Don’t Write Alone
“It took me many years to build the confidence to fight for my ideas” : A Conversation with Leslie Shipman
Amy Gall chats with Leslie Shipman of the Shipman Agency about how the most important ingredient to building a successful small business is love.
Trans Voices Belong in the Recording Booth Too
Contributing to the small body of trans-narrated, trans-written audiobooks felt both personally affirming and politically necessary.
On “getting creatively lost”: Robert J. Dau Prize Winner Mathapelo Mofokeng
Learn about Mathapelo Mofokeng’s short story “The Strong-Strong Winds,” which was selected for ‘Best Debut Short Stories 2021.’
Why We Should Translate Literature About Trauma
Translating trauma and violence is not just about deciphering pain but also about recreating an emotional language that helps us to understand each other better.
What You May Never Find During the Research Process
What happens to your writing project if you are unable to find a particular source? Adin Dobkin shares two options: either you carry on or decide the project is valueless without it.
The Working Metaphors of Novel Writing
Ingrid Rojas Conteras speaks to Naima Coster, Alexandra Kleeman, R. O. Kwon, Laura van den Berg, and Bryan Washington about the language they use to describe writing novels.
Being a Good Lawyer Can Make You a Bad Writer
But being a good writer makes me an even better lawyer.
Ode for the Ants: A Love Song for My 2021 Generator Students
Have you ever walked into a room of twelve strangers sitting quiet at a long table, bodies poised toward the nervous, generous edge of a year-long wade into manuscript-making?
How to Write an Ending
Why is it so hard to land the ending of a story? We want the endings of our stories to feel surprising yet inevitable—which is easier said than done.
How Pottery Taught Me to Love Writing First Drafts
I reveled in the circularity of pottery: All mass—all creative matter—was conserved.
