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A white banner with blue text reading: "The New York City Poetry Festival."

The NYC Poetry Fest is Alive and Well at the End of the World, and So Are We

"Here, poetry is alive, it’s around us, it’s being written and read and spoken... it's for everyone."
By Casey Epstein-Gross
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No Limits: Linguist Julie Tetel Andresen Pushes the Boundaries of the Romance Novel

A sad-but-true story of a college professor whose pursuit of an online lover landed him in a Colombian jail inspired award-winning romance author Julie Tetel Andresen to explore the phenomenon of online love scams. 
By Observer Content Studio
Nick van Hofwegen aka Young & Sick.

How This ‘Double Threat’ Songwriter Creates Without Writing Anything Down

Nick van Hofwegen (aka Young & Sick) fuses music and art in a way few can.
By Jimmy Soni
Viet Thanh Nguyen.

How a Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist Thinks About Coffee, Screenplays and Facebook

By Jimmy Soni
Hari Kondabolu—one of the best comedians working today.

How This Star Comedian Writes Onstage, and What He Learned From Chris Rock

By Jimmy Soni
Very few of us can afford to abandon our gift after our first attempt, convinced that our legacy is secured.

Why the Best Thing You Can Do for Your Creative Project Is Create Another One

By Ryan Holiday
What exactly exactly do the best writers do to get going?

Here’s How Some of the World’s Great Writers Begin Their Workdays

By Jimmy Soni
There is a way to both see the world and pay the bills.

Five Proven Ways to Make a Living Traveling the World

By Tomas Laurinavicius
If an entrepreneur is already looking for shortcuts, they definitely won’t find the rewards they are looking for in books.

Dear Entrepreneurs: Please Don’t Write a Book—We’re Begging You

By Ryan Holiday
Keep doing the work.

Learn to Love the Work, or Do Something Else (and Other Lessons on Greatness)

By Jeff Goins
This is for anyone trying to cultivate a more positive outlook in a time when overwhelming negativity seems to be rewarded, both with attention and money.

Happy Is the New Rich, and Six Other Lessons for Living a Good Life

By George Resch
We all have creative gifts to share, and in that respect, we are all artists.

A New Renaissance: Real Artists Don’t Starve

By Jeff Goins
Cal Newport

How ‘Deep Work’ Expert & Author Cal Newport Gets His Writing Done

By Jimmy Soni
Writer.

Three Places to Write Anonymously Online

By Brady Dale
The Mountain Goats go "Goths"

The Mountain Goats on Going ‘Goth,’ Christianity and the Age of Trump

By Justin Joffe
It’s tough out there for writers, it really is.

Do Not Let Your Art Devolve Into Content

By Todd Brison
We should be a lot more optimistic.

Art Is Dead!—So Is Everything From Literature to Snapchat

By Jon Westenberg
Via

15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Publishing a Book

By Dana Schwartz
We can save history by stealing it.

How to Be More Creative (Without Having to Be Original)

By Jeff Goins
LinkedIn Pulse is LinkedIn’s version of a personalized newsfeed

11 Ways to Hack the LinkedIn Pulse Algorithm

By Larry Kim
In the majority of cases, I let the thieves go.

Exposing The Guy Who Stole My Viral Article and Why This May Concern You

By Zdravko Cvijetic
A portrait of Joseph Pulitzer, oil on canvas, by John Singer Sargent, is on display at the Newseum during the Centennial Celebration of Pulitzer Prizes at The Newseum on January 28, 2016 in Washington, DC.

The Key to Writing a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Story? Get Emotional

By Karin Wahl-Jorgensen
I came out of the wreckage of a misdirected life to write something that means so much to me.

You Broke It, Now Wear It Broken

By Felicia C. Sullivan
J. K. Rowling in 2016.

J.K. Rowling: How to Deal With Failure

By Zat Rana
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