Building a Writing Community On and Off the Internet
Jami Attenberg, author of the writer's guide "1000 Words," is making the literary world more accessible
Jami Attenberg, author of the writer's guide "1000 Words," is making the literary world more accessible
I don't have to worry about writing the perfect sentence or the most impressive scene
Books that explore how our identities and our lives are shaped by being part of a larger collective
I was told we were nowhere in the past; now queer people are everywhere in the present
As a child with no access to queer or trans stories, I turned to "The Return of the Swamp Thing" for the message that I would be okay
"Linden Hills" taught me to see how the pursuit of status dominated life in my class-conscious Black neighborhood
Julia Alvarez on her new novel "Afterlife" and storytelling as a means of protest
The first Bengali immigrants only made it with the help of Black Americans
Jordan Farmer recommends novels about the beauty and hardship of life in rural America
Underrepresented writers face a heavy burden—because so few of us are heard, we're expected to speak for everyone