Don’t Write Alone
Where Rae Nudson Writes
I’m afraid I have always been like this: always doing slightly more than I can handle, stealing moments to get it all done.
“Mainstream US literary culture is hostile to different ways of writing”: A Conversation with Aruni Kashyap
“I am inspired by other bilingual writers, other writers from smaller—I mean in size, not richness and depth—literary spaces.”
On Craft, Rhythm, and Writing About Sex
In the first installment of her new column, Megan Pillow shows us how some of the best examples of contemporary writing craft can be found in writing about sex.
Where José Vadi Writes
“I blame my first studio apartment for my habit of writing in kitchens.”
Narrating My Audiobook Felt Like Doing an Impression of Myself
Even the most authentic voice on the page is a translation, a refraction, an altered version of the author’s actual speaking voice.
A Conversation with ‘Best Debut Short Stories 2021’ Author Khaddafina Mbabazi
“I come from a culture that deifies the established and gatekeeps everything on their behalf. So it makes me glad that there are in fact spaces in the world where professional youth is celebrated.”
Don’t Call It Writer’s Block
It’s rare to hear writers—especially more established ones—claim that term in public.
How’s the Writing Going, Michael Seidlinger?
“I always battle with the realization that the stuff I write doesn’t need to exist, and I wonder how many people actually want to read the horror and speculative fiction that I write.”
A Conversation with ‘Best Debut Short Stories 2021’ Author Qianze Zhang
“Maybe being in a disorganized, overstimulated state of mind helped me evoke the anxiety of being on the internet while undergoing a process of ruthless self-evaluation.”
Writing Down the Ghosts
My whole process of writing is tricking my brain into writing without realizing what I’m doing, to make myself write even when the idea of writing instills a vomity feeling in my gut.
