Captive Writer Released From Syria, the Poet's Journey, and More
Kobo launches first waterproof e-reader; Robin Williams biography in the works; how where you live affects your writing; and other news.
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Finding Your Muse, On Not Writing, and More
Stephen King announces fall book tour; 3-D children's books for the visually impaired; in defense of Comic Sans; and other news.
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The Secret Life of Elena Ferrante, New York's Floating Library, and More
The long road to publishing Laura Ingalls Wilder's Pioneer Girl; a library with no books; the relationship between writing and fishing; and other news.
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The Private Dwelling: Three Poets on Keeping (and Destroying) Journals
Writers discuss what prompted them to start or return to journal writing, and why sometimes it’s better to destroy rather than preserve such catalogues of the past.
The Problem of Entitlement: A Question of Respect
A writer and workshop instructor grapples with what he sees as an increasing resistance toward the work of established authors among writing students.
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Why We Write: My Father’s Voice
A daily phone call from India spurs an emerging writer to complete her first novel.
Perversity of Spirit: What It Takes to Be a Writer
One author argues that talent is the least important part of becoming a writer.
The Art of Reading Lauren Slater
In her genre-defying book Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir, published in 2000 by Random House, Lauren Slater toys with the conventions of fact, fiction, memory, and art, introducing fabricated occurrences and physical conditions to unveil the truth of her experience—and of the human condition.
Why We Write: The Wounded and Enduring
Through her work with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, a poet discovers that writing can grant a type of freedom to incarcerated men—and in the process finds her own sense of peace in the wake of personal trauma.
Historic Giovanni’s Room Closes Its Doors, New York City's Secret Libraries, and More
Posman Books readies its fourth store; the argument for free digital libraries; Edwidge Danticat on sugar factories in the Dominican Republic; and other news.
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