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László Krasznahorkai Writes Because He Fails
Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Krasznahorkai’s answers, which were delivered in Hungarian, have been translated…
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Marie Arana and Writing Between Reality and Imagination
Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin This is a book that really confuses the place where reality and imagination meet. I am crazy about…
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Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest
In a talk on the “art of rough drafting,” George Saunders, the Phil Jackson of writing teachers, says he’s learned, through writing and…
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The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room
In touring the history of writerly spaces, “The Writer’s Room” elegantly describes the rooms kept by Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, Joan…
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The Brilliance and the Badness of “The Sun Also Rises”
The second sentence is “Do not think that I am very much impressed by that as a boxing title, but it meant a lot to Cohn.” Even to my…
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Randa Abdel-Fattah: How Adelaide Writers' Week imploded after axing Palestinian author
One of Australia's biggest cultural festivals has been left in disarray after a decision to disinvite a prominent Australian-Palestinian…
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The Wild, Sad Life of John Cage’s First Lover
Why not New York? Personal factors may have been at work: in L.A., Cage’s parents could provide support. But L.A. was also coming into its…
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Sir Tom Stoppard: King hails playwright as 'one of our greatest writers'
Seher Asaf, Patrick Jacksonand Yang Tian Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88 King Charles III and Queen Camilla have led tributes to…
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A Night in the Writers’ Room: Drama Writers Mix It Up on Writing Process, Time Spent in the Room and to Outline or Not to Outline
From the first question, Variety’s A Night in the Writers’ Room gathering of five drama showrunners was a lively affair as the scribes…
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‘Shogun’ Season 2 Sets New and Returning Cast, Writers and Directors
“Shogun” Season 2 has unveiled its writers, directors and new and returning cast members. Newcomers for Season 2 include Asami Kizukawa as…
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George Saunders and Zadie Smith Talk with Deborah Treisman
On October 25, 2025, the writers George Saunders and Zadie Smith took the stage with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman,…
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WGA Says Warner Bros. Merger Would Be a ‘Disaster’ for Writers
The Writers Guild of America came out swinging on Thursday against a merger between Warner Bros. and any other studio, saying such…
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László Krasznahorkai and Contemporary Europe’s Perilous Reality
In 2011, I wrote that reading László Krasznahorkai “is a little like seeing a group of people standing in a circle in a town square,…
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Chris Kraus Reinvents the True-Crime Novel
On a recent Sunday morning, I took a bus to Williamsburg to meet Chris Kraus, the seventy-year-old writer who attained permanent literary…
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The War on Trans Art
In July, the artist Amy Sherald pulled out of a large-scale show at the Smithsonian after learning that she might not be able to include a…
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‘Dexter: Original Sin’ Canceled Despite Renewal Announcement, ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Season 2 Writers Room to Open Soon (EXCLUSIVE)
“Dexter: Original Sin” is not returning for Season 2 after all. Variety has learned from sources that Paramount has opted not to move…
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Bob Odenkirk Says It’s ‘Very Easy’ For Young Writers on ‘SNL’ to Get Their Ideas ‘Shot Down’ By Senior Staffers: ‘It Was a Good Thing To Learn What Not to Do’
Bob Odenkirk learned a valuable lesson for “Mr. Show” during his days writing on “Saturday Night Live.” During a recent episode of…
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‘And Just Like That’ Writers on Carrie’s Heartbreak and the ‘Untenable Situation’ With Aidan
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Present Tense,” Season 3, Episode 9 of “And Just Like That,” now streaming on HBO Max.…
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Writers Guild Demands Investigation Into Stephen Colbert ‘Late Show’ Cancellation, Has ‘Significant Concerns’ About Bribery at Paramount
The Writers Guild of America called for Paramount to be investigated for bribery by the New York state attorney general following…
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Rachel Kushner’s Advice to Writers
The novelist Rachel Kushner recently taught a class at Stanford that concerned, as the course catalogue advertised it, “the sacred art of…
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Writers Guild of America West Leaves X After Grok’s Antisemitic Posts
The Writers Guild of America West is leaving X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. In a post to Instagram on Wednesday, the…
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Curzio Malaparte’s Shock Tactics
“You’re a born Fascist, one of the authentic ones,” the Italian writer Piero Gobetti wrote to his friend Curzio Malaparte in 1925, three…
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An Enduring Archive of Queer Writers’ Portraits
Giard grew up in a working-class family in Hartford, Connecticut. When he entered public high school, he was shunted onto the remedial…