Last writes
If you’re the family scribe, chances are you’ll be asked to produce (and deliver) a eulogy. Are you ready to speak of the dead? Read More “Last writes”
nonfiction
Gaiutra Bahadur: How I Write
As Bahadur, a journalist, set out to discover the lost story of her ancestry, she realized her great-grandmother’s narrative was not unique; it was “emblematic.” Read More “Gaiutra Bahadur: How I Write”
Alissa Quart interview: Full quart press
Poet and journalist Alissa Quart combines her skills for a sprawling examination of the outsider class.
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Jesmyn Ward: Structure and Memoir
Ward found out the hard way that writing memoir is a very different experience from creating fiction, and that it is something she’ll never attempt again. Memoirists and novelists alike will find something of value in Ward’s thoughts on her latest work. Read More “Jesmyn Ward: Structure and Memoir”
Nancy K. Miller: How I Write
“I wanted to smoke in a left Bank café,” Miller says. “I wanted to be sophisticated and daring, nothing like my nice-Jewish-girl self and her nice Jewish parents from whom I longed to escape.” What she found in Paris, however, was a deeper connection to her parents – and a sense that liberté may lie elsewhere. Read More “Nancy K. Miller: How I Write”
Gilbert King on how to win a Pulitzer Prize
Gilbert King went from writing about Mr. Potato Head to crafting an award-winning story about racial injustice. Read More “Gilbert King on how to win a Pulitzer Prize”
The contrarian gambit
A master of the essay form offers advice about grappling with words. Read More “The contrarian gambit”
25 tips to sharpen your writing
Want to learn some ways to strengthen, energize, clarify and trim your works? Here are a few tricks of the trade from a Writer editor. Read More “25 tips to sharpen your writing”