Ten Questions for John Lee Clark
“Isn’t poetry supposed to be a spiritual practice?” —John Lee Clark, author of How to Communicate
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Ten Questions for Will Alexander
“Let your sense of language dawn of its own accord.” —Will Alexander, author of Divine Blue Light: For John Coltrane
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Openness to Influence
The author of The Boundaries of Their Dwelling argues that writers should be as open to influence during revision as they are at the beginning of a project.
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Ten Questions for Allie Rowbottom
“It’s up to you to advocate for your books.” —Allie Rowbottom, author of Aesthetica
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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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Ten Questions for Kate Baer
“I am only able to write because of consistent and reliable childcare.” —Kate Baer, author of And Yet
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Ten Questions for Franny Choi
“The more you write, the more there will be to write about—so you’ve just gotta cut it off at some point!” —Franny Choi, author of The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
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Ten Questions for Jeanna Kadlec
“The first draft is just telling the story to yourself.” —Jeanna Kadlec, author of Heretic
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Ten Questions for Dani Shapiro
“Fixed ideas are always problematic when it comes to writing fiction.” —Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires
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Blessed Citation
The author of The White Mosque offers an ode to intertextuality.
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