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As one of the preeminent storytellers of our era, author Min Jin Lee has captivated fans with her international best-sellers, Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires, which provide a glimpse...

I suppose, before diving in, to put it in short, short fiction has opened a tremendous num­ber of doors for me personally as a writer – craft-wise, career-wise, opportunity-wise. I...

Opening apps. If you don’t learn to use Siri for anything else, for the love of Mike, learn this one.You can say, “Open Calendar” or “Play Angry Birds” or “Launch...

If you’re looking for a convenient way to fit more books into your busy life, audiobooks are a great one. You can listen to them on your commute, while you’re...

The short story is an entirely different pleasure than the novel. For writers, the form demands precision and intense scrutiny of craft choices. The short story is constrained by its...

Joel Burcat’s debut novel, “Drink to Every Beast,” isn’t climbing best-seller lists or getting attention from prominent critics. But it’s remarkable for a different reason.He finished it after he became...

Nvidia has joined the list of companies facing lawsuits over claims that copyrighted material is being used to train their AI models. Nvidia is facing legal trouble from a trio...

It’s a cliché at this point to say that podcasts (and, to a less publicized extent, audiobooks) have a discovery problem. To help fix that, Spotify announced it’s using Google...

When I give presentations to aspiring writers – particularly presentations on writing and selling short stories – I’m always careful to emphasize that short stories are no longer the apprenticeship...

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