Next-Level Diversity: Beyond Faces and Names
The author of Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird (Norton, 2025) encourages writers to consider a deeper definition of diversity and embrace alternative storytelling styles and structures.
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Decolonize the Novel: Writing Against Western Strictures of Realism
The author of Border Less describes how audience responses to her debut novel’s play with form led her to wonder about the greater implications of the Western fixation on realism as the accepted novel style.
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The Art of Reading Gary Paulsen: How “Boy Books” Taught Me to Write
As a child the author idolized the sharp prose and arresting images of survival in Gary Paulsen’s young adult novels. Now, as an adult novelist, that love is complicated by questions of who gets to tell what stories—even as her admiration endures.
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Setting the Table for Your Reader
The author of [WHITE] explores the benefits of writing to a specific audience and the risks of trying to meet the market’s imagined demands.
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Craft Capsule: In Praise of Italics
The author of Martha Moody writes about the intimacy and queerness of italics.
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Craft Capsule: Writing Hot
The author of Thin Places celebrates hot-blooded writing.
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