Janice N. Harrington
“Inspiration? A sleepless night helps, when my mind has nothing to do but wander.
Writers Recommend
In this online exclusive we ask authors to share books, art, music, writing prompts, films—anything and everything—that has inspired them in their writing. We see this as a place for writers to turn to for ideas that will help feed their creative process.
Peter Orner
“I’d like to recommend the great and criminally undersung novelist Wright Morris.
Kirsten Kaschock
“I’m obsessed with windows. How they organize the world by cutting away most of it. Then let some in.
Peter Selgin
“A writer far more experienced than I once said to me something like, ‘You’ve got to bushwhack past the first million or so rotten words to get at the good stuff.’
Caroline Leavitt
“For me, the best novels have a never-ending quality. Nothing is tied up neatly by the last page.
Jamil Ahmad
“Looking back and reflecting on my life, I realize how accident prone I have been in these eighty years.
Christopher Boucher
“Merrill Garbus, who performs under the moniker tUnE-YArDs, recorded her first album using a handheld voice recorder and distributed it on recycled cassette tape.
Lydia Millet
“Typically my writing prompt is nothing fancy—just your basic same old, same old. Fear of death.
Christian Wiman
“I never try to write. If the work isn’t urgent enough to make me sit down and work, I don’t want it.