An infirmed Friedrich Nietzsche hiked the Swiss Alps to work on his writing. Philosopher John Kaag followed Nietzsche’s trail, taking the great thinker’s ideas out of his books and into the world.
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Old In Art School
At 64, Nell Painter left a secure teaching position and went back to school to study art.
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Behind The Writing: On Interviewing
In her first column on craft, Sarah Menkedick speaks with Sarah Smarsh, Lauren Markham, and Jennifer Percy on the art of the interview.
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Ursula K. Le Guin, Literary Legend and Cat Blogger
Ursula K. Le Guin may no longer publish fiction, but that hasn’t stopped her from writing.
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Longreads Best of 2017: Food Writing
Our top reads this year in food writing.
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The Internet Won’t Prioritize Quality Without an Intervention
Ev Williams admits that the internet is broken and suggests course corrections, apologizing for Twitter’s role in putting Trump in the White House.
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Talking with Multi-Genre Writer Walter Mosley
The author talks with The Paris Review about writing, crime fiction, and his depiction of Black American life.
Posted inProfiles & Interviews, Story, Writing
An Interview with MacArthur ‘Genius’ Viet Thanh Nguyen
2017 MacArthur fellow Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses questions of justice, diversity in literature, and empathy across cultures.
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The Truth About Writing Fiction From Your Life
A conversation about writing novels that have roots in reality.
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‘I Try Not to Have a Schedule’: Talking Writing with William Vollmann
Renowned for the size of his books as the magnitude of his subjects, the author is ready to take on waste and climate change.
