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Writers

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The Essentials With Author Ashley Poston: Disney, Local Bookstores and ‘A Novel Love Story’

How the South Carolina native turned her childhood writing hobby into a full-time career as a New York Times best-selling author.
By Marissa DeSantis
Portraits of writer Jhumpa Lahiri and artist, Lee Ufan

Jhumpa Lahiri and Lee Ufan Announced as This Year’s Isamu Noguchi Award Recipients

With their very different practices, Lahiri and Ufan share Isamu Noguchi’s spirit of innovation, imagination and commitment to creativity.
By Elisa Carollo
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Sci-Fi Author Ursula Le Guin’s Portland Home Is Becoming a Writers Residency

The homes of other legendary writers like John Steinbeck have also been transformed into residencies and retreats.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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Candace Bushnell Still Wants You to Be Your Own Mr. Big

By Jasmine Lobe
Man sits in book-lined office

Neil Gaiman Just Sold $1M Worth of His Own Memorabilia to Benefit Authors and Artists

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
American Lyric Theater founder Lawrence Edelson.

A New Festival, InsightALT, Is Here to Revive Contemporary Opera in America

By Billy McEntee
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Pink.

In Response to Milkshakegate, 6 Great Superheroes Written by Women

By John Martin
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California on June 2, 2016.

Donald Trump Has Finally Met His Match—Big-Name Writers

By Neal Pollack
People march through the city taking part in a "Slut Walk" on October 6, 2012 in Aix-en-Provence, southern France.

This Observer Writer Grows Weary of That Observer Writer

By Jennifer Ashley Wright

Patti Smith’s ‘M Train’ Is a Literary Ride Through Stations of Mourning

By Justin Joffe
Music Mart Fundraiser for Lou Gehrig's Disease

Daily Newspapers Need Music Writers Now More Than Ever

By Tim Sommer
Hamilton Nolan is not an alligator, but this is his Twitter photo.

Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan, ‘Against Editors,’ Takes Editing Position

By Matthew Kassel
Alexandra Kleeman's debut novel comes out next month. (Photo: Sasha Maslov)

Alexandra Kleeman’s Debut Novel Is the Weirdest Book You’ll Read This Summer

By Matthew Kassel
Online retail giant Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos unveils the Kindle DX, a large-screen version of its popular Kindle electronic reader designed for newspapers, magazines and textbooks, during a press conference in New York, May 06, 2009. The Kindle DX costs 489 USD and features a screen which at 9.7 inches (24.6 centimeters) is 2.5 times larger than the six-inch (15.24 cm) screen on the earlier versions of the Kindle, which cost 359 USD. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand

With Lower Prices and 12X More Titles Per Year, Famous Authors Fear Amazon

By Brady Dale
TO GO WITH STORY BY KATY LEE A journalist poses looking at a computer screen showing the Guardian's "newslist" on the British newspaper's website in an office in London on November 10, 2011. The Guardian newspaper has opened the way for its readers to look over the shoulders of its reporters, at least virtually. The newspaper decided to publish on its website a "newslist", listing the items on which its journalists are working and invites readers to support comment on their choice of material through Twitter. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)

Here’s How We Can Change Online Commenting Once and for All

By Jeff Reifman
Barry Newman's new book, News to Me, will be released next Thursday, May 7. (Photo courtesy of Barry Newman)

A Morning in the Park With WSJ Vet Barry Newman

By Matthew Kassel
Kara Walker, A Subtlety, 2014. (Photo: Jason Wyche, Courtesy Creative Time, 2014./Creative Time)

Association of Art Critics Names Kara Walker, Pierre Huyghe Among 2014 Winners

By Alanna Martinez
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) holds his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

I Was Fired from Boston.com for Way Lesser Journalism Crimes Than Brian Williams

By Victor Paul Alvarez

All Aboard! Amtrak Residency Makes Writers Yearn To Ride The Rails

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Rockwell Family Not Pleased With Deborah Solomon’s New Biography

By Dan Duray

Why Did <em>Girls</em> Downsize, Relocate Writers’ Room?

By Drew Grant
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Flavorwire Catalogs New York’s Most Important Live Authors

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Linda Yablonsky to Curate Family Business Show

By Dan Duray

Anthony Haden-Guest’s Cartoons Will Appear on the Standard’s Blog

By Dan Duray
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