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Nicola Yoon's poignant and timely The Sun Is Also a Star hit the New York Times bestseller list and remained there for forty weeks. Here, we talk with Yoon about her new work, seeing herself reflected on the pages of a novel, and the need for diversity in books. Read More... |
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Declaring that you're planning on writing a trilogy and crafting a successful one are not quite the same thing. Having just completed his own fantasy trilogy, Dan Koboldt shares what he learned in the process, book by book. Read More... |
Screenwriters Michael Weber and Scott Neustadter dig into details about the development and writing behind their Oscar-nominated comedy, The Disaster Artist. Read More... |
Citing a poem by Langston Hughes, Aaron Bauer reflects on Black History Month as an impetus to search out black authors whose poetry and prose will stick with readers long after February ends. Read More... |
This week's "Why I Write Poetry" post comes from Daniel Ari, who writes, "The words we use have amazing stories. And the letters we write and the sounds we make are such a deep magic that even though both are as common as dirt, I have never been able to get over them." Read More... |
Jess Zafarris Follow @jfarrisknight Jess Zafarris is an energetic multimedia journalist with more than 7 years of experience writing and editing, and the online content director of Writers Digest. |
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