Nonfiction writers

Finding “the flux” in 2024

With some help from Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, circa 1969

Jan 8, 2024 •

On searching for your own idea of quality

And what if it keeps changing?

Jun 26, 2023 •

Samuel Johnson and the art of procrastination

Or how to write 1,800 words an hour

May 30, 2023 •

Henri Cole on the enemies within

And why they’re a gift

May 1, 2023 •

Checking in with “Heather in Brooklyn”

Last year, she was in a post-project funk. Now her book is out! An advice column update.

Nov 28, 2022 •

“A strange empty day”

From May Sarton’s journals—plus, more on paid newsletters

Apr 4, 2022 •

Three tales of creative incompetence

Plus: Advice on sharing your work

Mar 7, 2022 •

New Year, New . . . Rapture?

On bell hooks and the privilege and joy (maybe) of writing

Jan 10, 2022 •

Really good writing advice from Slavoj Žižek

How to make writing disappear!

Nov 22, 2021 •

Lauren Berlant’s labor of being

“Things are usually in my way but that’s the thing about writing.”

Jul 19, 2021 •

“If work comes easily, it is suspect”

On David Salle, Janet Malcolm, and feeling like you’re doing everything wrong

Jul 12, 2021 •

Machiavelli’s daily routine while writing The Prince

“For four hours I forget all my worries and boredom, I am afraid neither of poverty nor death.”

Jun 21, 2021 •

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