All Videos Emotionally Naked New writers shy away from conflict, says author Andre Dubus, while the masters embrace it. And having kids helps. ▸ 4 min — with Andre Dubus III
All Videos What is Your Advice for Young Writers? Establish yourself in an environment conducive to your style. ▸ 1 min — with Sloane Crosley
All Videos Andrew Sean Greer: Where to Write Greer describes his process, and the joys of a writer’s colony ▸ 4 min — with Andrew Sean Greer
All Videos The Mind of Andrew Sean Greer The writer on his three names, good reviews, and childhood influences. ▸ 2 min — with Andrew Sean Greer
All Videos The Author is Always Right Both an author and publicist, Crosley gets neurotic writers ▸ 3 min — with Sloane Crosley
All Videos Jimmy Wales on Not Paying His Writers Critics have accused Wales on making a profit off of writers he doesnÃŒt pay. Wales responds. ▸ 2 min — with Jimmy Wales
All Videos Mo Rocca: Writers’s Strike Autopsy Did quality suffer without the writers? ▸ 1 min — with Mo Rocca
Culture & Religion Europe, human and virtual or Middle Ages? Europe has wisdom, sense, spirits and a good virtue. Yet, it appears that she disorderly managed valuable values. It is the time now to reinvent these and to work together on widening and deepening, due to believes in our prosperity and welfare.
All Videos Lack of a Gay Identity The writer gives thanks to those who have made it easier to be gay today. ▸ 2 min — with Augusten Burroughs
All Videos Nathaniel Rich and Writers in the Family Is Nathaniel just Frank Rich’s son? ▸ 6 min — with Nathaniel Rich
All Videos Did you hit any writer’s block while writing? Price says the writing was smooth. ▸ 1 min — with Richard Price
All Videos The Midwestern Writer Innocence prolonged, innocence lost. ▸ 2 min — with Jonathan Franzen
All Videos Re: Which writers inform your work? Michel Houellebecq, among others. ▸ 1 min — with Keith Gessen
All Videos When did you decide to become a writer? Gessen always wanted to be one, but it took him a while to sit down and start. ▸ 1 min — with Keith Gessen
All Videos Richard Price on Becoming a Writer By the time he was eleven, Price wanted to be a journalist, though he didn’t quite know what that meant. ▸ 3 min — with Richard Price
All Videos Keith Gessen on Celebrity Month Writers, Gessen says, are just not cut out for it. ▸ 4 min — with Keith Gessen
All Videos Which writers inform your work? Franzen’s literary touchstones, decades in, decades out. ▸ 2 min — with Jonathan Franzen
All Videos How do you get past writer's block? With non-fiction writing, there’s always something to write. ▸ 1 min — with Karen Abbott
All Videos How do you get past writer's block? Just leave it for a while, Dovey says. ▸ 1 min — with Ceridwen Dovey
All Videos How do you get through writer’s block? Khakpour has a convenient Internet addiction. ▸ 2 min — with Porochista Khakpour
All Videos Azar Nafisi: Vladimir Nabokov Trained as a Nabokov scholar, Azar Nafisi formed a very personal bond to the writer’s works. ▸ 10 min — with Azar Nafisi
All Videos What is it like to be a young writer? Dovey feels that she stumbled into success. ▸ 1 min — with Ceridwen Dovey
All Videos Azar Nafisi: What is power? There is state power, and then there is the power of the writer to resist the tyranny of reality. ▸ 3 min — with Azar Nafisi
All Videos What pressures do young writers in New York face? Young writers are often treated as the goose that lays the golden egg, Dovey says. ▸ 2 min — with Ceridwen Dovey
All Videos Which writers have influenced your work? J.M. Coetzee is the gold standard, Dovey says. ▸ 1 min — with Ceridwen Dovey
All Videos Do you have any advice for young writers? Remember that writing is still work, Dovey says. ▸ 1 min — with Ceridwen Dovey
All Videos What advice do you have for young writers? Ditch the script. ▸ 2 min — with Porochista Khakpour
All Videos Why does Brooklyn inspire so many young writers? For one thing, it’s cheap. ▸ 3 min — with Porochista Khakpour
All Videos The Challenges of Being a Young Writer Iweala talks about the struggle to get published, his advice to other young authors and the impact of his work. ▸ 4 min — with Uzodinma Iweala