Architect and editor Julia Gamolina shares how her love of architecture led her to launch the women-focused platform, Madame Architect.
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Ally Hord on Comedy, Writing, and The Right Side of History
Comedy writer Ally Hord explains how persistence helped her develop her career and advises young women to ask for what they want.
Grace Paley, Master of Minimalist Writing
A master of precise language, Grace Paley was an author and poet known for incorporating the daily lives of New York women into her short stories and novels.
“Your heart, you never want it to stop”: Laura Kasischke’s Suspicious River
I spent my childhood working at my family’s small, cabin-court motel in upstate New York, a place our guests were always calling “rustic” and “charming,” but that I thought of as a…
Bodies, Books and the Art of Self-Criticism
Norwegian contemporary literature isn’t all crime and Knausgaard. In fact, the debate the United States is now having about the Norwegian author of My Struggle—and about the spectacle of a male writer…
The Fourth Novel: An Interview with Rufi Thorpe
What does it take to get your first novel published? According to author Rufi Thorpe, make it your fourth. In this interview, the author of The Girls from Corona del Mar breaks…
Getting to Know Allison Geller, Associate Editor
In this installment of our regular team feature, we chat with Associate Editor Allison Geller about working with AWT, poetry and her love of dance. How did you get involved with AWT?…
You Wouldn’t Understand: In Conversation with Dana Schwartz, Creator of @GuyInYourMFA
It wasn’t long after finding the Twitter account @GuyInYourMFA that it became my favorite feed. Its precious nuggets of self-importance—think of it as mansplaining with a literary bent—could have been drafted on…
Getting to Know Sarah Todd, Contributing Editor
Continuing our regular team feature, we asked contributing editor Sarah Todd to share her thoughts on women’s media, pop culture and the writing process. How did you get involved with AWT? Circuitously!…