• First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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    Elizabeth McCracken on Grieving Her Mother Through Writing

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 28, 2022
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    Omer Friedlander on Listening to Your Characters

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 21, 2022
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    Ross Gay: “It’s Never Been the Institutions, It’s Always Been Our Neighbor.”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 14, 2022
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    Tracy K. Smith on Pursuing a Reconfiguration of the American Imagination

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 7, 2022
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    “How Do They Explain Themselves to Themselves?” Stacey D’Erasmo on Writing a Financial Crime Novel

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 31, 2022
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    “You Find a Way to Be Distinctive.” George Saunders on His Writerly Evolution

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 24, 2022
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    Andrea Barrett on Needing Stories to Weave Together the “Jumble of Perceptions”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 17, 2022
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    Remembering the Late Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Poet Kevin McIlvoy

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 11, 2022
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    Katie Runde on Trusting the Reader Will Extrapolate

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 3, 2022
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    Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 26, 2022
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    Jill Bialosky on Mentoring Young Women Through Her Writing

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 19, 2022
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    Carlos Allende: How to Make Stories More Compelling

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 12, 2022
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    Casey Parks on Piecing Together the Life Story of an Enigmatic Subject

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 6, 2022
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    Eric Nguyen on Inverting the Stereotype of the “Other”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 29, 2022
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    Jamil Jan Kochai on Writing About Violence

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 22, 2022
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    How Chinelo Okparanta Examines the Co-opting of the Black African Body in Her New Novel

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 15, 2022
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    “It’s Not Magic, But it Feels Magical.” Remembering the Late Poet James Longenbach

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 8, 2022
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    Charles Baxter on the Many Parts of the Writer’s Mind

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 1, 2022
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    Lidia Yuknavitch is Embarking on a New Form of Storytelling

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 25, 2022
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    Ben Winters on Why He Writes About Loss

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 18, 2022
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    Zeina Hashem Beck on Desire and Lost Connection

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 11, 2022
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    Tsering Yangzom Lama on Cultural Appreciation Versus Cultural Engagement

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   July 5, 2022
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    Nathanial White: Is Pain an Essential Part of the Human Experience?

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 27, 2022
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    Lawrence Jackson on the Distinction Between Home and Shelter

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 21, 2022
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    Soon Wiley on Marrying Literary and Genre Fiction in His Debut Novel

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 13, 2022
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