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What you need to know for now is that it was just like this. I wasn’t running away. I was running toward myself.”From The American Daughtersby Maurice Carlos Ruffin We know that spies have always been...

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Author of The Grand Paloma Resort

The power of one story, and the need for many. Plus: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on “getting your protagonist out of the house”

Author Dana A. Williams on Toni Morrison's influential work as an editor, plus Mina Kimes and Pablo Torre on the pitfalls of writing about athletes.

A recording from Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Sari Botton's live video

Hello and welcome to the newsletter about writing, craft, worry, and joy. From time to time, we’ve found it helpful to reach out and check in on the writing community. Who’s in the writing community? ...

Plus, a writing prompt for you.

They led the men in the church shackled to each other, them big rifles flirting with they backs. They sounded like a choir of Black bells jingling to the alter. They brought them men for labor and for...

Author of Daughters of the New Year

Amazon.com: The American Daughters: A Novel: 9780593729397: Ruffin, Maurice Carlos: Books

Plus, a free writing prompt.

Poetry by New York Times-bestselling author of The American Daughters Maurice Carlos Ruffin.

Author of ZEAL

A fire at the Nottoway Plantation raises an important question: how do we treat locations with heinous histories?

A fire at the Nottoway Plantation raises an important question: how do we treat locations with heinous histories?

2 Sessions: Sundays, July 13 + 27 1:00-3:30 pm ET Alexander Chee Alexander Chee is the author of the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, named most recently as one of...

A fire at the Nottoway Plantation raises an important question: how do we treat locations with heinous histories?

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Join writer and teacher Maurice Carlos Ruffin in his live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things He's Learned about how to make the most of your one opportunity to announce yourself to the world...