Writing

The Writer’s Journey

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Christopher Vogler, author of The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, on the parallels between the writing process and the hero’s narrative.

Disappearing Drafts

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Disappearing Drafts

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Soaring

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Writing Advice From David Sedaris

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Peter Carey: From Outback Outlaws to Militant Hackers

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Peter Carey’s latest novel, “Amnesia,” sees government surveillance and cyber terrorism from an Australian perspective.

Kurt’s Five Lessons of Comedy

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Before he was our host, Kurt Andersen co-founded the pioneering humor magazine Spy. Here are his suggestions for finding the funny.

Mary Jo Bang: Time Is Almost Up

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Mary Jo Bang has developed a reputation as a poet’s poet by facing the hardest truths about human beings. Maybe that’s why she had so much fun translating Dante’s “Inferno.”

Annie Baker’s Agonies of Small Talk

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Pulitzer winner Annie Baker writes plays that are full of awkward silences. Is that why some people love them, while others walk out?

Hilary Mantel’s Henry VIII is a Monster for All Seasons

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Hilary Mantel’s books “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies” have reshaped how we think of Henry VIII — and made a hero out of the blacksmith’s son, Thomas Cromwell.