Historian Thomas Kidd’s advice for summer writing goals.
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Christopher Lasch’s plain style
Christopher Lasch (1932-1994) was one of the 20th-century’s great cultural critics. But did you know he is the author of a writing guide? Here is a taste of Max Ridge’s piece on Lasch’s 2002 book (published posthumously) Plain Style: A […]
The seven deadly sins of writing
Thomas C. Foster teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Michigan-Flint. In a recent piece at LitHub he offers his seven deadly sins. They are: worry, self-doubt, overconfidence, muddiness, vagueness, poor structure, and dishonesty. Here’s a taste: Dishonesty in […]
Robert Caro talks to journalism students about writing
Alex Shepherd recently accompanied some CUNY graduate students in journalism during a visit to the Robert Caro exhibition at the New York Historical Society. Here is his piece at The New Republic: You can sense Robert Caro’s disappointment after he […]
Reading Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life in a pandemic
This is wonderful reflection on the writing by Alejandra Olivia. A taste: She writes of the writing life as monastic and hard and isolated; I was hoping for love and connection and some ease, after finally having escaped from the […]