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How to Write Characters’ Interior Lives, with Caro de Robertis

CARO DE ROBERTIS IS an Uruguayan American author and full-tenured professor in the creative writing department at San Francisco State University. Their pronouns are they/theirs. They are the author of … [Read more...] about How to Write Characters’ Interior Lives, with Caro de Robertis

How to Structure a Fine book, With Author Juli Min

JULI MIN IS THE editor-in-chief and fiction editor of the Shanghai Literary Review. Currently, a resident of Shanghai, she was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in New Jersey and has just published her … [Read more...] about How to Structure a Fine book, With Author Juli Min

How to Combine Memoir With An Area of Expertise, with Deborah Paredez

DEBORAH PAREDEZ UNDERSTANDS THE fine art of combining memoir with cultural criticism. She is a poet, scholar, cultural critic, author, and professor who previously authored the critical study, … [Read more...] about How to Combine Memoir With An Area of Expertise, with Deborah Paredez

How Writers Collaborate, With Rusty Gear

RUSTY GEAR IS AN Americana music songwriter and performer. He has released nine albums, Eps, of original music featuring top Nashville session players and members of the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm … [Read more...] about How Writers Collaborate, With Rusty Gear

How to Write into Healing, with Margaret Juhae Lee

MARGARET JUHAE LEE knows how to write into healing, as her new memoir clearly shows us. Her articles, interviews and book reviews have been published in The Nation, Newsday, Elle, ARTnews, The … [Read more...] about How to Write into Healing, with Margaret Juhae Lee

How to Write the Voices of the Dead, with Lissa Soep

LISSA SOEP KNOWS HOW to reanimate the voices of the dead, and she is here to teach you how to get those voices into your memoir writing. As a senior editor for audio at Vox Media and special projects … [Read more...] about How to Write the Voices of the Dead, with Lissa Soep

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