SHERMAN ALEXIE Leaving the Reservation of the Mind
ELIZABETH GILBERT In Praise of Stubborn Gladness
STEPHEN KING You’ve Been Here Before
JUNOT DÍAZ A Friend of the Mind
KHALED HOSSEINI Everything I Meant to Say
ANDRE DUBUS III Do Not Think, Dream
MARY GAITSKILL I Don’t Know You Anymore
MICHAEL CHABON To Infinity and Beyond
JIM CRACE Stealing Plums and Counting Stones
EDWIDGE DANTICAT All Immigrants Are Artists
BILLY COLLINS Into the Deep Heart’s Core
KATHRYN HARRISON Please Stop Thinking
DAVID MITCHELL Neglect Everything Else
AYANA MATHIS Against Unreality
JIM SHEPARD No One Ever Changes
KARL OVE Knausgaard Lose Yourself
JONATHAN LETHEM Letting the Leopards In
ANGELA FLOURNOY A Place to Call My Own
LEV GROSSMAN Into the Wardrobe, into the Self
JEFF TWEEDY Translating the Subconscious
CHARLES SIMIC Lifting the Blanket
VIET THANH Nguyen Follow This Voice
CLAIRE MESSUD Words on Paper Will Outlast Us
JANE SMILEY Nobody Asked You to Write That Novel
JONATHAN FRANZEN My Favorite Curmudgeon
HANYA YANAGIHARA Writing for Right Now7
T. C. Boyle How Stories Say Goodbye
ETHAN CANIN Rehearsals for Death