Writing Resources

In “Leopoldo (His Labors),” Augusto Monterroso tells the story of a man seen as a writer by everyone but who never finishes any of the stories he sets out to...

“Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It’s cheaper,” said John C. Bogle, an investor and founder of Vanguard Group. Not just that—it can be a shortcut...

Vanessa Zoltan's memoir is all about how she learned to read literature like sacred texts. TarcherPerigree/Penguin Random House hide caption toggle caption TarcherPerigree/Penguin Random House Vanessa Zoltan's memoir is all...

Since 1983, The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College has welcomed writers to a robust and supportive community, with workshops, classes, seminars, conferences, readings and more. Our virtual and on...

“Writing is easy,” the sportswriter Red Smith famously said. “I just open a vein and bleed.” As annoying as I find writers who dramatize their craft, the guy had a...

While she was in London, she published “The Edge of Impossibility,” a collection of essays, some of them previously published in academic journals, about tragic experiences in literature. “Being is...

Writing workshops to take in before the book festival - By Emilie StaatOctober 4, 2016 While the Louisiana Book Festival is technically...

Being a writer, being able to create characters and tap into human feelings and ways of processing things often goes hand in hand with feeling worthless. Feeling that I’m not...

So you've written a book. You've crafted the next great novel, collected your experiences into a memoir, or gathered experts' experiences in a new way. And now you want to...

Listen to this articleListen to more stories on curioSelf-driving cars. Saucer-shaped vacuum cleaners that skitter hither and yon (only occasionally getting stuck in corners). Phones that tell you where you...