My new book arrived on my doorstep today: “Writing Tools for the College Admissions Essay.” If you are counting, that makes 21 books with my name on the cover as editor or author. But it is only with ...

Every time I turn around, Jami Attenberg has published another novel or memoir. But I do not begrudge her this, because I know how she does it. For years, Jami has enlisted conspirators in writing a ...

“The Titanic was sinking so we jumped in the lifeboat and paddled like hell.” Since its inception, which featured former host Mary Alice Monroe, the show has branched out with live appearances, an ...

For decades the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop has catapulted writers into successful, fulfilling careers. Based in the Dey House, at 507 N Clinton St., the program has helped five new writers ...

Books have a funny way of begetting more books. Readers of all stripes are compelled by what they love (or hate) to take a crack at writing their own book; nonfiction writers build on the work of ...

In her new book of essays, "Sucker Punch," Slate writer Scaachi Koul examines what happens when life radically changes course and you need to chart a new path forward. Sponsor Message LEILA FADEL, ...

“I’ve had to set that limiting belief aside,” she says, “in order to write other kinds of books without feeling like an interloper.” Her new guidebook is called “Dear Writer.” Credit...Rebecca Clarke ...

Can’t wait for the Louisiana Book Festival? Sign up to hone your own writing at a workshop with some of the featured authors on Friday, Nov. 1, at the State Library of Louisiana in downtown Baton ...

As our population ages, writers are offering books that look at what aging means and ways to live full lives even with the physical limitations that even the healthiest seniors experience. Today we ...