writers-on-writing

Coming Out as a Trans Man in Trump’s America

In his new memoir, theater producer and dramaturg P. Carl grapples not just his own transition, but transitioning against the tumultuous backdrop of a Trump presidency and #MeToo

Bud Smith Is the Blue-Collar Voice of American Fiction

Smith amassed a cult following for stories he writes on construction-job lunch breaks. If you haven't heard of him, you will soon

The Male Poets of Instagram Know What You Think of Them

Sparse lines about heartbreak in faux-typewriter font are still the style du jour, but the men of Poetry Instagram are more sincere (and self-aware) than you’d think

What It’s Like to Write a Book in Prison

Tasos Theofilou spent nearly six years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. The only way for him to stave off the desperation of his plight was to take pen to paper