As the great Dorothy Parker once said, "writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat." If only it were so simple. Every writer knows the struggle of setting aside the time to write, sitting down ...

Launching from the semester’s end into summer is usually celebrated as a special kind of academic freedom, a chance to get lost in projects and flex your intellectual muscles. But what we’re hearing ...

I have a dark and terrible confession to make, internet: I'm not that into "how-to" books. Don't get me wrong, I've most certainly delved into the occasional cookbook (before giving up and making ...

Writing is made whole through conversation. But we often imagine the solitary writer chipping away at their masterpiece in an isolated corner of the world. At Wednesday’s Stegner Fellow reading, two ...

Think back to your favorite teacher: for me, a French teacher who silently wept as he read to the class from a novel by Marguerite Duras. The teachers whom we hold dear in our hearts are not those who ...

This story originally appeared on CASE News. It's National Novel Writing Month! Every November, thousands of aspiring writers take to their pens and paper or laptops and keyboards to start a novel. If ...

A few days of downtime over the holiday season gave me the space to think about my writing and publishing goals for the upcoming year. Lingering in the back of my mind, however, was the gnawing ...

Think back to your favorite teacher: for me, a French teacher who silently wept as he read to the class from a novel by Marguerite Duras. The teachers whom we hold dear in our hearts are not those who ...