Ganeshananthan is the author of Love Marriage and Brotherless Night In the spring of 2004, I began what is now my second novel, Brotherless Night. Partway through 2022, I finished it. This span, ...

In early 2021, I finally snagged my lifelong Holy Grail: a non-fiction book deal. I was a science reporter covering the COVID-19 pandemic, and I felt there was no more meaningful thing I could do than ...

In fall of 2024, I led a workshop for postdocs on how to engage undergraduates in the face of so much competition for their attention. Afterward, when we met for lunch, the postdocs quickly turned the ...

Note: In the “Are You Working?” series, a Ph.D. and academic-writing coach answers questions from faculty members and graduate students about scholarly motivation and productivity. This month’s ...

Nothing more quickly catapulted me into real life than my project to escape it. By Klara Feenstra When I first started writing my silly little novel, it was a desperate attempt to escape the demands ...

Receiving and sending letters is like dancing, each partner taking turns in a reliable rhythm across time and distance, ...

It’s important to keep the well of creativity full, even when you’re not working on writing anything in particular.

A self-published author who has written six books as well as screenplays and television series has told how writing has been his "solace" during his struggle with chronic pain. Jax Singh Taak, 52, ...