Writers, Writing

Henri Cole, Elisa Gonzalez, Jiayang Fan, Katy Waldman, Kevin Young, and Hilton Als commemorate the Nobel-winning poet.

For more than two decades, one of pulp sci-fi’s masters has delivered headlines from a time line defined by the absurd.

In “Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,” Claire Dederer attempts the impossible task of disentangling herself from the figures whose work has made her who she is.

The author discusses “The Soccer Balls of Mr. Kurz,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.

Seizing upon the margin of artistic freedom she was allowed, Brigitte Reimann captured life in the G.D.R.—and her own fissured commitments.

Kelly Link’s postmodern fairy tales make the case for enchantment.

For more than twenty years, Maylis de Kerangal has been writing strange, singular books that turn the worlds of our jobs into art.

In the last volume of “In Search of Lost Time,” Proust famously describes the transformation of himself as an author.

After a near-fatal stabbing—and decades of threats—the novelist speaks about writing as a death-defying act.

Now ninety, Lady Glenconner—a trusted friend of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret—has become a cheeky chronicler of the British élite.

The fiction of Gwendoline Riley ruthlessly depicts the fragile tedium of broken people who are desperate to be normal.

In a new book, the writer and podcast host treats poetry as a form of agnostic prayer.

She didn’t consider herself a teacher. But, through warm, sometimes ruthless attention, she made people writers.

Since her death, Ephron has become a symbol of sappy romance. But her real subject was how words could bring people together—or drive them apart.

I have always viewed writing fiction as moral work, but never before had it felt so urgent.

On the verge of selling my first book, I was scammed by a manuscript thief. My deepest insecurities about wanting to be a writer came rushing to the surface.