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Annie Dillard in her book on what it takes to be a writer, The Writing Life, recounts the story of a fellow writer who was asked, “Do you think I could be a writer?” The response was: [...]

Last month we ushered a group of writers into a Venetian palazzo for week-long writing retreat. What could be more wonderful: a week spent fostering creativity in an environment filled with [...]

What do I love about Elmore Leonard’s dialogue? It’s terse, it’s droll, it’s economical. It punches above its weight. Take this sentence speech from Bandit: Jack said, “I’ve been to Carville. [...]

Tomorrow, on November 1, tens of thousands of people around the world will settle themselves down at desks or in commuter trains, in the cramped quarters of tourist class in jet airliners, on [...]