Rabih Alameddine on Only Writing When You Have Something to Say

Rabih Alameddine’s The Wrong End of the Telescope is out now in paperback from Grove Atlantic, so we asked him about writer’s block, the best books to re-read, and procrastinating. * How do you tackle writer’s block? I don’t, nor do I wish to anymore. Not unless I have an external deadline, which I rarely do […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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London’s Sarah Crossan: ‘The Freedom To Write What I Want’

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