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Catapult Staff Picks
This week we’re reading books by Masha Gessen, Carmen Maria Machado, CAConrad, and more.
A Conversation with Amanda Woytus, Host of Life TK
Meet Amanda Woytus, a Catapult Writing Program alumna & a podcast host for women whose futures are yet to be written.
Catapult Staff: What Makes You a Better Writer?
Absorb everything. Write most of it down. If it’s still magic after you finish, cut until all that is left are the words you want.
Catapult Staff Picks
The Catapult staff recommends fiction, poetry, essays, films, manga, and more.
A Conversation With Catapult Instructor David Burr Gerrard
“Non-existence is a reasonably pleasant state, and if you’re going to use language to conjure people out of that reasonably pleasant non-existence and on to the terrifying page, you owe them your soul.”
TinyLetter of the Month: Carrie Frye, “Lit Me Up”
“Hoping if these days feel dark to you (as they often do to me), there are also sparks and blazes and fragments of light to stay with you.”
Catapult Staff Picks
The books we’re reading aloud, reading to ourselves, and planning to read next.
Happy Publication Day to A LOVING, FAITHFUL ANIMAL
The debut novel NYLON called “gorgeously written.”
Catapult Staff Picks
The Catapult staff recommends books by Javier Marías, Jenny Zhang, Jesmyn Ward, and more.