On Writing
What Nourishes Your Writing Ecosystem?
On the value of understanding the kind of ecosystem that will support and sustain the flourishing of our lives, on and off the page.
Jaya Saxena on Giving Ourselves Permission
“If you pick up a crystal and suddenly your writer’s block is gone, it’s not the crystal—it’s you using an object to allow yourself to think differently.”
A Conversation with Kathleen Dean Moore, Author of ‘Earth’s Wild Music’
“Linking climate action and environmental protection to social justice action is essential. It is still possible to hope.”
Nadia Owusu on Writing and the Work of Staying Hopeful
“I was grateful for the beauty and for the reminders that there are seasons; that things change gradually and also suddenly.”
Six Authors Demystify Publishing with a Small Indie Press
Nina Boutsikaris, Jessica Gross, Sarah Minor, Chaya Bhuvaneswar, Tyrese Coleman, and Noam Dorr chat about what they’ve learned—and wish they’d known—about publishing with a small indie press.
A Conversation with Randa Jarrar, Author of ‘Love Is An Ex-Country’
“There were awkward motel and Airbnb moments involving my dog and other people’s pets. But I’m glad I have a record of those, even if I wasn’t able to elevate them into art.”
Alice Wong on Activism, Community, and Writing
“I feel such rage—and it clarified what is important to me and what I want to write about.”
On Worldbuilding and the Question of Resistance
In fiction, you can feel good about resistance without actually resisting anything.
When There Is No Right Way to Heal
The details of those poems may be his first inkling that I know what he did.
Finding an “I” in Indian Literature
It turns out all I want to find in literature, whether I write or read it, is a little piece of myself.