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On Being Both an Editor and Writer

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • August 26, 2015
At Lit Hub, editor and author Jill Bialosky examines the ways in which writing and editing work themselves out in her mind. She writes in the early morning, before tackling anything else,…
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Creativity Builds Healthy Economies

  • Ian MacAllen
  • August 19, 2015
Creativity is an essential component of a healthy economy, and Western nations are doing a terrible job of fostering intellectual creativity. Writers, artists, and thinkers are underpaid, as developed economies…
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Word of the Day: Mundificative

  • Sara Menuck
  • July 15, 2015
(n.); a cleansing medicine or preparation; (adj.) able to cleanse, especially a wound “Art begins in a wound, an imperfection—a wound inherent in the nature of life itself—and is an…
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The Rumpus Interview with Bud Smith

  • Sabra Embury
  • July 10, 2015
Novelist Bud Smith talks about his new book, F-250, working construction and metalworking, finding writing after his friend’s death, and crashing his car over and over again.
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Walking Boosts Creativity

  • Ian MacAllen
  • June 17, 2015
The next time you feel stuck with writer’s block, try taking a walk. A Stanford study has shown that walking increases creativity over simply sitting, even when walking indoors on…
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Creativity and Mental Illness

  • Claire Burgess
  • April 24, 2015
Though I did not know it then, Adeline was not just a work of fiction, or an act of literary ventriloquism. It was my suicide note. Had I succeeded in…
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Weekly Geekery

  • Lyz Lenz
  • March 10, 2015
Stop worrying about Buzzfeed and worry about yourself. That moment when you realize the Internet has changed the way you write. The darker side of the Internet writing business. Your…
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The Rumpus Interview with Richard Ford

  • Ben Pfeiffer
  • November 26, 2014
Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Richard Ford discusses his new book, Let Me Be Frank With You, how metaphor shapes our world, and why he doesn't like the idea he has a battery to recharge.
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Weekly Geekery

  • Lyz Lenz
  • November 18, 2014
When we fight about Buzzfeed. Your laptop will soon be more emotionally intelligent than most people. Printing out people. This is your creativity. This is your creativity on the Internet.…
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Weekly Geekery

  • Lyz Lenz
  • November 11, 2014
The Internet will not save creators. Are you tired of reading about how Amazon is the Devil, yet? Good. Space Ship Two and Sir Walter Raleigh. Your refrigerator is freaking…
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The Rumpus Interview with Lev Grossman

  • Lindsay Whalen
  • September 19, 2014
Lev Grossman discusses the challenges of writing a series, why his 20s were a lost decade, and his relationship with his readers.
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Word of the Day: Woofits

  • Sara Menuck
  • September 17, 2014
(n.); an unwell feeling, particularly in the head; a moody depression; c. 1918, from Nevil Shute’s The Rose and the Rainbow The archetype of the mad genius dates back to…
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