.
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Ten Questions for E. Y. Zhao
“I try to write every day, whether that’s generating new words or taking a walk to think about a revision problem.” —E. Y. Zhao, author of Underspin
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9,131 Sentences: How One Enormous Spreadsheet Taught Me to Be a Better Writer
Writing a book is a daunting challenge—but the texts we know and love can help. A nonfiction writer describes how a methodically organized spreadsheet of favorite quotes aided her journey from proposal to finished memoir.
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Ten Questions for Elizabeth Scanlon
“I have found writing to be like channeling.” —Elizabeth Scanlon, author of Whosoever Whole
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Ten Questions for Ananda Lima
“I had to focus on readers who were moved by the same things I was.” —Ananda Lima, author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
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Ten Questions for Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
“I didn’t set out to write exactly this book.” —Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, author of Negative Money
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Ten Questions for Victor LaValle
“I had to not only transform into different people and places, but to also find myself within both of those.” —Victor LaValle, author of Lone Women
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Ten Questions for Laird Hunt
“Read more! Listen more! See more! Feel more! Take better notes!” —Laird Hunt, author of This Wide Terraqueous World
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Ten Questions for Aurora Mattia
“I write when I want to say something to someone in particular—but can’t.” —Aurora Mattia author of The Fifth Wound
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Old Verdurin in His Frock Coat: On Literature’s Found Objects
The author of The White Mosque considers how writing holds space for the accidental, the random, and the stray.
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