• First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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    Why NoViolet Bulawayo Isn’t Staying in Her Lane

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   June 6, 2022
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    Akwaeke Emezi on How Modern, Inclusive Romance Novels Are Expanding the Possibilities of Love

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 31, 2022
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    Jeffrey Yang on the Parallels Between Wood Carving and Poetry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 23, 2022
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    Ada Limón on Why Being Witnessed Is Essential For an Artist

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 16, 2022
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    Jacinda Townsend on What It Means to Mother

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 9, 2022
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    “Structure is Everything.” Keith O’Brien on Structuring a Nonfiction Narrative

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 2, 2022
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    “I Guess This is What I’m Writing About.” Aimee Bender on Surrendering to the Material

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 25, 2022
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    Rebecca Kauffman on Turning to Historical Fiction During the Chaos of 2020

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 18, 2022
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    Sarah Manguso on Getting on the Freeway, aka Writing a Novel

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 11, 2022
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    Douglas Stuart on Masculinity and the Long Literary Tradition of the Gang Novel

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 4, 2022
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    Jacquelyn Mitchard on Hiding Mysteries in Plain Sight

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 28, 2022
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    Why Having a Baby Led Evie Wyld to More Perilous Stories

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 21, 2022
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    Lan Samantha Chang on Teaching, Tone, and Literary Generations

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 14, 2022
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    Thrity Umrigar on Questioning the Rules of Objective Journalism

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 7, 2022
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    How the “Tiger Lady” Profoundly Changed Susan Orlean

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 28, 2022
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    Charlotte Wood on Exploring the Longevity of Female Friendship

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 22, 2022
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    Anahid Nersessian’s Close Reading of Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 14, 2022
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    “Secrets Really Power a Book.” A Conversation with Steven Schwartz

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 7, 2022
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    Peter Ho Davies on Why We Fear Revision (and How to Get Over It)

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 3, 2022
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    “A Kind of Clash.” Tom Bissell on the Structure of His Short Stories

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 24, 2022
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    Michael Bazzett on the Role of Comedy in His Poetry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 18, 2022
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    How Jean Hanff Korelitz Learned to Create Tension and Suspense on the Page

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 10, 2022
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    Alice McDermott: Connection Is at the Heart of Why We Read and Write

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 3, 2022
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    EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 30, 2021
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    “Living in America Is Like Living in an In-Law’s House.” Nawaaz Ahmed on Writing a Queer, Immigrant Story

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 22, 2021
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