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The Moment Moves On: A Conversation with Wendy J. Fox

  • Caleb Thompson
  • December 17, 2021
Wendy J. Fox discusses her new story collection, WHAT IF WE WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE?
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Work Isn’t All Hardship: Talking with Kikuko Tsumura

  • Katie Smith
  • May 24, 2021
Kikuko Tsumura discusses her newly translated novel, THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY JOB.
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Working from Memories of Memories: A Conversation with Lauren Hough

  • Barrett Bowlin
  • April 14, 2021
Lauren Hough discusses her debut essay collection, LEAVING ISN’T THE HARDEST THING.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Biswell and Hope and the Job, A Story in Five Epiphanies

  • Julianna Baggott
  • April 30, 2020
I’d love to prove that I can sell windows.
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The Search for Permanence: Hilary Leichter’s Temporary

  • Leah Gaus
  • March 11, 2020
A permanent job doesn’t need her, and neither do her boyfriends.
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CA$H 4 GOLD

  • Amy Berhnard
  • November 2, 2017
I will not end up like these woman, I promise myself, left behind and living in some suburb. I will not be anyone’s baby. I will be a real artist instead, a writer.
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Ambiguity as a Daily Experience: Talking with Jess Arndt

  • Melissa Wiley
  • June 14, 2017
Jess Arndt discusses her debut story collection Large Animals, accepting love from other people, human bodies, and fear of the written word.
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Paying the Bills

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • December 2, 2015
Electric Literature has an infographic of day jobs (originally posted on Adzuna) that both paid the bills and inspired writers to create some of their best work. The professions range from teacher (Stephen King,…
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Quit Your Day Job

  • Claire Burgess
  • April 17, 2015
So what happened in those eight missing years to make a well-reviewed, commercially successful author fall so far so fast? Heartbreak? Rehab? Addiction to designer shoes? Easy. She took the…
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Show Me the Money

  • Roxie Pell
  • January 27, 2015
It’s no secret that writing doesn’t pay. Ann Bauer wants to talk about where the money comes from: In my opinion, we do an enormous “let them eat cake” disservice to…
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A Career No More

  • Ian MacAllen
  • January 19, 2015
Writing books has become a hobby for the wealthy, writes Toby Young over at the Telegraph. Writers’ incomes have dropped 29% since 2005, he points out, and even when writers…
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How to Be a Writer and Also Have a 401K

  • Claire Burgess
  • December 5, 2014
At The Morning News, seven writers with full-time jobs talk about how they fit (or attempt to fit) writing time into their work weeks, and the general conclusion is: There…
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