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On Obsession as Creative Practice

Author Bitter Kalli discusses the power of leaning into obsessions to create and how their obsession was found in horses.

Breaking In: July/August 2025 Moriah Richard

Sarah Perry: Go Toward Your Obsessions Robert Lee Brewer

Lester Fabian Brathwaite: Rage Is Reasonable Robert Lee Brewer

Christina Myers: Stop Talking Yourself out of Your Book Dream Robert Lee Brewer

Michael Arceneaux: On Having Time and Space To Write Something More Honest Robert Lee Brewer

Ijeoma Oluo: On the Writing Process Changing Over Time Robert Lee Brewer

5 Ways Into Your Lyric Essay Kate Meadows

Jen Soriano: Writing a Book Takes Faith in Yourself Robert Lee Brewer

5 Things Writers Should Consider About the Body and Identity Megan Baxter

How to Write Compelling Personal Essays: 9 Ingredients for Spicing Up Your Writing Elaine Klonicki

A Letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald From the Second Roaring ’20s Raj Tawney

Two Tips for Incorporating Reportage and Cultural Criticism into the Personal Essay and Memoir Hasanthika Sirisena

Hasanthika Sirisena: On the Importance of Literature Robert Lee Brewer

Writing Brilliant Essays Joy Castro

How to Write a Five-Paragraph Essay That Works Robert Lee Brewer

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